Penn State offensive guard Connor McGovern is the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Week. The Nittany Lions’ offensive line helped paved the way for a 599-yard, 41-point outburst in a win over Iowa on Saturday evening at Beaver Stadium.

The 6-foot-5, 310-pound McGovern has played in every game this fall, starting the last five after taking over the right guard spot against Minnesota in October. Since then the Nittany Lions have won five straight and the team has averaged 38.8 points per game.

The Lake-Lehman graduate is just the third offensive lineman to win Big Ten weekly honors since the conference started giving out awards. Ohio State’s Korey Stringer (1994) and Michigan State’s Sean Poole (2004) each won conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. McGovern is the only offensive lineman to win Freshman of the Week honors.

A January enrollee, McGovern was a four-star prospect and the nation’s No. 3-rated center according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He was a U.S. Army All-American before arriving at Penn State.