Opta Analyst’s FCS football coverage includes weekly national player and team honors during the regular season, leading into Stats Perform’s season-ending awards, now in their 40th year.
Youngstown State’s Beau Brungard, Illinois State’s Tye Niekamp, Tennessee Tech’s Tre’ Holloway and Austin Peay’s Denver Harper were selected on Monday as the Stats Perform FCS National Players of the Week for Week 2 college football games.
In addition, the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks were named the Stats Perform FCS National Team of the Week.
Following are this week’s five honorees plus honorable mention selections.
FCS National Offensive Player of the Week
Beau Brungard, Youngstown State, QB, 5th Year, 6-0, 215
The 2025 Walter Payton Award recipient accounted for a touchdown on all eight of his series on the field, setting YSU records for TD passes (six) and total TDs (eight), as the Missouri Valley Football Conference squad routed Duquesne 70-13. Brungard completed 20 of 23 passes for 290 yards, with his TDs going to five different receivers, and carried the ball 14 times for 111 yards and two scores.
Honorable Mention: Eli Gillman, RB, Montana; Plez Lawrence, RB, North Carolina Central; Jack O’Connell, QB, Stonehill; Elijah Owens, QB, Indiana State; Jaylon Tolbert, QB, Alcorn State
FCS National Defensive Player of the Week
Tye Niekamp, Illinois State, MLB, 5th Year, 6-3, 245
Niekamp, already a two-time first-team postseason All-American, knows plenty about big performances in big games, and this time, he collected 11 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss in Illinois State’s 28-24 victory at FBS foe Northern Illinois. The sacks marked a career high and the TFLs went for 15 yards in losses. He’s up to 364 career tackles, highest among active Division I players.
Honorable Mention: Caleb Easterling, CB, Furman; Deliyon Freeman, S, Northern Arizona; Tristan Lennon, LB, Charleston Southern; Kennon Loftin, LB, Nicholls; Moses Meus, LB, Rhode Island; Colter Petre, DB, Montana State; Trooper Price, LB, Colgate; Danny Simms, S, Merrimack; Joshua Truesdale, DB, North Carolina Central
FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week
Tre’ Holloway, Tennessee Tech, WR/Returner, R-Jr., 5-9, 195
Holloway’s all-around assault powered new SoCon member Tennessee Tech past Samford 45-19 in its conference opener. He had 257 all-purpose yards and scored four touchdowns, including on a 76-yard punt return that was the third longest in program history. He also scored on 48- and 43-yard receptions and had a 4-yard rushing TD, with 129 of his yards coming on kickoff and punt returns.
Honorable Mention: Ashton Adams, P, Morehead State; Callum Brent, P, LIU; Ty Ippolito, PK, Samford; Charles Langama, RB/KR, North Dakota; Nick Peipert, QB, St. Thomas
FCS National Freshman Player of the Week
Denver Harper, Austin Peay, WR/PR, R-Fr., 5-8, 161
Harper turned six touches into 196 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns as his United Athletic Conference team powered past Morehead State 63-7. He caught three passes for 124 yards, including 72- and 31-yard touchdowns, and scored on a 67-yard punt return with just 14 seconds remaining before halftime. He’s averaged 48.6 yards on five TDs this season.
Honorable Mention: Zedekiah Anahu-Ambrosio, WR, Idaho State; Rashon Brown, RB, Bethune-Cookman; Xavier Johnson, WR, North Alabama; Ashton Pannell, QB, Chicago State
FCS National Team of the Week
Stephen F. Austin (26-7 win at Abilene Christian)
Coach Colby Carthel’s squad scored the final 26 points to post the largest win in the series since 1981 and the fourth largest of 29 meetings between the Texas rivals. Gavin Rutherford threw touchdown passes to Bugs Mortimer and Gerald Edimo and rushed for another TD. While posting three sacks, the defending Southland Conference champion Lumberjacks limited ACU to 33 net rushing yards.
Honorable Mention: Furman (20-13 win at Mercer); Illinois State (28-24 win at Northern Illinois); Lehigh (44-20 win over William & Mary); Montana State (20-7 win at Nevada)
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