USC's Eddie Czaplicki, Emmanuel Pregnon and Woody Marks Earn AP All-Big Ten Honors

LOS ANGELES—USC P Eddie Czaplicki, OL Emmanuel Pregnon and RB Woody Marks have earned AP All-Big Ten Honors.

Czaplicki was named to the AP All-Big Ten First Team, while Pregnon and Marks were named to the AP All-Big Ten Second Team. Marks was selected twice to the Second Team, as a running back and as an all-purpose player.

Specials teams has been important this season for the Trojans and P Eddie Czaplicki has been a superstar in USC's third phase of the game. Czaplicki, a Ray Guy Award finalist and All-American candidate, is the best punter in the nation. He not only earned All-Big Ten First Team honors by the coaches and the media, but he was named the Big Ten Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year. USC ranks first in the nation in net punting (45.54). He leads the nation in percentage of punts inside the 20 for punters with a minimum of 30 attempts. Twenty-four of his punts have been inside the 20, 9 have been inside the 10 and 4 inside the 5. He has recorded just 1 touchback the entire season. He has averaged over 50-yards in 4 games this season (55.3 vs. LSU, 53.1 vs. Michigan, 56.0 vs. Minnesota and 51.8 vs. Nebraska). He has been named a Ray's 8 Award recipient three times this season. Twenty-one of Czaplicki's 40 punts have been over 50 yards (.525), including a season-long of 62 yards against Minnesota. He also recorded a career-high single game punting average of 53.1 yards against Michigan. Czaplicki has been instrumental in flipping the field and giving the Trojan defense great field position all season long.

From the Trojan backfield, RB Woody Marks has been an impact player. Marks, an All-Big Ten Second Team selection, recorded 1,133 rushing yards on 198 attempts (5.7 avg.) with 9 TDs. He sits at 24^th among USC's all-time single-season rushing leaders with 1,133 yards this season. He surpasses Anthony Davis who had 1,112 rushing yards in the 1973 season. Marks is USC's first 1,000-yard rusher since Ronald Jones II rushed for 1,550 yards in 2017. Since Reggie Bush and LenDale White were 1,000-yard rushers in 2005, just five USC RBs have been 1,000-yard season rushers: Joe McKnight (2009), Curtis McNeal (2011), Javorius Allen (2014), Ronald Jones II (2016 & 2017) and now Woody Marks. He also tied with WR Zachariah Branch for USC's 2024 receiving leader with 47 catches for 321 yards (6.83 avg.). He is the first Trojan running back with 40+ catches in a single season since Javorius Allen recorded 41 in 2014. Marks has collected 47 receptions with at least 2 games remaining. When he left early in the first quarter against Notre Dame, he snapped his streak of consecutive games with at least one catch at 56. It was the longest active streak in the nation. He finished the regular season ranked No. 4 in the Big Ten among all positions (and No. 11 in the Power 4) with 37 explosive runs throughout the season per PFF. Marks averaged 121.17 all-purpose yards per game, which rank fourth in the Big Ten and 18^th in the nation. His 1,133 rushing yards are fourth in the Big Ten and 24^th in the nation, and his rushing yards per game (94.4) rank No. 4 in the Big Ten and 25^th in the nation.

Pregnon's consistent play at left guard was crucial to the success of the USC offense this season. Per PFF, Pregnon is the No. 12 ranked guard in the Big Ten with an overall offensive grade of 72.9. He ranks as the No. 11 guard in the Big Ten for run blocking with a 70.8 grade. USC finished the regular season ranked No. 11 in the nation in passing offense (291.7) and No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 23 in the nation in total offense (440.3) and third in the Big Ten.

Players Mentioned

Zachariah Branch

Eddie Czaplicki

Woody Marks

Emmanuel Pregnon