Tag: Big Ten Conference awards

Jacory Barney Jr. named Big Ten Freshman of the Week

Jacory Barney Jr. was recognized for his play on Saturday.

Nebraska freshman wide receiver Jacory Barney Jr. was named the Big Ten Football Freshman of the Week, per an announcement from the conference.

Barney was a catalyst in the Huskers’ 44-25 win over the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday. In Saturday’s game, he recorded nine catches for 85 yards, bringing his season total to 49 catches for 402 yards. The 49 catches are a program freshman record.

Barney was able to show off his playmaking ability at a high level on Saturday. The nine receptions were the most he’s had this season. The 85 yards were also a season-high. The Florida native averaged 9.4 yards per catch on the day.

Barney will have a chance to build off his big day this coming Friday as Nebraska prepares to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the battle for the Heroes Trophy. The freshman is excited about the program’s future and figures to be a large part of it.

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Pair of Husker basketball players earn weekly Big Ten honors

A pair of Nebraska women’s basketball players won Big Ten awards on Monday afternoon.

A pair of Nebraska women’s basketball players won Big Ten awards on Monday afternoon. Jaz Shelley earned Big Ten Player-of-the-Week, while Natalie Potts won the Freshman-of-the-Week Award.

This is the first Player of the Week award for the native Australian. She averaged 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.5 assists for the week. She is averaging 12.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals on the season.

This is Potts’s sixth Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Year honor. For the week, she averaged 13.0 points and 4.5 rebounds. She is currently a leader in the Big Ten for freshmen in scoring at 10.6 points per game, rebounds at 5.5 per game, and field goal percentage at .529 on the season.

Nebraska is 16-8 on the season and 8-5 in the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers will retake the floor on Wednesday night when they travel to Columbus to face No. 2 Ohio State.

Tip-off is at 6:00 p.m. on Peacock.

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Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud makes history with conference awards

C.J. Stroud has made history in the Big Ten Conference. #GoBucks

Replacing an Ohio State legend like Justin Fields wouldn’t be easy for anyone. However, C.J. Stroud won the starting job to be the signal-caller for the Buckeyes and didn’t look back. After playing through the pain of an injured shoulder early in the season, Stroud came back to lead the No. 1 ranked offense in the country.

Big Ten voters took notice and named Stroud the Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year, the Griese-Breese Quarterback of the Year, and the Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year. It is the first time in the illustrious history of the Big Ten conference that a player has won all three awards in the same season.

Having great talent around the freshman certainly helped ease the learning curve, but ultimately the quarterback has to get the ball where it needs to be. And Stroud did that all season long. In playing 11 of the 12 games, Stroud threw for 3,862 yards with 38 touchdowns and only five interceptions, while completing over 70 percent of his passes.

No matter how you slice it, those are impressive stats, especially for a kid who had never thrown a pass in a college game before this season.

Stroud is almost certain to get an invite to New York City as a Heisman Trophy finalist. Unfortunately, he will not have another game to make his case to take home the most coveted individual award in college football.

Voters will be making their decision after conference championship games and the Heisman winner will be announced on December 11 on ESPN.

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Haskell Garrett named First-Team All-Big Ten Conference

Haskell Garrett is a first-team all-Big Ten performer. #GoBucks

Haskell Garrett, the heart and soul of the Ohio State defense, has been named First-Team All-Conference. The Big Ten announced the defensive all-conference performers earlier today as the players were voted on by conference coaches as well as members of the media.

Garrett came back to OSU after many thought he would leave for the NFL upon completion of the 2020 season. The defensive tackle was named a captain, being recognized as a leader on the team.

Big No. 92 led the Buckeyes with 5.5 sacks and was tied for the team lead with Zach Harrison with seven total tackles for loss.

Other Buckeyes on the defensive side of the ball to earn all-conference honors were Zach Harrison, Tyreke Smith, and Ronnie Hickman all earning second-team, while true freshman Denzel Burke garnered third-team honors.

Eight Buckeyes were named honorable mention which included Sevyn Banks, Cam Brown, Steele Chambers, Tommy Eichenberg, Antwuan Jackson, Bryson Shaw, Taron Vincent, and Tyliek Williams.

Noah Ruggles was named the Big Ten’s second-team all-Big Ten kicker and true freshman Emeka Egbuka was named honorable mention as a kick returner.

The Big Ten will announce the all-conference performers on the offensive side of the ball Wednesday, December 1.

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Ohio State Football: A holistic look at Tuesday’s Big Ten Awards

Coach awards, defensive awards, and special team awards for the Big Ten were announced on Tuesday. How did Ohio State perform in them?

Coach awards, defensive awards, and special team awards for the Big Ten were announced on Tuesday. How did Ohio State perform in them?

Let’s just say Ohio State was well represented. The Buckeyes featured seven players on the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Those seven included four on the first team. The names and specific team can be found below.

Ohio State also had its kicker, Blake Haubeil, who didn’t miss a PAT all season, named to the All-Big Ten Special Teams third team. Haubeil was 8-for-10 on field goals including a 55-yarder against Northwestern.

It was shocking to not see punter Drue Chrisman on the list as well.

On top of those eight, Ryan Day was named by the media as B1G Coach of the Year. Day led Ohio State to a perfect 12-0 record during his first season in Columbus.

Outside of Day’s COY, those were the team awards.

Chase Young won two individual awards as the conference’s best defensive player and its best defensive lineman.

Somehow, someway, he wasn’t unanimously the best defensive player. Young has 16.5 sacks, a single-season Buckeye record, and 19.5 tackles for loss on the season. He’s a projected top-two pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

That said, here’s the released graphic breaking down how the defensive players were separated among the three teams.

Later today, the offensive awards for the conference will be announced. It’d be shocking if Jonathan Taylor beat out J.K. Dobbins and Justin Fields for the Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year. Also, be on the lookout for Fields potentially taking home the Griese-Brees QB of the year in the conference and Dobbins the Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year.

We’ll have the rest of the awards for you when they’re announced. And we’ll have our own awards after the conference championship games are all played.