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Quarterback racks up weekly honors

Freshman Lewis 1st to win award since 2002 season

Following his career-best performance in Saturday's 31-28 upset of No. 15 Iowa, IU freshman quarterback Kellen Lewis took home his first conference and national honors. \nThe Big Ten named Lewis Co-Offensive Player of the Week along with Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter for their performances. Also, USA Today named the Hoosier quarterback its Player of the Week.\nLewis played a leading role in guiding the Hoosiers to their upset victory of the Hawkeyes. He threw for a career-high 255 yards and three touchdowns, while completing 76 percent of his passes. He also rushed for one touchdown. \nThe award is the first for an IU offensive player since quarterback Gibran Hamdan won a weekly award in October 2002. \nLewis is also the first freshman to win a weekly award for IU since quarterback Antwaan Randle El won twice in the 1998 season.

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