For Immediate Release
Monday, September 15, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet
NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#3 Brady Perryman (WR, 6-1, 180, Sr., Cottage Grove, Minn. / Park HS) – MSU Moorhead
- Hauled in five receptions for 124 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-21 win over Winona State
- Led the NSIC in points scored for the week with 18
- Had a 24.8 yard per reception clip with a long of 38 yards
- Hauled in his 31st career receiving touchdown, matching the MSUM career record
- Eclipsed 2,000 career receiving yards in the victory
NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#54 Jake Adams (LB, 6-0, 235, Jr., Pulaski, Wis. / Pulaski HS) – Northern State
- Led Northern State with 16 tackles in its 26-7 victory over Wayne State
- Recorded six solo stops and ten assisted tackles
- Notched a sack for a loss of three yards
- Pulled in his first interception since the 2023 season
- Ranks first in the nation in tackles per game (18.0) and solo tackles per game (10.0)
NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week
#37 Jadon Apgar (K, 6-0, 185, Fr., Cary, Ill. / Cary-Grove HS) – Minnesota Duluth
- Hit the game-winning 25 yard field goal as time expired in a 17-14 win over No. 7 MSU
- Perfect three for three on field goals in the game
- Longest field goal measured 35 yards
- Added four kickoffs for 198 yards, an average of 49.5 yards
Others Under Consideration
OFFENSE
Lincoln Graf (Concordia-St. Paul)
- Passed for 275 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-21 road win in first career start
- Completed 18-of-24, engineered a turnover-free offense and did not take a sack
- Added 3-17 rushing, finishing with 292 yards of total offense
- After an incomplete pass to start the day, completed 13 consecutive passes
- Game-winning TD pass was 3rd-and-11 for a 32-yard score with 3:24 to play
- Most passing yards by a freshman making first career start since 2010
Hudsen Sheldon (UMary)
- Accounted for 208 yards of offense and two touchdowns in his first collegiate game
- Ran for ran for 108 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries with a long run of 28 yards
- Completed 7-of-11 passes for 100 yards and one TD with no interceptions
- UMary generated 440 yards of offense in the 21-20 loss
Luke Dehnicke (Minnesota Duluth)
- Totaled 141 receiving yards against No. 7 Mavericks
- Averaged 12.8 yards per reception
- Caught a third-down conversion in the 4th quarter to help push the team closer to the game-winning field goal range
- Second time receiving 100+ yards this season
- Longest reception in the game was 31 yards
TreShawn Watson (Minnesota State)
- Led the Mavericks with four receptions and 103 yards against Minnesota Duluth
- Long reception of 61 yards
- Hauled in his 19th career touchdown, which tied the score in the second half
- Tied Adam Thielen for fifth most touchdown receptions on the Maverick all-time chart
Devan Daniels (Minot State)
-For the 2nd consecutive week, rushed for a career-high, rumbling for 166 yards on 21 carries
- Leads the NSIC in rushing yards per game at 127.7
Camden Dean (Sioux Falls)
- Led USF to a dominant, 56-23, win over Bemidji State
- Was 79.2 passing % on 19 completions with four passing scores and one rushing
- Third game with more than 265+ yards of total offense
DEFENSE
Ben Rehl (Concordia-St. Paul)
- Led all Northern Sun players with 17 tackles, second-most in the country this week
- Seventh-most tackles in a game in Division II this season
- Shared one tackle for loss
- Of his 17 tackles, 11 resulted in gains of five yards or less
- Produced the eighth-most tackles in a game in program history
Mason Phillips (UMary)
- Posted a career-high 2.5 sacks and added 2 quarterback hurries
- Finished game with 5 tackles (4 solo)
- Now has 16.5 carer sacks and ranks 12th all-time at UMary
- Led a defensive attack that held Augie to 23 yards rushing and 274 total yards of offense
Jayce Walrath (Minnesota Duluth)
- Hauled in an interception and returned it 18 yards
- Recorded a half sack for a loss of one yard
- Tallied six tackles (three solo, three assisted)
- Helped hold the No. 7 MSU to just 69 rushing yards
Jefferson Mobry (Minnesota State)
- Led the Mavericks in tackles at Minnesota Duluth with 11.0
- Had six solo tackles
- Now has 12 solo tackles and 19 total tackles in three games this season
Parker Knutson (Southwest Minnesota State)
- Helped SMSU snap a 12-game losing streak with a 12-7 victory over Jamestown
- Had two interceptions and four tackles
- The second interception of the game came in the end zone in the fourth quarter
- Has four interceptions in two games this season and has nine in his last 13 games
SPECIAL TEAMS
Jake Pecina (Augustana)
- Went 3-for-3 on extra point attempts in a comeback victory over UMary
- Booted seven punts for an average of 41.3 yards per punt
- Led the NSIC with four punts inside the 20 yard line and had a pair of punts over 50 yards
Jack Henninger (UMary)
- Connected on both field goal attempts and scored eight points in a 21-20 loss to No. 11 Augustana
- Made his first two collegiate field goal attempts, hitting from 28 and 26 yards
- Also converted both extra point attempts
- Is perfect on the season, making all seven extra-point kicks and both field goal attempts
Max Watson (MSU Moorhead)
- Scored a total of nine points in MSUM's 45-21 victory over Winona State on Saturday
- Connected on a career-best 46-yard field goal to end the first half
- The kick currently stands as the longest field goal in the NSIC this season
- Was also a perfect six-for-six on PATs
- Tallied seven kickoffs for a total of 398 yards and a touchback
Adonis Hutchinson (Sioux Falls)
- Helped lead USF to a 56-23 win over Bemidji State
- Returned the opening kickoff for 100+ yards to open the game
Mason Carver (Southwest Minnesota State)
- Finished with a 42.4-yard punt average, including booting a 67-yard punt
- Finished with three punts inside the UJ’s 10-yard line
- First punt was downed at the 3-yard line setting up a safety on a UJ punt
- Also had punts downed at the 1 and 9-yard line in the first half
- Booted a 25-yard field goal and made a PAT in helping the Mustangs build a 12-0 lead
- Added three kickoffs with one touch back
Last Week's Results
Football Pages
NSIC Football Players of the Week
9/2/25
O: #12
Gunnar Hensley - Augustana
D: #45
Mitchell Jezierski - MSU Moorhead
SP: #14
Connor Fournier - Minnesota State
9/8/25
O: #15
Jack Strand – MSU Moorhead
D: #95
Conner Haggerty – Winona State
SP: #7
Jonathan Shrum – Minnesota Duluth
9/15/25
O: #3
Brady Perryman – MSU Moorhead
D: #54
Jake Adams – Northern State
SP: #37
Jadon Apgar – Minnesota Duluth
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in 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 union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 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.
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