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2 B1G stars land on PFF’s Team of the Week following B1G’s Week 5
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Pro Football Focus named two B1G players to its Team of the Week following the Big Ten’s fifth week of play, (Week 12 for the rest of the country).
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🔹TEAM OF THE WEEK
🔹 JT Daniels = most surprising performance of 2020
🔹 DeVonta Smith’s all-time season
🔹 Attn Cincy/BYU: plz schedule a gamehttps://t.co/KnW5sScZtl
Chris Autman-Bell, a junior wide receiver for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, was named to the offensive squad. Autman-Bell caught five balls for 129 yards (25.8 per reception) for the Gophers in a 34-31 home victory over Purdue that improved Minnesota’s record to 2-3 on the season.
Jonathan Cooper, a graduate defensive end for Ohio State, was named to the defensive team. Cooper had a tackle, a sack, and a handful of hurries for the Buckeyes during a tight 42-35 victory Saturday over Indiana in a matchup of top 10 teams. The Buckeyes moved to 4-0 after the win with their championship aspirations fully intact.
No other individual B1G players made the first team after what was another interesting round of games in the late-to-start Great Lakes league. The big surprise here is that Northwestern, after forcing five turnovers and limiting Wisconsin to seven points, did not land a single defender on the Team of the Week.
Mark Schipper is a reporter, sportswriter, and aspiring novelist living in Chicago, Illinois.