Co-Offensive Players of the Week
QB - Jayden Maiava, USC (JR)
-Went 15-of-18 (.833) with a pair of touchdowns for 295 yards with a long of 73 yards to lead the Trojans to a 73-13 victory over Missouri State to open the 2025 season on Saturday
- Rushed for nine yards and scored a touchdown on a three-yard rush into the end zone
- His 295 passing yards matched his second-highest passing total last season (295 yards versus Texas A&M on Dec. 27, 2024)
- Maiava's 295 passing yards in the first half versus Missouri State were the most by a Trojan in a first half since former USC QB Kedon Slovis' 347 first-half yards versus Arizona State on Nov. 9, 2019
- Last USC Offensive Player of the Week: Miller Moss (Sept. 2, 2024)
RB - Jonah Coleman, Washington (SR)
- Led Washington to a 38-21 win over Colorado State, rushing for 177 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries
- Scored on the game's opening drive, a 26-yard run, and scored the game's final touchdown, from three yards out in the fourth quarter
- His 177 rushing yards were just one shy of his career high
- Also caught one pass for 22 yards, and had a long rush of 38 yards
- First Washington Offensive Player of the Week
Defensive Player of the Week
S - Preston Zachman, Wisconsin (SR)
- Grabbed a pair of interceptions in Wisconsin's 17-0 win over Miami (OH)
- Also recorded a pair of solo tackles in the win
- Zachman's first INT set up a Badger score inside the 5-yard-line to put Wisconsin up 17-0, while his second sealed the victory in the game's final minutes
- Helped the Badger defense hold Miami (OH) to only 117 total yards and an 0-for-9 clip on 3rd down, marking the Badgers' first shutout since the 2022 opener, and the performance marked the first time since 2017 that the Badgers held an opponent under 150 total yards and without a successful third down conversion
- Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Hunter Wohler (Sept. 18, 2023)
Special Teams Player of the Week
WR - Hank Beatty, Illinois (SR)
- Broke Illinois' 102-year-old single-game punt return yardage record, totaling 133 yards on four punt returns to break Red Grange's record set in 1923 (125 yards)
- Highlighting Beatty's punt returns was a 69-yard TD in the third quarter, Illinois' first punt return touchdown since 2013
- The 69-yard score was Illinois' longest punt return touchdown since Christian Morton (80 yards) vs. Indiana (Nov. 4, 2000)
- Also added five receptions for 108 yards, his first career 100-yard receiving game
- Last Illinois Special Teams Player of the Week: Fabrizio Pinton (Oct. 10, 2022)
Freshman of the Week
QB - Malik Washington, Maryland
- Completed 27-of-43 passes for 258 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in his first career game
- Washington's three touchdown passes were the most in a true freshman's debut in the Big Ten since 2009 (Michigan's Tate Forcier), the most by a true freshman in a Power Conference since 2019 (Clemson's Trevor Lawrence) and the most by a true freshman in a debut against an FBS school since UCLA's Josh Rosen in 2015
- Washington's 27 completions are the most by a Maryland true freshman quarterback in a game in school history
- His 27 completions are the most by a true freshman in a Power Conference debut since Jaxson Dart (USC) had 30 against Washington State in 2021
- Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Roman Hemby (Oct. 24, 2022)
