Throughout the 2018 college football season, the Tournament of Roses and the Rose Bowl Game Football Committee will select players from each partner conference as the Big Ten and Pac-12 Player of the Week.
For their outstanding performances in week 10, Northwestern running back Isaiah Bowser and Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew II were selected by the 15-person committee.
A career-high 165 rushing yards and a TD, while helping @NUFBFamily win the Big Ten West, earned Northwestern RB Isaiah Bowers #RoseBowl @B1Gfootball Player of the Week! pic.twitter.com/CpeUAXPsp0
— Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 12, 2018
Big Ten Player of the Week
Isaiah Bowser, Northwestern
Fr., RB, Sidney, Ohio
- Ran for a career-high 165 yards on 31 carries in a 14-10 win over Iowa
- Scored a touchdown on a 34-yard rush to give Northwestern the lead in the third quarter, 7-3
- Posted his third career 100-yard rushing performance of the year
- This is Bowser’s first Rose Bowl Game Player of the Week honor and second for Northwestern this year
For the third time this year, @WSUCougFB QB Gardner Minshew is the #RoseBowl @pac12 Player of the Week! Minshew threw for 355 yard and had three total touchdowns in a 31-7 win over Colorado. pic.twitter.com/xGDfjSwagQ
— Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 12, 2018
Pac-12 Player of the Week
Gardner Minshew II, Washington State
Sr., QB, Brandon, Miss.
- Completed 35-of-58 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns in the 31-7 win over Colorado
- Added a rushing touchdown, his third of the season
- Recorded his 10th career 300-yard passing game, tying the Washington State single-season record
- This is Minshew’s third Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week honor and third for WSU this year
ALSO NOMINATED:
Big Ten: Peyton Ramsey, Indiana; Shea Patterson, Michigan; Seth Green, Minnesota; Adrian Martinez, Nebraska; Mike Weber, Ohio State; Miles Sanders, Penn State
Pac-12: Manny Wilkins, Arizona State; Chase Garbers, Cal; Colby Parkinson, Stanford; Matt Gay, Utah
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Rondale Moore, Purdue; JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Stanford
Week 2: Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin; Chase Hansen, Utah
Week 3: David Blough, Purdue; Khalil Tate, Arizona
Week 4: Miles Sanders, Penn State; Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington
Week 5: Trace McSorley, Penn State; Eno Benjamin, Arizona State
Week 6: Jonathan Taylor (2), Wisconsin; Gardner Minshew II, Washington State
Week 7: Clayton Thorson, Northwestern; Joshua Kelley, UCLA
Week 8: Rondale Moore (2), Purdue; Gardner Minshew II (2), Washington State
Week 9: Javon Leake, Maryland; Jake Luton, Oregon State
Week 10: Shea Patterson, Michigan; Aca’Cedric Ware, USC
