KANSAS CITY, Mo. – McPherson (Kan.) junior running back Jalil Brown ran for 132 yards on 16 carries and added four catches for 108 yards, scoring a pair of touchdowns – one rushing, one receiving – to claim the 2025 season’s first individual award as NAIA Offensive Player of the Week.
Brown helped the Bulldogs improve to 2-0, beating Bethel (Kan.), 33-7, a week after taking down Avila (Mo.), 52-7. Brown’s touchdown reception against Bethel was his first of the season, but his rushing score was his fourth, scoring three times on the ground in the season opener against Avila and again in the win over Bethel.
In Saturday’s win, Brown hauled in a 24-yard pass from Ryan Markarian to make it 7-0, and he helped ice the game in the fourth quarter with a 50-yard touchdown run.
All told, Brown has rushed 29 times for 279 yards through two games in 2025, adding nine receptions for 162 yards.
Brown and the Bulldogs are back at home Saturday, hosting Tabor (Kan.) at 6 p.m. NAIA Football Players of the Week are announced Monday afternoons at NAIA.org.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There’s a new No. 1 as the NAIA Football season moves into its final week in 2026, as the College of Idaho displaced St. Thomas (Fla.) at the top of the year’s final STADIONIC NAIA Football National Selection Committee Top 15. At 9-0, the Yotes move back into the top spot, a […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Caden Young was five yards away from a College of Idaho single-game rushing record and added 155 yards with his arm, as the second-ranked Yotes beat No. 12 Carroll (Mont.) 49-41 and Young earned PrestoSports NAIA Football Offensive Player of the Week accolades for Nov. 9. A senior from Emmett, Idaho, […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Zamarion Manuel had a pair of interceptions and took both to the house in a 53-14 win for Friends (Kan.) at Sterling (Kan.), last week, earning PrestoSports NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week for Nov. 9. Manuel’s first trip to the end zone came in the second quarter with the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Eric Cline connected on all four of his field-goal attempts and added a perfect 3-for-3 on PATs Saturday, lifting OUAZ (Ariz.) to a 33-14 win over Texas Wesleyan that kept the Spirit alive in the Sooner Athletic Conference, into the final week of the regular season. As a result of his […]