Braydon Brus Earns Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Honors

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Braydon Brus has been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday. The fifth-year linebacker stuffed the stat sheet, recording nine tackles, one sack, one interception and one pass breakup in Northwestern’s 34-13 victory over Penn State. Brus is just the third Big Ten player in the past 10 seasons to post these numbers in a conference game and is the first to do so since 2020. Brus is the first Northwestern player to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors since Aidan Hubbard on October 10, 2023. The Glendora,…