Gophers' Jordan Wettstein named Big 10 special teams player of the week

[GopherLady]

Special Teams Player of the Week

Jordan Wettstein, Minnesota

Jr., K, De Pere, Wis./De Pere

· Converted a successful onside kick attempt with Minnesota down 21-16 in the fourth quarter, setting up the Gophers’ game-winning scoring drive
· Made his first career kicking attempts, one extra point and a field goal from 28 yards, in Minnesota’s 22-21 victory in the battle for Floyd of Rosedale
· Claims his first career Big Ten weekly honor
· Last Minnesota Special Teams Player of the Week: Duane Bennett (Sept. 19, 2011)



Here are the other player of the week:

Offensive Player of the Week

Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern

Sr., TE, Lenexa, Kan./Saint Thomas Aquinas

· Caught a Northwestern single-game record four touchdown passes in the Wildcats’ win over Indiana

· Scored on receptions of six, nine, 10 and 22 yards, the most touchdown receptions in a single game in the Big Ten this season

· Finished the game with seven catches for 112 yards, setting the program career record for receiving yards by a tight end

· Claims his first career Big Ten weekly honor

· Last Northwestern Offensive Player of the Week: Dan Persa (Nov. 15, 2010)



Defensive Player of the Week

Gerald Hodges, Penn State

Jr., LB, Paulsboro, N.J./Paulsboro

· Recorded a career-high 19 tackles in Penn State’s win over Illinois on Saturday, a week after posting a then personal-best 14 stops

· Also finished with one sack, two pass breakups and a forced fumble against the Illini

· Helped the Nittany Lion defense hold Illinois to seven points, the sixth time it has held an opposing offense to 10 points or less this season

· Claims his second straight and second career Defensive Player of the Week honor

· Last Penn State Defensive Player of the Week: Gerald Hodges (Oct. 24, 2011)


Freshman of the Week

Braxton Miller, Ohio State

QB, Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne

· Rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another, the game-winning 40-yard strike to Devin Smith with just 20 seconds remaining, in Ohio State’s 33-29 win over Wisconsin.

· Finished with nearly 200 yards of total offense, a career-high 99 yards coming on the ground and 89 yards through the air on seven completions

· Scored on touchdown runs of one and 44 yards

· Claims his first career weekly honor

· Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: N/A

 

[Gopher07]

Jordan Wettstein named B1G Special Teams Player of the Week

http://btn.com/2011/10/31/big-ten-hands-out-week-9-honors/

Congratulations! What a day for this young man. Talk about seizing opportunity.

 

[Unregistered User]

+1

 

[BarnBoy]

It was a thing of beauty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-1M_NnRnM

 

[GophersInIowa]

Congrats to him!

 

[Monty519]

Yeah, he definitely seized his chance when he got it. Must be nice to make such a major mark on the program in your first game lol.

 

[maxmom]

WETTSTEIN so deserves Big Ten Honor

Jordan Wettstein certainly deserves the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honor! He did an amazing job & I hope to see more of him out there!! Nice to see him get recognized. Can only imagine what else he can do if this was his first time out.

 

[SJUgopher]

Jordan Wettstein certainly deserves the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honor! He did an amazing job & I hope to see more of him out there!! Nice to see him get recognized. Can only imagine what else he can do if this was his first time out.

He was a pleasant surprise and deserves it. The ball comes off his foot much nice than it seems to for Hawthorne. It may not, but from watching on TV, seems to get higher quicker meaning less chance of blocked FG/Xtra Pt.

 

[GoldenRodents]

Hawthorne injury means more Wettstein?

Saw Hawthorne pull up trying to kick in warmups. Looked like the injury could take a long time to heal. We may be seeing more of Wettstein.