Mid-Prairie graduate honored

ST. LOUIS – University of Northern Iowa senior and Mid-Prairie graduate Austin Errthum was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after a stellar game in the Panther's 26-16 win over No. 13 Illinois State Saturday.

Errthum was 4 of 4 in field goals and 2 for 2 in point after touchdowns. He was successful on field-goal attempts from 30, 30, 27 and tied his second-longest kick of the season at 43 yards.

He was also great on kickoffs, finding the end zone on every kick to average 65 yards per kickoff and notching six touchbacks on seven kickoffs.

Errthum leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference in field goals this season with 14 and has the highest percentage at 82.4 percent (14 of 17). He also leads the conference in kickoff average (63.8 YPK), Net (41.8 YPK) and touchbacks (33).

He is the fifth Panther to earn Player of the Week honors in 2018. Eli Dunne (offense), Duncan Ferch (defense), Cal Twait (offensive line) and Deion McShane (newcomer) earned honors previously.