Wisconsin Freshmen Linebackers Earn Big Ten Weekly Honors After Washington Win

Overview

• Cooper Catalano was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Mason Posa earned Co-Freshman of the Week for performances in the Nov. 8 win over No. 24 Washington.
• Catalano posted 19 tackles with two tackles for loss and one sack, the most by a Badger since 2011 and the most by a Power Four freshman since 2017.
• Posa recorded 11 tackles with 2.5 sacks, forced and recovered a fumble to set up Wisconsin’s only touchdown, and added a sack on Washington’s final offensive play.
• The conference noted it was the first time since 2020 that multiple defensive players from the same team received Big Ten weekly honors in the same week.
• Catalano became the first Wisconsin freshman to win the league’s defensive award since Chris Borland in 2009, while Posa shared his honor with Nebraska quarterback TJ Lateef.