WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue’s Carson Wiggs has been named the Nov. 28 Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after booting four field goals in Purdue’s 33-25 win over Indiana in Bloomington last Saturday.
He is the fifth Boilermaker recognized with weekly honors by the conference this season, including the third for special teams play. The honor is the first of the year for the senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, and the second of his career (also Oct. 18, 2009).
Wiggs was a perfect 4 for 4 on field goal attempts against the Hoosiers, matching his career high by hitting from 48, 43, 29 and 22 yards out, and also connected on all three PAT attempts to account for 15 of Purdue’s 33 points in the game. Wiggs’ effort helped Purdue recapture the Old Oaken Bucket and earn bowl eligibility for the first time since 2007.
Wiggs in the most-accurate kicker in school history (73.6 percent, 53 for 72) and has the second-most field goals ever at Purdue (53).
The 6-6 Boilermakers will have to wait to hear their postseason fate until Dec. 4, when the bowls announce their respective lineups. The Big Ten has agreements with the Rose, Capital One, Outback, Insight, Taxslayer.com Gator, Meinke Car Care of Texas, TicketCity and Little Caesars Pizza bowls.