Illini’s Altmyer, Wolverines’ Marshall, Buckeyes’ Reese and Sayin, along with Trojans’ Sayeri garner accolades
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 10 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees:
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Luke Altmyer, Illinois
QB – Sr. – Starkville, Miss. – Starkville
- Recorded 323 total yards (235 passing, 88 rushing) and a career-high five total touchdowns (4 passing, 1 rushing) in Illinois’ 35-13 win vs. Rutgers
- First Illini to total five touchdowns since 2013 and tied his career high with four passing touchdowns, his third career game with four touchdown passes
- Led Illinois to its sixth win, becoming bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2010-11
- Last Illinois Offensive Player of the Week: Luke Altmyer (Sept. 29, 2025)
Jordan Marshall, Michigan
RB – So. – Cincinnati, Ohio – Archbishop Moeller
- Earned career highs in rushing yards (185) and touchdowns (3) in the win against Purdue, his fourth career and third-straight game of 100 or more rushing yards
- His 185 rushing yards tie the most by a Michigan ball carrier since Donovan Edwards posted the same total against Purdue in the 2022 Big Ten Championship game
- His first-quarter 54-yard touchdown run was his third touchdown of 50 or more yards this season
- The play came immediately after he caught a 25-yard pass – the longest receiving play of his career
- Last Michigan Offensive Player of the Week: Justice Haynes (Oct. 27, 2025)
Defensive Player of the Week
Arvell Reese, Ohio State
LB – Jr. – Cleveland, Ohio – Glenville
- Led the Ohio State defensive effort in the win over Penn State with career-highs of 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles-for-loss with one sack
- Leads the Buckeyes with 54 tackles on the season and is second in TFLs (9-44) and quarterback sacks (6.5-41)
- Helped Ohio State limit the Nittany Lions to 200 yards of total offense for the game with minus-21 rushing yards in the second half and just 60 total second half yards
- Last Ohio State Defensive Player of the Week honoree: Caden Curry (Sept. 29, 2025)
Special Teams Player of the Week
Ryon Sayeri, USC
K – Fr. – West Hills, Calif. – Chaminade
- In USC’s 21-17 victory over Nebraska, Sayeri scored eight points for the Trojans with two field goals (49 and 24 yards) and two PATs
- He also tallied five kickoffs for 323 yards (64.6 avg.) and a pair of touchbacks
- Improved to 4-of-4 in field goals versus ranked AP opponents, and he’s 5-of-5 over 40+ yards
- He’s scored 76 total points this season and recorded 46 touchbacks, which rank third and first in the Big Ten, respectively
- First USC Special Teams Player of the Week
Freshman of the Week
Julian Sayin, Ohio State
QB – Carlsbad, Calif. – Carlsbad
- For the third time this season, Sayin threw for over 300 yards (316), completed at least 80% of his passes (20-23; .869) with at least three touchdowns (4) and no interceptions to lead Ohio State to a 38-14 victory over Penn State Saturday at Ohio Stadium
- Recorded two 57-yard completions on the afternoon and in the process increased his nation’s best completion percentage to 80.7%
- Joins West Virginia’s Geno Smith in 2012 as the only quarterbacks to hit the 300-plus yards, complete at least 80% of his passes with at least three touchdowns and no interceptions stat line in the last 30 years
- Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Julian Sayin (Oct. 20, 2025)
2025 Big Ten Football Players of the Week (presented by IFS.ai)
Sept. 1
O: Jayden Maiava, USC
O: Jonah Coleman, WASH
D: Preston Zachman, WIS
ST: Hank Beatty, ILL
F: Malik Washington, MD
Sept. 8
O: Aidan Chiles, MSU
O: Jonah Coleman, WASH
D: Jordan Hall, MSU
ST: Spencer Porath, PUR
F: Julian Sayin, OSU
Sept. 15
O: Omar Cooper Jr., IND
D: Jerry Mixon, ORE
ST: Kaden Wetjen, IOWA
F: Bryce Underwood, MICH
Sept. 22
O: Fernando Mendoza, IND
O: Demond Williams Jr., WASH
D: Daniel Wingate, MD
ST: Kaden Wetjen, IOWA
ST: Dominic Zvada, MICH
F: Malik Washington, MD
Sept. 29
O: Luke Altmyer, ILL
O: Dante Moore, ORE
D: Caden Curry, OSU
ST: David Olano, ILL
F: Drake Lindsey, MINN
Oct. 6
O: Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
D: DeShon Singleton, NEB
ST: David Olano, ILL
F: Julian Sayin, OSU
Oct. 13
O: Demond Williams Jr., WASH
D: Aiden Fisher, IND
ST: Jack Olsen, NU
F: King Miller, USC
Oct. 20
O: Julian Sayin, OSU
D: Xavier Nwankpa, IOWA
ST: Mateen Bhaghani, UCLA
F: Julian Sayin, OSU
Oct. 27
O: Justice Haynes, MICH
O: Denzel Boston, WASH
D: Jimmy Rolder, MICH
ST: Kenneth Williams, NEB
ST: Jai Patel, RU
F: Jordon Davison, ORE
Nov. 3
O: Luke Altmyer, ILL
O: Jordan Marshall, MICH
D: Arvell Reese, OSU
ST: Ryon Sayeri, USC
F: Julian Sayin, OSU
