Offensive Player of the Week
QB - J.J. McCarthy, Michigan (JR)
- Matched a career-high with three touchdown passes, engineering six straight scoring drives with five touchdowns in the Wolverines' 52-7 win over Indiana
- Completed 14-of-17 attempts for 222 yards and three touchdowns, moving to 11th all-time in passing yards with 4,467 career passing yards
- Marked the first time the Wolverines have scored 50-plus points in back-to-back Big Ten games since 1975 and the first time in program history with 10 straight games with 30-plus points scored
- The Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Michigan Offensive Player of the Week: Donovan Edwards (Nov. 28, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Seth Coleman, Illinois (JR)
- Recorded six tackles, 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
- His 3.0 sacks are the most in a game by any Big Ten player this season
- First Illini player to have 3.0+ sacks in a game since Owen Carney Jr. on Oct. 31, 2020 vs. Purdue
- Earns the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
- Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Miles Scott (Sept. 5, 2023)
Co-Special Teams Players of the Week
P - Tory Taylor, Cockeye (SR)
- Had 10 punts for a career-best 506 yards for a 50.6 average in the Cockeyes' 15-6 victory at Wisconsin
- Five punts traveled 50+ yards (two 60+ yard punts), including a 62-yarder, tying a season-long, and four punts that were downed inside the 20-yard line
- His 10 punts equaled a personal high
- Garners the fifth Special Teams Player of the Week award of his career and second of this season
- Last Cockeye Special Teams Player of the Week: Tory Taylor, Cockeye (Oct. 9, 2023)
CB - Daequan Hardy, Penn State (SR)
- On his first career punt return, Hardy had a 56-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter in Penn State's 63-0 win vs. Massachusetts
- Added a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter, becoming the first player in school history to record multiple punt returns for a touchdown in a single game
- Since 2000, Hardy is the 25th FBS player to return two punt returns for touchdowns in a game and one of two Big Ten players, joining Cockeye's Kevonte Martin-Manley (vs. Western Michigan, 2013)
- Garners the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career
- Last Penn State Special Teams Player of the Week: Jake Pinegar (Nov. 14, 2022)
Freshman of the Week
RB - Kaden Feagin, Illinois (FR)
- Recorded 19 carries for 84 yards and one touchdown in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
- Tied the game at 14-14 in the final seconds of the second quarter with a 4th-and-1 touchdown run, his first career touchdown
- Stepped into the starting role for the first time in his career and became the game's leading rusher among both teams
- Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career
- Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Fabrizio Pinton (Oct. 10, 2022)
QB - J.J. McCarthy, Michigan (JR)
- Matched a career-high with three touchdown passes, engineering six straight scoring drives with five touchdowns in the Wolverines' 52-7 win over Indiana
- Completed 14-of-17 attempts for 222 yards and three touchdowns, moving to 11th all-time in passing yards with 4,467 career passing yards
- Marked the first time the Wolverines have scored 50-plus points in back-to-back Big Ten games since 1975 and the first time in program history with 10 straight games with 30-plus points scored
- The Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Michigan Offensive Player of the Week: Donovan Edwards (Nov. 28, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Seth Coleman, Illinois (JR)
- Recorded six tackles, 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
- His 3.0 sacks are the most in a game by any Big Ten player this season
- First Illini player to have 3.0+ sacks in a game since Owen Carney Jr. on Oct. 31, 2020 vs. Purdue
- Earns the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
- Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Miles Scott (Sept. 5, 2023)
Co-Special Teams Players of the Week
P - Tory Taylor, Cockeye (SR)
- Had 10 punts for a career-best 506 yards for a 50.6 average in the Cockeyes' 15-6 victory at Wisconsin
- Five punts traveled 50+ yards (two 60+ yard punts), including a 62-yarder, tying a season-long, and four punts that were downed inside the 20-yard line
- His 10 punts equaled a personal high
- Garners the fifth Special Teams Player of the Week award of his career and second of this season
- Last Cockeye Special Teams Player of the Week: Tory Taylor, Cockeye (Oct. 9, 2023)
CB - Daequan Hardy, Penn State (SR)
- On his first career punt return, Hardy had a 56-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter in Penn State's 63-0 win vs. Massachusetts
- Added a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter, becoming the first player in school history to record multiple punt returns for a touchdown in a single game
- Since 2000, Hardy is the 25th FBS player to return two punt returns for touchdowns in a game and one of two Big Ten players, joining Cockeye's Kevonte Martin-Manley (vs. Western Michigan, 2013)
- Garners the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career
- Last Penn State Special Teams Player of the Week: Jake Pinegar (Nov. 14, 2022)
Freshman of the Week
RB - Kaden Feagin, Illinois (FR)
- Recorded 19 carries for 84 yards and one touchdown in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
- Tied the game at 14-14 in the final seconds of the second quarter with a 4th-and-1 touchdown run, his first career touchdown
- Stepped into the starting role for the first time in his career and became the game's leading rusher among both teams
- Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career
- Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Fabrizio Pinton (Oct. 10, 2022)
