Senior punter Brian Buschini was selected as the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in Nebraska’s win over previously unbeaten Rutgers.
The senior from Helena, Mont., averaged 50.2 yards per punt on five punts, including a pair of 60-yarders in Nebraska’s 14-7 win over Rutgers. Buschini placed two of his punts inside the 20-yard line, including a season-long 69-yard punt that put the Scarlet Knights on their own 11-yard line with 2:17 remaining. It marked his longest punt since the 2022 season. Buschini also completed his first career pass, executing a fake punt for a 30-yard completion to Jaylen Lloyd in the third quarter.
The honor marks Buschini’s first Big Ten Weekly honor and the second of the season, as Dylan Raiola was named Freshman of the Week following NU’s season-opening win against UTEP. On the season, Buschini is averaging 47.6 yards per punt, including placing eight of his 18 kicks inside the opponent 20-yard line.
Nebraska junior middle blocker Rebekah Allick was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced.
It’s the second time Allick has received the honor this season after also being named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2.
Allick averaged 2.00 blocks per set to go along with 2.17 kills per set on .455 hitting in the Nebraska’s sweeps of Illinois and Iowa last week.
At Illinois, Allick played a huge role in shutting down the Illini with nine blocks, and she also put down four kills on .300 hitting. Allick took over in the third set as she was involved in scoring NU’s final seven points. Against Iowa on Sunday, Allick posted three blocks with nine kills and hit .583 as the Big Red held the Hawkeyes to .155 hitting.
