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Football Big Ten Players of the Week (9/9)

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Offensive Player of the Week
RB - Kyle Monangai, Rutgers (SR)

- Rushed for a career-high 208 yards in the win over Akron, tying for the 10th-best mark in a game in school history
- Became the first Scarlet Knight to reach 200 rushing yards in a game since 2014
- Marked his fourth-straight 100-yard game dating back to 2023, the best Rutgers streak since Jawan Jamison had six consecutive 100-yard games from 2011 to 2012
- Rushed for three touchdowns for the second time in his career
- Ranks ninth among Rutgers' career rushing leaders with 2,315 yards
- Last Rutgers Offensive Player of the Week: Kyle Monangai (Sept. 18, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week
DB - Xavier Scott, Illinois (JR)

- Forced three turnovers in Illinois' 23-17 win over No. 18 Kansas
- Only player in the nation to force three turnovers in a single game this season
- Collected two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, one forced fumble, 1.0 sack and eight solo tackles to lead Illinois to hits highest-ranked nonconference win since 1995
- Had a game-changing pick-six with :36 seconds left in the first half to give Illinois a 13-10 lead entering halftime
- Recorded the game-ending strip-sack forced fumble on the final play to secure the win
- Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Seth Coleman (Oct. 16, 2023)

Special Teams Player of the Week
WR - Tez Johnson, Oregon (SR)

- Returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of Oregon's 37-34 win over Boise State
- First Duck to return a punt for a touchdown since Ugo Amadi in 2018
- Recorded the fifth-longest punt return in program history and longest since 2008
- Finished with 109 punt-return yards, becoming the first Oregon player to go over 100 punt-return yards in a game since 2019
- The punt return touchdown was the first of his career

Freshman of the Week
WR - Nick Marsh, Michigan State (FR)

- Snared eight catches for 194 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, to help Michigan State beat Maryland on the road in its Big Ten opener
- His 194 receiving yards was the best MSU single-game receiving total against Maryland and only the second 100-yard receiving outing against the Terps, topping the previous mark set in 2021
- It was the 10th-most receiving yards in a single game by a Spartan and the second-most by a true freshman
- Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Katin Houser (Nov. 20, 2023)
 
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