SAN FRANCISCO – Luc Bequette was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday. Bequette had career highs of eight tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss (-20 yards) and 2.0 sacks (-19 yards) while forcing the second fumble of his career deep in Cal territory to thwart a USC scoring drive late in the first half of a 15-14 road victory over the Trojans.

Bequette and the Cal defense pitching a second-half shutout to help the Bears overcome a 14-0 halftime deficit as Cal ended a 14-game losing skid to the Trojans while the victory was Cal's first at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since 2000.

Bequette's honor is the second weekly Pac-12 award a Cal football student-athlete has earned in 2018 with the other coming two weeks ago when Evan Weaver was selected for the same honor.

Below are notes on Bequette with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.

Luc Bequette, 6-2, 295, Jr., 2L, Little Rock, AR (Catholic HS)

• Has started all 10 games as a 2018 junior and contributed career highs of 36 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss (-30 yards), 4.0 sacks (-28 yards) and two fumble recoveries, as well as his first career blocked kick on an Idaho State extra-point attempt and a career-high-tying one quarterback hurry at Oregon State

• Has played in 26 career games including starts in each of the past 22 over the last two-plus seasons of his three campaigns at Cal after redshirting as a true freshman in 2015

• Has contributed 65 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss (-40 yards), 6.0 sacks (-38 yards), two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two quarterback hurries and one blocked kick