For the 10th time in his career, Eastern Washington University football player Eric Barriere has earned the ROOT Sports Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor. The senior quarterback also earns the award for the fourth time this season, as announced this morning (Oct. 11).
 
Barriere threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns in a 63-17 handling of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo., on Oct. 9. He completed 32 of his 41 pass attempts and guided the Eagles to their sixth win of the season, the best start at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in program history. In the win, the Eagles had 479 yards of total offense and scored at least 60 points for the third time this season.
 
Steadily climbing in both the Eastern Washington and Big Sky Conference record books all season, Barriere moved from fourth to second on the conference's career leaders list for total offensive yards, now sitting at 12,651 in his career. He also jumped from ninth to sixth on the Big Sky's career leaders list for passing yards as well with 11,206 total.
 
The 347 yards marked his 25th game with at least 300 yards of total offense during his tenure as an Eagle. After passing for three touchdowns, he now has 96 in his career which is tied for second all-time at Eastern Washington.
 
Now 26-9 all-time as a starter, Barriere leads the FCS in passing touchdowns (21), passing yards (2,452) and passing yards per game (411.2).
 
In his career he has completed 61.9 percent of his passes (814-of-1316), good for 11,206 yards, 96 touchdowns and 26 interceptions, and has rushed 328 times for 1,444 yards and 19 more TDs (total of 112 touchdowns accounted for). He had a passing efficiency rating of 146.9 as a sophomore, 151.6 in 2019 and 177.4 thus far in 2021 for a 153.5 mark in his career to currently rank fifth in school history.
 
Ranked No. 2 in this week's American Football Coaches Association poll, the Eagles return home to Roos Field this week. They'll host Idaho on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 11:30 a.m. in Cheney, Wash. The game will be broadcast on ROOT Sports.