This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week include QB Beau Brungard of Youngstown State; QB Jerry Kaminski of UND; LB Mike Devereaux of UND; WR Lynn Wyche-El of Youngstown State; RS/WR Tae Marrero Jr. of Southern Illinois; and LT Quinten Christensen of South Dakota State.

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Co-Offensive Player of the Week
QB Beau Brungard, Youngstown State
6-0, 210, 5th, New Middletown, Ohio (Springfield HS)
Brungard completed 31-of-34 passes for 423 yards and four touchdowns in YSU's win at Murray State on Saturday. His 423 yards were a school record, and at one point he had completed 22 consecutive passes, which also set a school mark. He had touchdown passes of 10, 19, 28 and 28 in the first half. The previous school best for yardage was 418 while the high for consecutive completions was 15. His 31 completions in the game tied his career high. He had six rushes for 31 yards. 

Co-Offensive Player of the Week
QB Jerry Kaminski, UND
6-2, 213, Sr., Sun Prairie, Wis. (Sun Prairie HS)
Kaminski accounted for six touchdowns, including five through the air, to lead No. 11/15 North Dakota to a 49-21 victory over No. 10/8 Illinois State. With those five scoring tosses, Kaminski broke his own program record for regular-season touchdown passes that he set a year ago, pushing his season total to 27, which is now tied for third among FCS quarterbacks. He threw four of those touchdown passes in the opening half as NoDak built a 35-14 halftime lead on the Redbirds. Kaminski finished the contest going 18-for-27 for 293 yards and became just the fourth UND quarterback to throw 50 touchdown passes in a career. His six total touchdowns equaled his career-high as he added a one-yard ground score in the program's largest victory over a FCS top-10 opponent. The offense also went 7-for-7 in red zone trips — all touchdowns — against what was the nation's top red zone defense. The Redbirds had allowed scores on just 52 percent of opponents' trips inside the 20-yard line and had yielded only nine red zone touchdowns in their first nine games before Saturday.

Defensive Player of the Week
LB Mike Devereaux, UND
6-1, 236, 5th, El Reno, Okla. (Old Dominion/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M)
Devereaux recorded a career-high 13 total tackles, including 2.0 TFLs in No. 11/15 North Dakota's 49-21 rout of No. 10/8 Illinois State. He also established a new career-high with 11 solo tackles and forced a fumble with Illinois State facing a second-and-goal from the one that the Fighting Hawks would recover. His 13 tackles were the most by a Valley player over the weekend, limiting ISU to a season-low of total offense vs. an FCS foe (277 yards) and helping UND to its largest win over a FCS top-10 opponent in program history. 

Newcomer of the Week Nominee
WR Lynn Wyche-El, Youngstown State 
5-10, 175, 5th, Detroit, Mich. (Grand Valley State/King HS)
Wyche-El finished with his fourth straight 100-yard plus receiving game, finishing with 145 yards on 10 catches. He set a school record for most consecutive 100 yards games and has tied the school record for 100-yard receiving games in a season with six. He had a 28-yard touchdown grab late in the second quarter and has scored a touchdown in all 10 games so far this season. The 10 catches tied a career high and he now has a TD reception in eight games this year.

Special Teams Player of the Week
RS/WR Tae Marrero Jr., Southern Illinois
5-10, 187, Sr., Louisville, Ky. (Charleston/Ballard HS)
Marrero had a 51-yard punt return that led to a Saluki touchdown in the second quarter of Saturday's 37-20 win at Indiana State. Marrero, the Missouri Valley Football Conference's leader in punt return yardage, returned three kicks for 106 yards. He also returned three kickoffs for 81 yards at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Ind., and added three catches for 46 yards. 

Offensive Lineman of the Week
LT Quinten Christensen, South Dakota State
6-5, 310, Sr., Wessington Springs, S.D. (Wessington Springs HS)
Christensen registered a 96 percent assignment grade and a team-leading 11 knockdown blocks in South Dakota State’s 41-15 victory at Northern Iowa on Nov. 7. He had no missed assignments and did not allow a pressure or sack as the Jackrabbits racked up 467 yards of total offense. Of SDSU’s yardage total, 259 came on the ground as SDSU posted its average per game as it continues to lead the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing (259.3 ypg).