Bear Bachmeier’s impressive start to his college career continues to garner attention.

BYU’s true freshman QB has been named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for his efforts this past weekend against Colorado, the conference announced Monday.

Bachmeier previously won the award after his Week 1 debut against Portland State.

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Against the Buffaloes Saturday, Bachmeier led the Cougars out of an early 14-point deficit to win 24-21 on the road. He threw for 179 yards and two touchdowns, completed 70.4% of his passes and carried the ball 15 times for 98 yards as well.

“Yeah, I thought he did a great job,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said of Bach

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