Throughout the 2021 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 ten,
Purdue quarterback Aidan O'Connell and Arizona State running back Rachaad White were selected by the 15-person committee.
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Big Ten Player of the Week
Aidan O'Connell, Purdue
Sr., QB, Long Grove, Ill.
- Completed 40-of-54 passes for 536 yards, the third highest total in Purdue history, in the 40-29 win over Michigan State
- Set a school record for completion percentage (.741) with at least 50 passing attempts
- Threw three touchdown passes
- This is O'Connell's first career Rose Bowl Game Big Ten Player of the Week honor
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Pac-12 Player of the Week
Rachaad White, Arizona State
RB, Sr., Kansas City, Mo.
- Set career highs in carries (28) and yards (202) in the win over USC, 31-16
- Matched a career best with three touchdowns
- Was the first ASU runner to surpass the 200-yard mark since 2018
- This is White's first career Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week honor
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ALSO NOMINATED:
Big Ten: Dane Belton, Iowa; Jahan Dotson, Penn State; Jaxon Smith-Njiba, Ohio State; Graham Mertz, Wisconsin
Pac-12: Kyon Barrs, Arizona; Brendon Lewis, Colorado; Travis Dye, Oregon; Devin Lloyd, Utah
PAST WINNERS
Week 1: Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State; Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
Week 2: Blake Corum, Michigan; CJ Verdell, Oregon
Week 3: Jahan Dotson, Penn State; Jaxson Dart, USC
Week 4: Jack Campbell, Iowa; Chance Nolan, Oregon State
Week 5: Spencer Petras, Iowa; Tanner McKee, Stanford
Week 6: Matt Hankins, Iowa; Jayden de Laura, Washington State
Week 7: David Bell, Purdue; Devin Lloyd, Utah
Week 8: Chase Brown, Illinois, Travis Dye, Oregon
Week 9: Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State (2); Tavion Thomas, Utah
