KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Wyatt Ryan of Hastings (Neb.) earns NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week honors after several key plays, one of which was a five-yard pick-six to lift the Broncos over Northwestern (Iowa) on the road.
Ryan posted a pair of tackles for a loss in the tightly contested game on the road, but the interception returned for a touchdown sealed the deal for a one-point victory on the road.
After a bye week, Hastings returns to action at home against Concordia (Neb.) in their Domestic Violence Awareness game.
NAIA Football Players of the Week are announced Monday at at NAIA.org.
It’s a stacked slate this week in NAIA Football, including three featured games on NAIA Network and another nine on the Urban Edge Network. No. 18 Montana Western hosts No. 5 Montana Tech at 2 p.m. MT on NAIA Network, while No. 13 William Penn (Iowa) travels to No. 3 Benedictine (Kan.) on UEN. Read […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas Wesleyan kicker freshman kicker AJ Woods made four field goals on four tries and finished a perfect 8-for-8 on point-after attempts in the Coyotes’ 76-6 win over Bethany (Kan.), Saturday at JRI Stadium in Salina. Tuesday, he claimed the first PrestoSports-NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week award in […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Christian Hansen intercepted a pass and forced a fumble on back-to-back Carroll (Mont.) possessions Saturday in the fifth-ranked Orediggers’ 24-14 win over the 11th-ranked Saints, picking up the first PrestoSports-NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week designation of the 2026 season. Hansen also tacked on a pair of deflected passes and […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Colby Duncan led No. 24 Northwestern (Iowa) to a 43-35 win at No. 7 Morningside (Iowa), Saturday, throwing a touchdown pass and finding the end zone four more times on the ground to claim the first PrestoSports-NAIA Football Offensive Player of the Week award of the 2026 season. The Red Raiders […]