Nebraska's Armstrong named Big Ten offensive player of week
Posted September 26, 2016 7:00 am
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. has been named Big Ten offensive player of the week for his performance against Northwestern.
The fourth-year starter accounted for 378 yards of total offense as the Cornhuskers improved to 4-0 on the season with the 24-13 victory. Armstrong rushed for a career high 132 yards on 13 carries, an average of 10.2 yards per rush, while also completing 18 of 29 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown.
Armstrong became the seventh Husker quarterback to reach 1,500 rushing yards in a career. He also went over 9,000 yards of total offense in his career, becoming just the second Husker to accomplish the feat.
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