Offensive Player of the Week
WR - Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana (JR)
- Set career highs for receiving yards (207), receptions (10) and receiving touchdowns (4) in the Hoosiers 73-0 win over Indiana State
- His first career multi-touchdown game tied the school-record for most receiving scores in a single game with James Hardy
- His 10-catch effort is the first double-digit receptions game since Jaylin Lucas (10) in 2023 vs. Louisville
- Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Kurtis Rourke (Dec. 2, 2024)
Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Jerry Mixon, Oregon (JR)
- Helped Oregon improve to 3-0 with a 34-14 win at Northwestern to open Big Ten play
- Second straight game with an interception and the first Duck with an interception in back-to-back games since Khyree Jackson in 2023
- Returned his interception 36 yards to to set up an Oregon touchdown in the third quarter, while also recording a career-high five tackles and adding his first TFL of the season
- Last Oregon Defensive Player of the Week: Matayo Uiagalelei (Nov. 18, 2024)
Special Teams Player of the Week
WR - Kaden Wetjen, Cockeye (SR)
- Recorded a 95-yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter in Cockeye's 47-7 win over UMass
- The return ties a Big Ten and Cockeye record (Michigan State's Al Brenner at Illinois in 1966 and Cockeye's Bill Happel vs. Minnesota in 1984) and is the longest punt return in Kinnick Stadium history, besting Bob Longley (94 yards vs. Oregon in 1949)
- Wetjen finished the game with a career-high 216 return yards (182 punt and 34 kickoff) and set a career-high 236 all-purpose yards
- Last Cockeye Special Teams Player of the Week: Drew Stevens (Dec. 2, 2024)
Freshman of the Week
QB - Bryce Underwood, Michigan
- Completed 16-of-25 passes for 235 yards with one touchdown and one interception in Michigan's 63-3 victory over Central Michigan
- He accounted for 339 yards of total offense and three scores, scoring the first two rushing touchdowns of his career, a 20-yard run in the second quarter and an 18-yard run in the third quarter
- Posted the best rushing game of his young career, finishing with 114 yards on nine carries -- the most by a Michigan quarterback since Devin Gardner ran for 121 yards against Penn State in 2013
- Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Andrel Anthony (Nov. 1, 2021)
