For Immediate Release
Monday, November 15, 2021
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

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
- Accounted for 10 points in a 18-16 win over Minnesota State
- Was a perfect 3-for-3 in field goals with a long of 31 yards
- Was also 1-for-1 on PAT’s
- His 31 yarder with 10 minutes to go in the game put the Warriors up 18-16

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)  tallied 184 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns against Northern State during UMD’s NSIC Championship clinching win. With 1,214 receiving yards on the season, is now the new program leader in receiving yards in a single season.
#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) accounted for 298 yards of total offense and two TD’s in a 24-21 win at MSU Moorhead. He completed 18-of-22 passes in snowy conditions for 176 yards and one TD. He added a season-high 122 yards rushing on 30 carries and one score. He helped WSC secure first seven-win season in a decade.
#18 Owen Burke (WSU) concluded his career on a high note, leading Winona State to a 18-16 victory in the final game of the season and head coach Tom Sawyer’s 26 year career. He was 16-of-23 passing for 186 yards and connected on a 1st quarter TD pass, moving him to 61 career all-time, third-best ever at Winona State. With 19 TD passes on the season he is 14th all-time at WSU. All three of Burke’s seasons as the Warriors starter rank in the Top-20. He had a 69.3 completion % in the game.

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) notched a team-high five solo and seven total tackles during the Bulldogs’ NSIC championship clinching win against Northern State. Added one pass break-up and one tackle for loss.
#2 Marcus Gulley (MSUM) had a game-high 13 tackles in the Dragons’ 24-21 loss to Wayne State. He had a game-high nine solo tackles and added a pass breakup. He finished third on the team in tackles this season.
#50 Lane Schall (MINOT) had a career-high seven tackles and forced a fumble early in the game that led to Minot State’s first touchdown of the game and helped ignite a Senior Day victory.
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) scored his third touchdown of the year and gave Minot State its first kick-off return for touchdown this season. His 89-yard return for touchdown provide a big spark that led to the Beavers’ Senior Day victory.
#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.

NSIC Football Players of the Week
9/7/21
O: #9 John Larson - UMD
D: #39 Clay Schueffner - WSU
SP: #26 Payton Eue - NSU
9/13/21
O: #10 Brandon Alt - Bemidji State
D:  #18 Andrew Egnarski - Concordia-St. Paul
SP: #26 Payton Eue - Northern State (2)
9/20/21
O: #34 Thuro Reisdorfer - SIoux Falls
D: #8 Peyton Buckley - Augustana
SP: #81 Curt Cox  - Minnesota Duluth
9/27/21
O: #11 Kyle Saddler - Augustana
D: #27 Hunter Bohannon- SMSU
SP: #41 Alex Powders - Wayne State 
10/4/21
O: #9 Logan Nelson - University of Mary
D: #51 Nate Pearson - Minnesota Duluth
SP: #4 Ty’Shonan Brooks - Minnesota State
10/11/21
O: #4 Hunter Trautman - Northern State 
D: #55 Alex Kowalczyk - Wayne State
SP: #5 Jake Balliu - Winona State
10/18/21
O: #7 JD Ekowa - Minnesota State
D: #43 T.J. Liggett - Augustana
SP: #81 Curt Cox  - Minnesota Duluth (2)
10/25/21
O: #6 Malik Williams - Bemidji State 
D: #43 Nicholas Joynt - Wayne State 
SP: #7 Carter Blackwell - MSU Moorhead
11/1/21
O: #6 Landon Freeman - Sioux Falls
D: #34 Brennan Ketterer - Northern State 
SP: #81 Curt Cox  - Minnesota Duluth (3)
11/8/21
O: #88 Luke Little - University of Mary
D: #27 Michael Kirkendoll - Minnesota Duluth 
SP: #99 Nicholas Hernandez - Sioux Falls
11/15/21
O: #10 Brandon Alt - Bemidji State (2)
D: #24 Carter Duxbury - Winona State
SP: #97 Jacob Scott - Winona State

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.