The best player in college football during the first week of the season played for the Oregon Ducks according to one national media outlet that grades individual performances.

The Oregon Duck was also not named Justin Herbert.

According to ProFootballFocus.com's college grading of the entire 2018 week one slate, Oregon, junior offensive lineman Shane Lemieux graded out as the best individual player in week one of all college football. PFF.com gave Lemieux a score of 95.4 points.

"Lemieux only allowed a single hurry on 29 pass-blocking snaps but did his best work as a run-blocker, delivering a run-blocking grade of 90.6, second only behind Zack Bailey," PFF said.

The next closest player to Lemieux's score was Alabama safety Deionte Thompson, who was awarded a rating of 94.0 points.

"He graded out well," Cristobal said on Monday when asked about PFF's score.

"Shane is a special guy. That entire offensive line is made up of special individuals that come together as one. We always talk about five coming together as one. He's physical, he's relentless, the tremendous amount of pride."

Cristobal praised his entire offensive line's production during Oregon's 58-27 victory over Bowling Green.

Lemieux made his 26th straight start at left guard this past Saturday against Bowling Green. He helped Oregon's rushing attack run for 212 yards. Oregon's offensive line allowed just one sack, and two quarterback hurries the entire game against Bowling Green.

Lemieux also was tasked with helping protect Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert's blindside, and doing it with true freshman Penei Sewell at left tackle.

"I think the precedent that they bring to the table is those guys, they treat the week and the preparation and everything just like a pro," Cristobal said. "They are pros about their approach for everything they do. Tremendous example for our young guys. Coach Alex Mirabal made a great point in the meeting telling those young guys 'you gotta take advantage of this unbelievable opportunity to watch how these older guys approach their game week, how they approach to film study, how they take care of their bodies.'

"It's a joy to be around him, and he's certainly one of our team leaders, and he showed that on Saturday."

The Oregon Ducks will play Portland State at home on Saturday for their second game of the 2018 regular season. The Vikings come to Eugene losing their season opener to Nevada, a game in which the Wolfpack scored over 70 points. Portland State didn't win a game last season and is considered to be one of the nation's worst teams. The game will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks at 11 a.m.

Stick with DuckTerritory.com's team of writers and insiders throughout the week leading up to Saturday and then all day Saturday as we cover Oregon's next game.