IRVING, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor junior quarterback Seth Russell was recognized as the Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

In Saturday's 62-38 victory over West Virginia, Russell produced 540 total yards of offense (380 passing, 160 rushing) and accounted six touchdowns. He completed 20-of-33 passes and threw five TD passes, while rushing for one more score in the victory.

It was the second game in Baylor history in which a QB had 300-plus passing yards and 100-plus rushing yards. Russell's career-high 160 rushing yards were the 31st-most in a game in program history and the second-most by a quarterback (RG3 had 217 vs. Washington State in 2008).

With Russell's help the Bears continue to lead the NCAA with 719.7 yards of offense per game and 63.8 points per contest. BU is the only team in the country averaging over eight yards per play, gaining 8.94 yards a snap.

Individually, Russell leads the FBS in passing efficiency (210.0), passing TDs (27), passing yards per completion (18.51), points responsible for per game (32.0) and passing yards per attempt (11.70). The junior from Garland, Texas, is 12th in passing yards per game (317.8) and his total offensive output of 374.2 yards per game is sixth-best nationally.

The conference honor comes only a day after Russell was named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week.

It is the second conference player of the week honor of Russell's career, after also earning the accolade on Sept. 8, 2014. He is also BU's second Big 12 weekly award winner of the 2015 season, joining Corey Coleman, who was honored on Sept. 14. Baylor has now had at least two offensive honorees in three straight years.

In total, Baylor has had 11 different offensive players honored a combined 19 times since 2002, including 13 honorees in the last five years.

Russell has also helped Baylor rise to a program-best ranking of No. 2 in both the AP Top 25 and the Amway Coaches Poll. With Russell at the helm, the Bears are 6-0 for the third-straight year ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" a program first ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" and 3-0 in conference play for a third-straight year as well.

Baylor will now host Iowa State at McLane Stadium at 11 a.m. Saturday for Homecoming. That game will be nationally televised by ESPN.

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BAYLOR'S BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
2002 - Jonathan Golden, RB (Sept. 7)
2006 - Shawn Bell, QB (Oct. 23)
2007 - Blake Szymanski, QB (Sept. 10)
2008 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Sept. 15)
2009 - Nick Florence, QB (Nov. 9)
2010 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Oct. 24)
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Sept. 6)
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Nov. 21)
2011 - Terrance Ganaway, RB (Nov. 28)
2011 - Robert Griffin III, QB (Dec. 5)
2012 - Lache Seastrunk, RB (Dec. 3)
2013 - Lache Seastrunk, RB (Oct. 7)
2013 - Shock Linwood, RB (Nov. 11)
2013 - Bryce Petty, QB (Nov. 18)
2014 - Seth Russell, QB (Sept. 8)
2014 - Bryce Petty, QB (Oct. 13)
2014 - Corey Coleman, WR (Nov. 10)
2015 - Corey Coleman, WR (Sept. 14)
2015 - Seth Russell, QB (Oct. 19)