Jan Kim Lim
Dorian Thompson-Robinson (1)
Football
The Davey O’Brien Foundation has selected UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson as the National Quarterback of the Week for week six of the college football season. The Bruin signal caller accounted for five touchdowns in the win over No. 11 Utah last Saturday in Rose Bowl Stadium while completing 18 of 23 passing attempts (.782) for four scores and 299 yards.
Thompson-Robinson led UCLA to touchdowns on its first four drives (three passing TDs and one rushing TD by Zach Charbonnet) of the second half to put the home team in front 42-25 after the Bruins enjoyed a 14-10 halftime advantage. Thompson-Robinson’s fourth touchdown toss of the game was his 76th career scoring pass which lifted him past Brett Hundley (2011-14) and into the top spot at UCLA all-time in the category. The .782 passing percentage marked the fifth time in six outings that DTR has surpassed .720 completion percentage in a game this season. His 18 completions pushed Thompson-Robinson (716) past Josh Rosen (712) and into second-place all-time at UCLA behind only Hundley (837). The team has now won nine straight games which is the second-longest current streak in the country and its longest win streak since UCLA captured a school record 20 consecutive victories over the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
The redshirt senior enters this week’s games rated second in the nation in completion percentage (.748) and sixth in the country in…
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