Michigan football dominates Big Ten offensive/defensive players of week honors

Getting these honors the Monday AFTER The Game is exactly what you want!

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No matter how good Michigan football was week-in, week-out, the Big Ten wasn’t giving much love to the individual players throughout the season.

Perhaps it’s because the Wolverines in 2021 are the embodiment of a ‘team,’ but even with stellar individual performances, when the conference would announce its players of the week honors, often, those who wear the winged helmet were absent. In lieu, you’d often see Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, who put up video game numbers every week, win the offensive player of the week award and/or freshman of the week. Well, even though Stroud passed for nearly 400 yards against the Wolverines, he didn’t get that award this week.

The offensive player of the week honor goes to Michigan running back Hassan Haskins, who the Buckeyes could not stop on Saturday, even when they knew what was coming.

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He’s not alone.

The new single-season sack leader in Michigan football history, Aidan Hutchinson, who notched three sacks against Ohio State, is your Big Ten defensive player of the week.

That’s exactly what you want if you’re a maize and blue diehard — two Michigan football players named Big Ten players of the week the week after The Game, even if they’re ignored all year long.

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