Nebraska freshman place-kicker Barret Pickering was named the Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. It’s the second straight week a Husker has been honored by the conference after both senior running back Devine Ozigbo and freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez earned conference awards last week.
The weekly award is the first of Pickering’s career, while he became the first Husker to be named Special Teams Player of the Week since Sam Foltz in 2015. Pickering accounted for all of Nebraska’s points in the Huskers’ 9-6 victory over Michigan State on Saturday.