This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week include QB Beau Brungard of Youngstown State; LB Braden McShane of UNI; WR Lynn Wyche-El of Youngstown State; LB Andrew Price of UNI; P Spencer Conrad of Indiana State; and C Lucas Feldkamp of South Dakota.

Offensive Player of the Week
QB Beau Brungard, Youngstown State
6-0, 210, 5th, New Middletown, Ohio (Springfield HS)
Brungard passed for a career-high 386 yards by completing 25-of-34 attempts for three scores in the win at Indiana State. He had two rushing touchdowns giving him a school-record 56 for his career. Brungard had scoring throws of 16, 36 and 75 yards against the Sycamores. He had five completions of 25 yards or longer in the game. Brungard also had two short scoring runs, the last of which came in the fourth quarter which set the school mark for career rushing touchdowns that had stood since 1999. He also caught a pass for a 31-yard gain.

Defensive Player of the Week
LB Braden McShane, UNI
6-3, 230, Jr., New Hampton, Iowa (New Hampton HS)
McShane helped lift UNI to a win over its second-straight top-five opponent, the first time UNI has defeated two top-five opponents in a single season since 2005 as the Panthers topped visiting No. 4 North Dakota on Saturday. He recorded four total tackles, had a sack, a tackle for loss and returned an interception 21 yards.  

Newcomer of the Week 
WR Lynn Wyche-El, Youngstown State
5-10, 175, 5th, Detroit, Mich. (Grand Valley State/King HS)
Wyche-El had a career-high 10 receptions for 118 yards and a score in the victory over Indiana State. He caught a 36-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter. He has scored a touchdown in all seven games this season.

Special Teams Player of the Week
P Spencer Conrad, Indiana State
5-11, 205, R-So., Galena, Ohio (Olentangy Berlin HS / Toledo)
Conrad put together one of the top punting performances in Indiana State history on Saturday afternoon as the redshirt sophomore averaged 55.0 yards over eight attempts, connecting on three punts that cleared 60 yards, and added two punts downed inside the 20-yard line. Over the second and third quarters, Conrad connected on punts of 67, 61, 67 (downed at the 1), 59, and 57 yards in flipping field position and attempting to help the Sycamores stay in the contest against No. 9/8 Youngstown State. 

Special Teams Player of the Week
LB Andrew Price, UNI
6-1, 210, So., West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley HS)
Price blocked a punt for a touchdown (his first career TD) as UNI defeated its second-straight top-5 opponent with a 24-17 victory against No. 4 North Dakota. His blocked punt return for a TD sparked a run of 21-straight points that turned a 7-3 first-quarter deficit into a 24-7 Panther lead.

Offensive Lineman of the Week
C Lucas Feldkamp, South Dakota
6-5, 305, R-Fr., Sioux Falls, S.D. (Brandon Valley HS)
Feldkamp bolstered the Coyote offensive line on Saturday that averaged 8.8 yards per play in the 31-10 top-25 ranked win over No. 25-ranked Southern Illinois. South Dakota posted 486 yards of offense; the most SIU has given up to an FCS opponent this season. Behind Feldkamp and the offensive line, South Dakota put up 13 plays of 15+ yards. On the day, the Yotes had eight ‘explosive plays’ of 20+ yards, which is the second-best single game number this season.