How did Week 1 turn out for the Big Ten?

Well, it depends on the team, of course. But as a whole for the conference, only Purdue and Northwestern lost. The Boilermakers lost to Nevada on the road, while the Wildcats lost to No. 25 Stanford on the road. The B1G went 12-2 overall. Not too bad in general.

There were many outstanding performances across the board both offensively and defensively and in this article, we will focus on individual standout performances. In particular, the leaders of the conference in overall tackles, sacks and interceptions.

Who leads the B1G in the three aforementioned categories after Week 1?

Note: All stats used are from cfbstats.com

Here’s a look:

Tackles

1. Jordan Howden, Minnesota, DB/Mohamed Barry, Nebraska, LB — 12 tackles

3. Tyshon Fogg, Rutgers, LB/Reakwon Jones, Indiana, LB — 11 tackles

5. Markus Bailey, Purdue, LB/Travis Whillock, Northwestern, DB/Marcelino Ball, Indiana, DB/Chris Bergin, Northwestern, LB — 10 tackles

Sacks

1. Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State, DL — 2.5 sacks

2. Shakur Brown, Michigan State, DB/Jordan Glasgow, Michigan, LB — 2 sacks

4. Chase Young, Ohio State, DL/Jerome Johnson, DL, Indiana/Oluwole Betiku Jr., Illinois, DL/Jacub Panasiuk, Michigan State, DL/Keandre Jones, Maryland, LB/Tymir Oliver, Illinois, DL — 1.5 sacks

Interceptions

1. Eric Lee Jr., Nebraska, DB — 2 interceptions

2. Thirteen different players tied with 1 interception