Nov. 13, 2006

Darell Grames of Kansas Wesleyan University , Brian Kurtz of University of Saint Francis (Ind.) and Kyle Chilton of Pikeville College (Ky.) have been selected as the NAIA National Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending November 19, 2006.

 

Grames, a senior running back from Red Bluff, California, had his best game of the season in his final game at Kansas Wesleyan. He carried 35 times for 218 yards and had four touchdowns. He moved into third place all-time at Kansas Wesleyan in rushing yards on his first carry of the game.

 

Kurtz, a senior linebacker from Fort Wayne, Indiana, threw a key block to spring teammate Dustin Westafer on 57 yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Kurtz had nine tackles on the night and intercepted a pass at the Saint Francis 20 to end any scoring threat with 1:25 left to play.

 

 

 

 

 

Chilton, a freshman from Clearwater, Florida, was perfect on the day by making all four of his field goal attempts with his longest being 61 yards. He also connected on field goals from 36, 31 and 26 yards out in thier 19-8 win.

 

 

 

 

Other Offensive Nominees:

Branden Smith, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (Central States Football League); Matt Wehrle, Quincy (Ill.), (Mid-States Football Association-Midwest); Bernard Payton, Malone (Ohio) (Mid-States Football Association-Mideast); Deshaun Goldsmith, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Terrance Bell, Bethel (Tenn.) (Mid-South/West Conference); Keith Sietstra, Northwestern (Iowa) (Great Plains Athletic Conference); Jake Burroughs, Eastern Oregon (Frontier Conference).

 

Other Defensive Nominees:

Kyle Henderson, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (Central States Football League); Larry Wentzel, Missouri Valley (Heart of America Athletic Conference); Tom Regnier, Saint Xavier (Ill.) (Mid-States Football Association-Midwest); Eddie Brown, Bethel (Tenn.) (Mid-South/West Conference); Noah Morford, Friends (Kan.) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference); Josh Glahn, Montana State Northern (Frontier Conference); Phil Schroer, Nebraska Wesleyan (Great Plains Athletic Conference).

 

Other Special Teams Nominees:

Tom McDaniel, Culver-Stockton (Mo.) (Heart of America Athletic Conference); Allen Bufford, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (Mid-States Football Association-Midwest); Peter Orth, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (Central States Football League); Tyler Parry, Malone (Ohio) (Mid-States Football Association-Mideast); Anthony Padilla, Kansas Wesleyan (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference); Jared Elarmo, Southern Oregon (Independent); Travis Browne, Carroll (Mont.) (Frontier Conference)