Jacoby Windmon Sets Another Michigan State Record
UNLV transfer Jacoby Windmon is leaving his mark on the field and in the record books during his first season as a Michigan State Spartan.
On Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced that Windmon had been named the league's "Defensive Player of the Week" for his performance against Wisconsin.
The only Michigan State defensive player to win @bigten Player of the Week 3x in a single season: @JW1NDMON pic.twitter.com/lu77BsoKOw
— Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) October 17, 2022
The senior, who has played both defensive end and outside linebacker for MSU this season, had 11 tackles, a tackle for loss, an interception, a pass break-up and forced a fumble in the Spartans' 34-28 double-overtime victory over the Badgers.
This is the third time this season that Windmon has been named the Big Ten's "defensive player of the week", the first Michigan State defender to earn the honor three times in a single season.
The forced fumble against Wisconsin was Windmon's sixth of the year, which is tied for the second-most in a single season by a Big Ten player over the past decade, trailing only the seven forced fumbles by Illinois' Jack Hansen in 2019.
Jacoby Windmon (@JW1NDMON) already has 6️⃣ forced fumbles.
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 16, 2022
That's tied for 2nd-most by a @B1Gfootball player in the last 10 seasons, trailing only Jake Hansen (7 in 2019).#B1Gstats x @MSU_Football pic.twitter.com/rFgJwul9Zb
In addition to being the only Michigan State player to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week three times in a single season, Windmon is just the sixth player in the conference's history to accomplish the feat. He joins Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald (1995), Wisconsin's Tom Burke (1998), Penn State's Paul Posluszny (2005), Ohio State's Ryan Shazier (2013) and Northwestern's Anthony Walker (2015) in that exclusive club.
No player has won the award four times in the same season.
On the season, Windmon has racked up 37 tackles (13 solo), 10.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, six foced fumbles, three pass break-ups, an interception and a fumble recovery.
