Seth Coleman Earns Big Ten Defensive Player of Week Award

Illinois Athletics

October 16, 2023

Seth Coleman courtesy Illinois Athletics

Seth Coleman
• Six tackles, 3.0 sacks, 3.0 TFLs in Illinois' 27-24 win at Maryland
• 3.0 sacks are the most in a game by any Big Ten player this season
• First Illini to have 3.0+ sacks in a game since Owen Carney Jr. on Oct. 31, 2020, vs. Purdue

Big Ten Players of the Week - Oct. 16
Offensive Player of the Week: J.J. McCarthy, Jr., QB, MICH
Defensive Player of the Week: Seth Coleman, Jr., OLB, ILL
Co-Special Teams Players of the Week: Tory Taylor, Sr., P, IOWA AND Daequan Hardy, CB, Sr., PSU
Freshman of the Week: Kaden Feagin, RB, ILL

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