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Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson and TJ Lateef were recognized for their performances in Saturday’s win over UCLA on Monday afternoon.
Johnson was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, while Lateef shared the Freshman of the Week honor with Mason Posa of Wisconsin. In addition, Lateef was one of eight quarterbacks named by the Manning Award as its “Stars of the Week”
It is the first Big Ten honor for both Johnson and Lateef.
Johnson was honored after accounting for a career-high 232 yards from scrimmage in Nebraska’s 28-21 victory. The junior from Minneapolis had 129 rushing yards and a career-high 103 receiving yards on three receptions to become the first Husker running back in school history to surpass 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game. Johnson accounted for three scores, including touchdown receptions of 56 and 50 yards, matching a school single-game record for TD receptions by a running back and rushed for a third score. He became the first player in the Big Ten in at least 30 years to have more than 125 rushing yards, more than 100 receiving yards, a rushing touchdown and two receiving touchdowns in the same game. He is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten’s weekly offensive award since Anthony Grant on Sept. 5, 2022.
Lateef shined in his first collegiate start, returning to his hometown to guide the Huskers to their first win at UCLA since 1992. He completed 13-of-15 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns, as he completed his first 11 passes. The Compton, Calif., native also rushed five times for 31 yards. He guided the Huskers to touchdowns in NU’s first four possessions as the Huskers won seven regular-season games for the first time since 2016. Lateef, who is just the fifth true freshman to start at quarterback at Nebraska since 1950, is believed to be the first true freshman in FBS since at least 1995 to have a game with a minimum of 15 passing attempts and less than two incompletions, 200+yards passing, three or more passing touchdowns and 30 or more rushing yards. The last Husker freshman to earn the conference weekly award was Jacory Barney on Nov. 24, 2024.
With today’s honors, Nebraska is now one of three Big Ten programs that has had a player earn each of the conference’s weekly awards (DeShon Singleton-Defense; Kenneth Williams-Special Teams) during the 2025 season.