Weekly football awards from the Big Ten Conference this week include honors for a Nebraska Cornhusker and an Iowa Hawkeye.

 

Offensive Player of the Week
Tommy Armstrong Jr., Nebraska
Sr., QB, Cibolo, Texas/Steele

• Accounted for 378 yards of total offense, including one touchdown, in Nebraska’s win at Northwestern
• Set a career high with 132 rushing yards, including a season-long 37-yard run
• Threw for 246 yards and a touchdown without an interception
• Claims the third Offensive Player of the Week award of his career
• Last Nebraska Offensive Player of the Week: Tommy Armstrong Jr. (Nov. 9, 2015)

Defensive Player of the Week
T.J. Watt, Wisconsin
Jr., LB, Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee

• Recorded six total tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, to guide Wisconsin to a road victory over Michigan State
• Registered a career-high 2.5 sacks, giving him 4.5 sacks over his last three games
• Added two quarterback hurries as the Badgers held the Spartans without a touchdown at home for just the second time since 2000
• Earns his first career Defensive Player of the Week honor
• Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Joe Schobert (Oct. 5, 2015)

Special Teams Player of the Week
Ron Coluzzi, Iowa
Sr., P, Naperville, Ill./Naperville North

• Punted seven times for an average of 42.0 yards per punt, including a season-best 55-yarder, in Iowa’s win at Rutgers
• Had four of his seven punts downed inside the 20-yard line
• Placed all three of his kickoffs into the end zone for a touchback
• Earns his first career Special Teams Player of the Week honor
• Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Marshall Koehn (Sept. 21, 2015)