Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. has been named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for Week 2

Redshirt junior wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. truly was special last Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, earning him Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against Indiana State University according to the conference’s release Monday.

Cooper Jr had a career-high 10 catches for 207 yards and four touchdowns, becoming only the second Indiana Hoosier in program history (James Hardy, 2007) to score as many receiving touchdowns in a single game.

“10 for 207, four touchdowns — that's a pretty good day’s work,” Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said postgame Sept. 12. “I think they had a hard time out with him on the perimeter obviously and we got him the ball. There was some space, and he took advantage of it.”

His 207 yards receiving are tied for the most by a Power 4 wideout in 2025 and the most by a Big Ten receiver through Week 3. The receiving yardage total ranks No. 7 on the Indiana single-game charts and are the most sinceTy Fryfogle had 218 yards at Ohio State in 2020 – an effort that earned him Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Of the 207 yards, Cooper Jr. gained 136 of those after the catch.

Omar Cooper Jr was a big part of the rebuild at Indiana in 2024, as he had career-high of 28 catches for 594 yards and seven touchdowns, ranking No. 1 on the team in yards per reception, No. 2 in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and No. 4 in total receptions.

The Indianapolis native is averaging the third most yards per game in the Big Ten (99.7) and is tied for 15th in the conference with 13 receptions. He also is averaging the third most yards per game from scrimmage (124.7) in the conference.

No. 19 Indiana will take on No. 9 Illinois Saturday night in a showdown between two top 20 teams in the country.