Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel Named Big Ten Offensvie Player of the Year
The Big Ten conference announced its annual awards, with Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel taking home the offensive player of the year award. Gabriel led the top-ranked Ducks to their first perfect regular season since 2010, completing 73.5% of his passes for 3,275 yards and 24 touchdowns with six interceptions in his only season with the Ducks.
Penn State’s Abdul Carter was named defensive player of the year, moving from linebacker to defensive end this season and making 19.5 tackles for loss, including 10 sacks. Indiana’s Curt Cignetti was named coach of the year, leading the ninth-ranked Hoosiers to their most wins in program history in his first season. The Hoosiers are 11-1 and were as high as No. 5 in the AP college football poll.
Ohio State had seven players named to the coaches’ first team, including freshman and receiver of the year Jeremiah Smith. Iowa led the media’s first team with five selections.
