Luke Reimer is B1G Defensive Player of the Week

There were some good defensive performances around the Big Ten this weekend but one of the Blackshirts has been selected as having the best.

Congratulations Luke!

Nebraska sophomore linebacker Luke Reimer was honored Monday morning as the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week following the Huskers’ 28-3 win over Buffalo.

Reimer, a 6-1, 225-pound Lincoln native, totaled a career-high 16 tackles and an interception in helping the Blackshirts hold a second straight opponent to single figures. His 16 tackles marked his third career double-figure tackle game and topped his previous best of 12 at Iowa last season.

Reimer, whose 16 tackles was the most by a Husker since the 2015 season, also had the game’s key defensive play, tipping and intercepting a Kyle Vantrease pass and returning it to the Buffalo 1-yard line to set up the game-clinching score in the

fourth quarter. Reimer is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten’s weekly defensive honor since Nate Gerry in 2016.