Big Ten Week 1: Players of the Week

Week 1 of the college football season is almost in the books as there is only one game left, but all of the Big Ten have completed their contests and the conference has announced its players of the week. It appears that the Big Ten couldn’t decide who should take home the honor of offensive players of the week for the second week in a row and have instead announced co-offensive players of the week.

Among the schools that were represented, were the Nebraska Huskers, Penn State Nittany Lions, Michigan State Spartans, Iowa Hawkeyes, and the Maryland Terrapins.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week: Anthony Grant, Nebraska

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the North Dakota Fighting Hawks, 38-17 and Anthony Grant ran for 189 yards, which was the most by a Nebraska player since 2020.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week: Sean Clifford, Penn State

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The Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Purdue Boilermakers, 35-31, and Sean Clifford played very well, completing 20 of 37 passing attempts for 282 yards and four touchdowns.

Defensive Player of the Week: Jacoby Windmon, Michigan State

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The Michigan State Spartans took down the Western Michigan Broncos, 35-13 and UNLV transfer, Jacoby Windmon, was a big reason why. Windmon was a monster with four sacks in his Michigan State debut.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Tory Taylor, Iowa

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The Iowa Hawkeyes squeaked out a victory over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 7-3, and Tory Taylor was the biggest reason for the win as he bombed a career-high ten punts for 479 yards.

Freshman of the Week: Roman Hemby, Maryland

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The Maryland Terrapins earned a victory over the Buffalo Bulls, 31-10, and Roman Hemby had a break-out game in his starting debut with 114 rushing yards on just seven carriers with two touchdowns.

Story originally appeared on Buckeye Wire