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Big Ten Football Players of the Week: Week #13 (11/27) (1 Viewer)

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Offensive Player of the Week
QB - Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland (SR)

- Completed 24-of-31 passes for a season-high 361 yards, accounting for four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in a 42-24 win at Rutgers
- Became the Big Ten's all-time leader in passing yardage, surpassing Purdue's Curtis Painter (11,163) ending the game with 11,256 career passing yards
- Saturday was Tagovailoa's 15th career 300-yard passing game
- Last Maryland Offensive Player of the Week: Taulia Tagovailoa (Oct. 2, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Aaron Casey, Indiana (SR)

- Finished with 11 tackles, including nine solo stops, to move his season total to 109, the first Hoosier to post a 100-tackle season since Tegray Scales (126) in 2016
- The 11 stops mark his 11th career double-digit tackle game and sixth of 2023
- Credited with the lone sack of the game for Indiana and also forced a fumble
- Tied a career-high with 4.0 tackles for loss. Casey's 4.0 tackles for loss moved his career total to 36.0 and into No. 8 overall in program history
- Last Indiana Defensive Player of the Week: Aaron Casey (Oct. 6, 2023)

Special Teams Player of the Week
K - James Turner, Michigan (GR)

- Converted field goals of 37, 38 and 50 yards, tying his season and Michigan career-best with the 50-yard field goal, his second field goal made of 50-plus yards this season
- Set a new Michigan best with 12 points scored in the game
- Last Michigan Special Teams Player of the Week: Jake Moody (Nov. 20, 2022)

Freshman of the Week
DB - Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (FR)

- Made two interceptions to set a new school record for interceptions by a freshman in a single season with six, helping Purdue to a 35-31 win over Indiana
- Led the Boilermaker defense with a team-high eight tackles, all solo, breaking Rod Woodson's school record for solo tackles in a single season. Woodson had 67, Thieneman finished the season with 74.
- Recorded his first multi-interception game of his career and the first for any Boilermaker this season
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Dillon Thieneman (Nov. 13, 2023)
 

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