NSIC Players of the Week (10/11)

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NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#4 Hunter Trautman (QB, 6-0, 200, Gr., St. Francis, Minn. / St. Francis HS) - Northern State
- Led Northern State to a 52-49 victory at Winona State, throwing for 418 yards and five touchdowns
- Completed 32-of-47 passing attempts without an interception, averaging 13.1 yards per completion
- Tied the Northern State career record for passing touchdowns
- Added 16 yards rushing and one rushing touchdown
- Leads the NSIC in average passing yards per game (342.7), total yards (2056), and passing touchdowns (24)

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#55 Alex KowalczykNSIC Special Teams Player of the Week
#5 Jake Balliu (WR, 5-9, 185, Gr., Lake Villa, Ill. / Lakes Community) - Winona State
- Returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to open the scoring for Winona State in a 52-49 loss to Northern State
- The touchdown return was the sixth-longest in Warrior history
- He had 155 yards in kickoff returns and 65 yards in punt returns
- He racked up 220 total return yards and led the Warriors with five catches
- Currently seventh in the country in combined kick return yards with 349

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Other Top Performances

Offense

#11 Kyle Saddler (AUGIE) threw for 377 yards and four touchdowns as the Vikings topped Upper Iowa in their homecoming game. He did not throw an interception in the contest and completed 25 passes with three of them going 49 or more yards.

#6 Malik Williams (BSU) caught three passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in 42-14 win. He brought in two 75-yard touchdown catches. HIs third overall and second consecutive multi-touchdown game of the season. He averaged 53.3 yards per reception and moved into tie for 7th all-time at BSU in receiving touchdowns.

#11 Danny Kittner (UMary) caught 13 passes for 133 yards and 3 scores. His touchdowns covered 13, 23 and 22 yards. He has had at least 100 yards receiving in all 6 games this season. He leads the nation in receptions/game (11.7), receiving yards/game (165) and is tied for the lead in receiving touchdowns (12).

#4 Logan Graetz (UMD), in his second career start, went 13 for 24 while throwing for 150 yards and four passing touchdowns. On the day, Graetz also rushed for 12 yards on three rushing attempts. His four passing touchdowns propelled UMD to a 31-27 road win at UMary.

#23 Luke Imdieke (MSUM) caught a team-high five passes for 57 yards in 29-17 Dragon win at Minot. He also rushed for 35 yards on six carries and averaged 10.2 yards per reception.

Landon Freeman (USF) set a career-high with 136 yards rushing on nine carries to lead USF to a 35-7 road win at SMSU. He had his second 100-yard rushing game of his career. Freeman, who had 19 carries for 105 yards and a TD against Concordia St. Paul in week two, scored on runs of 20 and a career-high 69 yards as he averaged 15.1 yards per rush.

#2 Anthony Watkins (WSC) rushed for 115 yards on just 16 carries and two touchdowns in a 35-24 upset win at #11 Minnesota State. He had touchdown runs of 40 and 32 yards. His 32-yard touchdown run at 9:07 mark of 4th quarter gave WSC the lead for good at 28-24. This was his second 100-yard rushing game of season, the other one was 107 yards in 31-28 win at then #11 Minnesota Duluth two weeks ago.

#18 Owen Burke (WSU) earned his second career 300-yard passing game, tossing for 334 yards against Northern State. Had five touchdown passes, moving to 54 total TD passes in his career Was 22-of-38 with a longest throw of 41 yards Connected with eight different receivers in the contest

Defense

#17 Eli Weber (AUGIE) led Augustana with eight tackles in the victory over Upper Iowa. Of those eight, four were tackles for loss, totaling 21 yards. He also tallied 1.5 sacks, totaling 14 yards. He was part of a defense that leads the nation in fewest rushing yards per game allowed.

#9 Gabe Ames (BSU) tallied 3.0 tackles for a loss and a sack in 42-14 win. His sack went for loss of 10 yards and TFL went for loss of 17 yards. He paced BSU with seven tackles, including three solo. He also recovered a fumble to set up a touchdown just before halftime. His 3.0 TFL tied a single-game career high.

#27 Michael Kirkendoll (UMD)#26 Cody Sorenson (MSUM) had a big day on defense helping the Dragons to a 29-17 win over Minot. He returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown, his first pick six of his career. He also had a team-high three pass breakups and added five tackles, including three solo stops.

#22 Carter Lohr (USF) #20 Cam Gavin (WSU) racked up 14 total tackles against the Northern State Wolves on Saturday, a season high for the senior from New Lenox, Ill. He had 12 solo stops and added two assists as he racked up two tackles for loss, totaling seven yards.

Special Teams

#19 Ben Limburg (AUGIE) went 3-of-4 on field goal attempts and was perfect 4-of-4 on PATs as the Vikings defeated Upper Iowa. He connected on field goals from 44, 36 and 19 yards. On eight kickoffs, he averaged 53.5 yards per kick including two kicks that were taken from the 50 yard line due to penalties.

#45 Logan Kobus (UMD) notched four punts within the 20-yard line. On the day, Kobus punted six times for 221 yards and an average of 36.8 yards per punt.

#25 Joey Hughes (MSUM) returned a blocked punt 29 yards for a touchdown in 29-17 win over Minot State. He also added a tackle.

#26 Payton Eue (NSU) scored ten points for Northern State in their 52-49 victory over Winona State, He hit 7-of-7 PATs and recorded a 38-yard field goal. He averaged 54.0 yards per kickoff and 33.2 yards per punt.