Following Big Ten football games on Sept. 21-22, the Co-Offensive, Defensive and Co-Special Teams Players of the Week and Co-Freshmen of the Week in the Big Ten were announced this morning. Below are this week’s honorees:
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State
So., QB, Potomac, Md./Bullis School
•             Completed 21 of 24 passes for 304 yards and five touchdowns in one half of action against Tulane
•             Recorded at least 300 passing yards for the third time in four starts this season
•             Ranks second nationally this season with 16 touchdown passes and a completion percentage of 75.7 percent
•             Earns his second career Offensive Player of the Week award
•             Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Dwayne Haskins (Sept. 3, 2018)
Miles Sanders, Penn State
Jr., RB, Pittsburgh, Pa./Woodland Hills
•             Set career highs with 22 carries, 200 yards and three rushing touchdowns against Illinois
•             Became the sixth player in Penn State history to have 200 rushing yards and at least three rushing touchdowns in a game and the first since Larry Johnson in 2002
•             Did not have a single negative rush in his 22 carries
•             Claims his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
•             Last Penn State Offensive Player of the Week: Saquon Barkley (Nov. 20, 2017)
Defensive Player of the Week
Tre Watson, Maryland
Sr., LB, Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic
•             Registered a 36-yard interception return for a touchdown early in the third quarter against Minnesota
•             Led Maryland with 11 tackles in the contest, including six solo stops
•             Added 1.0 tackle for loss for seven yards
•             Receives his second career Defensive Player of the Week honor and first since 2016
•             Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Antoine Brooks Jr. (Sept. 3, 2018)
Co-Special Teams Players of the Week
Donovan Peoples-Jones, Michigan
So., WR, Detroit, Mich./Cass Technical
•             Scored the second punt return touchdown of his career with a 60-yard score against Nebraska
•             Marked his fourth touchdown overall in the last seven quarters of action
•             Has recorded at least one touchdown in three consecutive games, with five total touchdowns over that stretch
•             Earns his first career Special Teams Player of the Week honor
•             Last Michigan Special Teams Player of the Week: Ambry Thomas (Sept. 3, 2018)
Matt Coghlin Michigan State
So., K, Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller
•             Scored on a six-yard touchdown run on a fake field goal in the third quarter against Indiana
•             Became the first Spartan to score a touchdown and then kick the PAT on his own touchdown since Sam Williams in 1958
•             Went 5-for-5 on PAT attempts
•             Claims his second career Special Teams Player of the Week honor and first since 2017
•             Last Michigan State Special Teams Player of the Week: J-Shun Harris II (Nov. 6, 2017)
Co-Freshmen of the Week
Anthony McFarland, Maryland
Fr., RB, Hyattsville, Md./DeMaha Catholic
•             Rushed for 112 yards on just six carries against Minnesota and scored his first two career touchdowns
•             Averaged 18.7 yards per carry in the contest while breaking the 100-yard plateau for the second consecutive game
•             Scored on touchdown runs of 26 and 64 yards
•             Earns his first career Freshman of the Week award
•             Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Jeshaun Jones (Sept. 3, 2018)
Rondale Moore, Purdue
Fr., WR, New Albany, Ind./Trinity
•             Caught a game-high eight passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns against Boston College
•             Added 25 punt return yards, 22 kickoff return yards and four rushing yards to finish the game with 161 all-purpose yards
•             Through four career games, has recorded and least 100 receiving yards and 160 all-purpose yards in three contests
•             Records his second Freshman of the Week award
•             Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Rondale Moore (Sept. 3, 2018)
