Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota Earn Weekly Football Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 9 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees: 

Offensive Player of the Week

Max Brosmer, Minnesota

QB – Gr. – Roswell, Ga. – Centennial

• Completed 26-of-33 passes for season highs of 320 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Gophers to a 48-23 win against Maryland
• Finished with 26 completions for the second straight game, just one off his season high 27 at Michigan
• He’s the first Gopher with four passing touchdowns since Tanner Morgan had four at Northwestern on Nov. 23, 2019
• Last Minnesota Offensive Player of the Week honoree: Jordan Nubin (Oct. 30, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week

D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana

DB – So. – Miami, Fla. – Chaminade Madonna

• Totaled five stops with 0.5 tackles for loss, while recording a pair of interceptions in Indiana’s 31-17 victory against Washington
• Intercepted Will Rogers and went 65 yards for a touchdown to open the scoring, marking the longest interception return for a touchdown at IU since Jameel Cook Jr. took one for 96 yards against FIU in 2015
• Also intercepted a pass in the second quarter, which led to IU's second score of the game and a 14-point lead
• Last Indiana Defensive Player of the Week: Aaron Casey (Nov. 27, 2023)

Special Teams Player of the Week

Kaden Wetjen, Iowa

K – Sr. – Williamsburg, Iowa – Williamsburg

• Recorded an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter in Iowa's 40-14 victory over Northwestern
• The return is a career long and the seventh longest punt return for a touchdown in program history
• He is the first Iowa player since at least 1978 with 100+ kickoff/punt return yards in three consecutive games and the first Big Ten player to accomplish the feat since Maryland’s Javon Leake in 2019
• Last Iowa Special Teams Players of the Week: Tory Taylor (Nov. 20, 2023)

Freshman of the Week

Koi Perich, Minnesota

DB – Esko, Minn. – Esko

• Posted his team- and Big Ten leading fifth interception of the season in Minnesota's 48-23 win against Maryland
• Returned the interception 45 yards and Minnesota kicked a field goal after his interception to put the Gophers up 24-0 in the second quarter
• Made three tackles and returned three punts for 31 yards, including a 20-yarder, in the win against Maryland
• Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Kerry Brown (Sept. 16, 2024)

2024 Big Ten Football Players of the Week (presented by IFS.ai)

Sept. 2

O: Miller Moss, R-Jr., QB, USC

D: Kevin Winston Jr., Jr., S, PSU

ST: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA

ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH

F: Dylan Raiola, Fr., QB, NEB

Sept. 9

O: Kyle Monangai, Sr., RB, RU

D: Xavier Scott, Jr., DB, ILL

ST: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE

F: Nick Marsh, Fr., WR, MSU

Sept. 16

O: Kurtis Rourke, Sr., QB, IND

D: Dante Trader Jr., Sr., DB, MD

ST: Atticus Sappington, Jr., K, ORE

F: Kerry Brown, R-Fr., DB, MINN

Sept. 23

O: Kaleb Johnson, Jr., RB, IOWA

O: Luke Altmyer, Jr., QB, ILL

D: Josaiah Stewart, Sr., EDGE, MICH

ST: Tommy Doman, Sr., P, MICH

F: Khmori House, Fr., ILB, WASH

Sept. 30

O: Kalel Mullings, Sr., RB, MICH

O: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE

D: Abdul Carter, Jr., DE/LB, PSU

ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH

F: Jeremiah Smith, WR, OSU

Oct. 7

O: Kurtis Rourke, Sr., QB, IND

O: Emeka Egbuka, Gr., WR, OSU

D: Jordan Burch, Sr., DE, ORE

ST: Brian Buschini, Sr., P, NEB

F: Trech Kekahuna, WR, WIS

Oct. 14

O: Dillon Gabriel, Sr., QB, ORE

O: Tyler Warren, Sr., TE, PSU

D: Aaron Graves, Jr., DL, IOWA

D: Koi Perich, Fr., DB, MINN

ST: Luke Akers, Jr., K/P, NU

F: Ryan Barker, K, PSU

Oct. 21

O: Ethan Garbers, Sr., QB, UCLA

D: Gabe Jacas, Jr., OLB, ILL

ST: Jonathan Kim, Gr., P/K, MSU

F: Nick Marsh, WR, MSU

Oct. 28

O: Max Brosmer, Gr., QB, MINN

D: D'Angelo Ponds, So., DB, IND

ST: Kaden Wetjen, Sr., K, IOWA

F: Koi Perich, Fr., DB, MINN