Offensive Player of the Week
RB - Emmett Johnson, Nebraska (JR)
- Accounted for a career-high 232 yards from scrimmage in Nebraska's 28-21 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl
- Recorded 129 rushing yards and a career-high 103 receiving yards on three receptions to become the first Husker running back in school history to surpass 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game
- Johnson became the first player in the Big Ten in at least 30 years to have more than 125 rushing yards, more than 100 receiving yards, a rushing touchdown and two receiving touchdowns in the same game
- Scored a career-high-tying three total touchdowns in the victory, improving his season total to 14, the most by a Husker player since 2014
- Last Nebraska Offensive Player of the Week: Anthony Grant (Sept. 5, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Cooper Catalano, Wisconsin (FR)
- Posted 19 tackles (11 solo) and one sack in Wisconsin's win over No. 23 Washington
- Became the first Big Ten player to have 19 tackles and a sack in a game since Blake Cashman (Minnesota) in 2018 and the first Badger since at least 1995 to hit those marks in a game
- Had the most tackles by a Big Ten player in a win since 2022 (Cal Haladay, Michigan State), helping the Badger defense hold the Washington offense to its lowest passing output of the season (134 yards)
- Catalano also had the most tackles for a freshman nationally since 2022 (AJ Haulcy, New Mexico, 24 tackles), the most tackles for a Power 4 freshman since 2017 (Paddy Fischer, Northwestern, 19 tackles) and the most tackles by a Power 4 freshman in regulation since 2013
- Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Preston Zachman (Sept. 1, 2025)
Special Teams Player of the Week
K - Atticus Sappington, Oregon (SR)
- Made a game-winning 39-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to give Oregon a 18-16 win on a top-20 showdown at Cockeye
- Matched a career-high by going 3-for-3 on field goals, also making from 46 and 40 yards earlier in the game
- First game this season with three made field goals and his second game-winning field goal as a Duck
- Last Oregon Special Teams Player of the Week: Atticus Sappington (Nov. 18, 2024)
Co-Freshmen of the Week
QB - TJ Lateef, Nebraska
- Became the fifth true freshman to start at quarterback since 1950 and engineered a Husker victory over UCLA in his hometown
- Completed 13-of-15 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns, including completing his first 11 passes of the game and also rushed five times for 31 yards
- Guided an efficient Nebraska offense that scored on its first four possessions of the game to take a 28-7 lead midway through the third quarter en route to the victory
- Lateef is believed to be the first true freshman in FBS since at least 1995 to have a game with a minimum of 15 passing attempts and less than two incompletions, 200+ passing yards, three or more passing touchdowns and 30 or more rushing yards
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Jacory Barney Jr. (Nov. 24, 2024)
LB - Mason Posa, Wisconsin
- Made 11 tackles, 2.5 sacks and forced and recovered the same fumble in Wisconsin's win over No. 23 Washington
- Posa's strip-sack and recovery set up the Badgers' game-tying touchdown in the third quarter, giving the Badgers the ball at the Washington seven yard line
- Finished the game with a game-sealing sack on fourth down during the Huskies' attempt to drive down the field to tie or win the game
- He's the first freshman to have 10+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and force and recover a fumble since 2014 (Jamal Stadom, Troy)
- Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Trech Kekahuna (Oct. 7, 2024)
RB - Emmett Johnson, Nebraska (JR)
- Accounted for a career-high 232 yards from scrimmage in Nebraska's 28-21 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl
- Recorded 129 rushing yards and a career-high 103 receiving yards on three receptions to become the first Husker running back in school history to surpass 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game
- Johnson became the first player in the Big Ten in at least 30 years to have more than 125 rushing yards, more than 100 receiving yards, a rushing touchdown and two receiving touchdowns in the same game
- Scored a career-high-tying three total touchdowns in the victory, improving his season total to 14, the most by a Husker player since 2014
- Last Nebraska Offensive Player of the Week: Anthony Grant (Sept. 5, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Cooper Catalano, Wisconsin (FR)
- Posted 19 tackles (11 solo) and one sack in Wisconsin's win over No. 23 Washington
- Became the first Big Ten player to have 19 tackles and a sack in a game since Blake Cashman (Minnesota) in 2018 and the first Badger since at least 1995 to hit those marks in a game
- Had the most tackles by a Big Ten player in a win since 2022 (Cal Haladay, Michigan State), helping the Badger defense hold the Washington offense to its lowest passing output of the season (134 yards)
- Catalano also had the most tackles for a freshman nationally since 2022 (AJ Haulcy, New Mexico, 24 tackles), the most tackles for a Power 4 freshman since 2017 (Paddy Fischer, Northwestern, 19 tackles) and the most tackles by a Power 4 freshman in regulation since 2013
- Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Preston Zachman (Sept. 1, 2025)
Special Teams Player of the Week
K - Atticus Sappington, Oregon (SR)
- Made a game-winning 39-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to give Oregon a 18-16 win on a top-20 showdown at Cockeye
- Matched a career-high by going 3-for-3 on field goals, also making from 46 and 40 yards earlier in the game
- First game this season with three made field goals and his second game-winning field goal as a Duck
- Last Oregon Special Teams Player of the Week: Atticus Sappington (Nov. 18, 2024)
Co-Freshmen of the Week
QB - TJ Lateef, Nebraska
- Became the fifth true freshman to start at quarterback since 1950 and engineered a Husker victory over UCLA in his hometown
- Completed 13-of-15 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns, including completing his first 11 passes of the game and also rushed five times for 31 yards
- Guided an efficient Nebraska offense that scored on its first four possessions of the game to take a 28-7 lead midway through the third quarter en route to the victory
- Lateef is believed to be the first true freshman in FBS since at least 1995 to have a game with a minimum of 15 passing attempts and less than two incompletions, 200+ passing yards, three or more passing touchdowns and 30 or more rushing yards
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Jacory Barney Jr. (Nov. 24, 2024)
LB - Mason Posa, Wisconsin
- Made 11 tackles, 2.5 sacks and forced and recovered the same fumble in Wisconsin's win over No. 23 Washington
- Posa's strip-sack and recovery set up the Badgers' game-tying touchdown in the third quarter, giving the Badgers the ball at the Washington seven yard line
- Finished the game with a game-sealing sack on fourth down during the Huskies' attempt to drive down the field to tie or win the game
- He's the first freshman to have 10+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and force and recover a fumble since 2014 (Jamal Stadom, Troy)
- Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Trech Kekahuna (Oct. 7, 2024)
