After Minnesota's 27-24 road win over Washington, linebacker Maverick Baranowski was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, while kicker Luke Drzewiecki earned the conference's special teams award. Drzewiecki's career-long 51-yard field goal proved decisive.
Baranowski led Minnesota with seven total tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack, and recorded the first interception of his career. Drzewiecki made both field-goal attempts and all three extra points, including a 33-yarder late in the third quarter.
Drzewiecki also became the ninth active FBS player to reach 300 career points. Baranowski and Drzewiecki are Minnesota's second and third Big Ten weekly honorees this season, following Javon Tracy, who received the special teams award after returning two punts for touchdowns in the season-opening win over Eastern Illinois.
