NSIC Players of the Week (11/15)

[wscsuperfan]

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#10 Brandon Alt (QB, 6-2, 200, So., Cottage Grove, Minn. / Park HS) - Bemidji State
- Threw for 435 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 62-40 win over UMary
- Had three touchdown passes of at least 50 yards and completed 57.5 percent of passes (23-40)
- It was his second 400-yard passing game and fourth 5+ touchdown game
- Extended his BSU single-season records in pass yards, touchdowns and completions
- Set the NSIC single season record for touchdown passes in a season with 43
- Helped BSU to a share of NSIC Overall Championship and the outright North Division Championship
- Named NSIC Player of the Week for the second time this season (9/13/21)

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#24 Carter Duxbury (LB, 6-2, 240, Jr., Chatfield, Minn. / Chatfield HS) - Winona State
- Had two of the most important defensive plays in an 18-16 win over Minnesota State
- Recorded a strip-sack in the endzone, forcing a fumble that resulted in a safety for the Warriors
- Tallied six total tackles on the day, including four solo stops
- Came up with a sack on the final play of the game, dropping the MSU quarterback before he could get a pass away
- Leads the NSIC in sacks with 11 total, including 10 solo sacks

NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week
# 97 Jacob Scott (K/P, 6-1, 175, Fr., Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus HS) - Winona State

[wscsuperfan]

Other Top Performances

Offense

#28 Rudolh Sinflorant (AUGIE) secured the first 100-yard rushing performance of 2021 with 104 yards in 55-0 win over Southwest Minnesota State. He ran for two touchdowns of 29 yards and 72 yards. He carried the ball four times for an average of 26 yards per carry.

#11 Danny Kittner (UMary) had a record-setting day which featured 19 catches for 284 yards and four touchdowns. He tied the NSIC single-game receptions record and broke the NSIC single season record for receiving yardage with 1,723 yards. His 128 catches is also an NSC record. He set the UMary single game records for catches and yards and tied TD record. He leads all NCAA players in catches, receiving yards and all purpose yards and is second to teammate Luke Little in TD receptions with 18.

#8 Armani Carmickle (UMD) #21 Ali Mohamed (MINOT) turned in his 6th 100-plus yard game of the season as finished as the top rusher in total rushing yards in the NSIC with 1,159 rushing yards on the season.

#12 Dewaylon Ingram (NSU) hauled in a season high 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns against the Bulldogs. This is the 5th highest yardage total in any game in the NSIC this season.

#6 Landon Freeman (USF) had another stellar offensive performance in a 42-21 win over Upper Iowa to clinch share of NSIC South title. He had eight carries for 152 yards and a TD. Freeman, who averaged 19.0 yards per tote, has 827 yards on just 87 carries for a 9.5 yards per carry, and nine TDs in his debut season with USF. Freeman recorded his fifth game over 100 yards this season and his second in three weeks.

#4 Nick Bohn (WSC) #18 Owen Burke (WSU) Defense

#94 Grayson Diepenbrock (AUGIE) recorded a team-high five tackles in the win over Southwest Minnesota State. He recorded two tackles for a loss totaling 11 yards and a sack for nine yards. He was credited with a quarterback hurry and was part of a defense, more so defensive line, that held SMSU to -19 yards rushing.

#11 Austin Kurylo (UMD) #2 Marcus Gulley (MSUM) #50 Lane Schall (MINOT)Joey Wehrkamp (USF) had a sack, a fumble recovery and two TFLs to help USF Football defeat Upper Iowa, 42-21, and win the south division title. He now has 9.5 on the season and with two TFL has 16 this year. He now has 17.5 sacks in his career, ninth all-time at USF and his 33 TFLs is 10th all-time. He ranks in the top six of both categories in the league.

Special Teams

#39 Drew Jurgens (AUGIE) punted two times for an average of 46.5 yards. He had a long of 50 yards.

#2 Hameed Oyedele (BSU) totaled four kickoff returns for 166 yards in a 62-40 win over UMary. He recorded a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to average 41.5 yards per kickoff return.

#37 Damian Chowaniec (MSU) went 3-of-4 in field goal attempts, connecting on kicks from 21 yards, 30 yards and 30 yards out. He finished with nine points and averaged 52.6 yards per kickoff.

#9 Knylen Miller-Levi (MINOT)#7 Dominic Pegley (USF) helped USF Football win a South Division title with another big special teams play. In the third quarter, he blocked his NCAA DII leading third punt of the season to set up a score. Pegley also had two catches for 16 yards and a 10-yard TD reception.

[laker]

#11 Danny Kittner (UMary) had a record-setting day which featured 19 catches for 284 yards and four touchdowns. He tied the NSIC single-game receptions record and broke the NSIC single season record for receiving yardage with 1,723 yards. His 128 catches is also an NSC record. He set the UMary single game records for catches and yards and tied TD record. He leads all NCAA players in catches, receiving yards and all purpose yards and is second to teammate Luke Little in TD receptions with 18.[/QUOTE]

I realize that I played in the days of leather helmets, but I never caught 19 passes in an entire season. Heck, not in my career!

[Purple Mav Man]

Damn... Mary may have lost but just give Kittner the POW already. He and Little are such a great combo.