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B1G announces Players of the Week following Week 9 action
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It was a weekend filled with outstanding performances in the B1G. From first-time starting quarterbacks to experienced stars, there were plenty of players who excelled in Week 9.
As it does every week, the B1G had the difficult task of sorting out which individual performances were worthy of receiving Player of the Week honors. More difficult decisions, but the conference finally came to a conclusion on Monday morning.
Here are the Week 9 B1G Players of the Week:
Offensive Player of the Week
Javon Leake, RB, Maryland
With 274 all-purpose yards & 4 TDs, @TerpsFootball RB Javon Leake is the #B1GFootball Offensive & Special Teams Player of the Week. He is the 1st #B1G player to earn both honors in the same week. https://t.co/HxEV8Besnf pic.twitter.com/uh6FV7nFPt
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 29, 2018
Defensive Player of the Week
Yetur Gross-Matos, DE, Penn State
With a team-high 9 tackles, including a career-high 4.0 TFLs, @PennStateFball DE Yetur Gross-Matos is the #B1GFootball Defensive Player of the Week. https://t.co/HxEV8AWRvH pic.twitter.com/cp30xnPIyQ
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 29, 2018
Special Teams Player of the Week
Javon Leake, RB, Maryland
With 274 all-purpose yards & 4 TDs, @TerpsFootball RB Javon Leake is the #B1GFootball Offensive & Special Teams Player of the Week. He is the 1st #B1G player to earn both honors in the same week. https://t.co/HxEV8Besnf pic.twitter.com/uh6FV7nFPt
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 29, 2018
Freshmen of the Week
Tanner Morgan, QB, Minnesota
Rocky Lombardi, QB, Michigan State
The #B1GFootball Co-Freshmen of the Week are @MSU_Football QB Rocky Lombardi & @GopherFootball QB Tanner Morgan. Both threw for 300+ yards in their first career start. https://t.co/HxEV8Besnf pic.twitter.com/Va4vqoeTgS
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 29, 2018
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB