Around The Big Ten – September 23

You can follow along all season on SiriusXM Big Ten Radio (Ch. 372). FOOTBALL Offensive Player of the Week Aidan Chiles, Northwestern Sr. – QB – Long Beach, Calif. – Downey • Completed 17-of-22 passes for 241 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, while also rushing for two scores on the ground in a 41-7 win over Colorado • First Northwestern quarterback since 2001 and 26th Big Ten quarterback since at least 1995 to record a minimum of three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a single game • First Big Ten quarterback to post at least a 75% completion percentage, throw for 240 passing yards, throw for three touchdowns and rush for two scores in a single game since 2017 • Last Northwestern Offensive Player of the Week: Preston Stone (Nov. 24, 2025) Defensive Player of the Week Sammy Omosigho, UCLA Sr. – LB – Crandall, Texas – Crandall • Against Purdue, totaled a team-high 12 tackles (11 solo) while forcing two fumbles and recording 2.0 sacks for 21 yards • First Bruin since at least the turn of the century to force a fumble in three straight games • Notched the first multi-sack game of his career and hit the double-digit tackle mark for the second time • Last UCL...