Gophers star running back Mohamed Ibrahim leads the Big Ten in rushing and earned a conference honor Monday for his efforts.
Gophers running back Mohamed Ibrahim named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
Mohamed Ibrahim is the Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Week for the first time after tying a career high in rushing yards and scoring four times for the second week in a row.
November 9, 2020 at 4:48PM
Ibrahim is the Offensive Player of the Week for the first time after tying a career-high with 224 rushing yards and four touchdowns in this past Saturday's 41-14 win at Illinois. That was actually his second-consecutive game accumulating more than 200 yards on the ground and four scores, becoming just the second Gophers player to achieve those back-to-back yardages.
Beyond the junior's 30 carries, he also contributed 31 receiving yards and 27 kick-return yards for a career-high 282 all-purpose yards.
Also of note, Friday's opponent also had a player with a weekly award. Iowa's Charlie Jones earned the special teams honor for a 54-yard punt-return touchdown. He finished the game with 105 yards on punt return, including 31-yarder.
We’ve seen Minnesota teams melt down while other teams rejoiced. On Tuesday, it was the Gophers' turn for euphoria while UCLA looked on in anguish and then blamed the crowd.
