Michigan senior defensive end LaMarr Woodley has accomplished many things since arriving at U-M, but never a Big Ten defensive player of the week award – until today. Woodley was honored for his play in U-M's 17-10 win over Penn State, one in which he notched two sacks among his five solo tackles and three tackles for loss.

Woodley also forced a fumble on one of his sacks inside the PSU five-yard line, but PSU quarterback Anthony Morelli somehow fell on the ball.

Woodley's two sacks were part of a season high seven-sack effort by the Wolverines, impressive in that PSU had allowed only six sacks all season entering the game. Woodley was also part of a run defense that limited Penn State to negative-14 yards rushing, the lowest total allowed by the school since limiting Oregon State to -19 yards in 1986 and the third lowest in school history.

Woodley ranks among the top 10 nationally and second in the Big Ten with 7.0 sacks on the year while rating second in the conference with 10.0 tackles for loss.

Other weekly award winners:

• Indiana freshman quarterback Kellen Lewis, who completed 76 percent of his passes for a career-best 255 yards and three touchdowns while adding another rushing score in a 31-28 win over Iowa.

• Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter, who put up a career high 35 completions, 49 attempts and 431 yards while connecting on 71.4 percent of his throws and adding a pair of touchdown passes and a scoring run in a 31-10 road win at Northwestern.

• OSU return man Ted Ginn, Jr. bested the Big Ten record with his sixth career punt return touchdown, a 60-yard sprint on his only return of the game at Michigan State to give the Buckeyes a 17-0 lead in the second quarter in a 38-7 win at Michigan State.