BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana redshirt sophomore Griffin Oakes earned Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday. It is the second recognition of his career (Sept. 29, 2014).
Oakes is the third Hoosier to collect honors from the league in 2015. Junior running back Jordan Howard was named co-Offensive Player of the Week following the Wake Forest game and true freshman safety Jonathan Crawford was named Big Ten co-Freshman of the Week following the Western Kentucky game.
Oakes set a career-high and matched an IU record (7th time) with four field goals from 39, 36, 51 and 24 yards against No.