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D2CFB Player Awards · 2026 · Northern Sun

Week 8

Thu Oct 15 to Sat Oct 17

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D2CFB's Northern Sun selections, using the national award methodology. Coverage below counts all Division II finals in the period.

Period Week 8

Based on 63 of 70 finals with a Division II team; the rest have no usable box score yet. Method 2026.1.

Source: each game's published box score, rated as the methodology describes. Computed Oct 24, 5:16 AM CT.

Offense

Offensive Player of the Week

  1. Dunbar,Dawson South Dakota Mines
    4.5
    L 13–21 vs Black Hills State
    • Rushing 20 car, 98 yds, 1 TD
    • Receiving 3 rec, 14 yds
  1. 1
    Dunbar,Dawson South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Rushing 98 yds +2.0
    • 1 Rush TD +1.5
    • Receiving 14 yds +1.0
    • opp ×1.01
    4.5
  2. 2
    Shawcroft,Hayden South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Receiving 62 yds +4.3
    • opp ×1.01
    4.4
  3. 3
    Morales,Joshua South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Receiving 60 yds +4.2
    • opp ×1.01
    4.2
  4. 4
    Harris,Ty South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Rushing 48 yds +1.9
    • Receiving 3 yds +0.2
    • opp ×1.01
    2.1
  5. 5
    Frost,Tobin South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Receiving 18 yds +1.3
    • opp ×1.01
    1.3
  6. 6
    Koehn,Kooper South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Receiving 11 yds +0.8
    • opp ×1.01
    0.8
  7. 7
    Taylor,Griffin South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Receiving 8 yds +0.6
    • opp ×1.01
    0.6

Defense

Defensive Player of the Week

  1. Frerichs,Gabe South Dakota Mines
    4.1
    L 13–21 vs Black Hills State
    • Tackles 8 (1 solo, 7 ast)
    • TFL 0.5
    • Sacks 0.5
    • Breakups 1
  1. 1
    Frerichs,Gabe South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 1 Solo tackles +0.5
    • 7 Assisted tackles +1.8
    • 0.5 Sacks +1.0
    • 1 Breakups +0.8
    • opp ×1.01
    4.1
  2. 2
    Young,Zachary South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 2 Solo tackles +1.0
    • 3 Assisted tackles +0.8
    • 2 TFL +2.0
    • opp ×1.01
    3.8
  3. 3
    Allen,Jarin South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 2 Solo tackles +1.0
    • 5 Assisted tackles +1.2
    • opp ×1.01
    2.3
  4. 3
    Johnson,Charlie South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 1 Solo tackles +0.5
    • 7 Assisted tackles +1.8
    • opp ×1.01
    2.3
  5. 5
    Gappelberg,Lang South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 2 Solo tackles +1.0
    • 4 Assisted tackles +1.0
    • opp ×1.01
    2.0
  6. 6
    Jones,Henry South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 1 Solo tackles +0.5
    • 1 Assisted tackles +0.2
    • 1 TFL +1.0
    • opp ×1.01
    1.8
  7. 7
    Werlinger,Aiden South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 4 Assisted tackles +1.0
    • 2 Hurries +0.6
    • opp ×1.01
    1.6
  8. 8
    Wald,Sawyer South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 2 Solo tackles +1.0
    • 2 Assisted tackles +0.5
    • opp ×1.01
    1.5
  9. 9
    Hatton,Evan South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 5 Assisted tackles +1.2
    • opp ×1.01
    1.3
  10. 9
    Schmidt,Harley South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • 1 Assisted tackles +0.2
    • 0.5 Sacks +1.0
    • opp ×1.01
    1.3

Special Teams

Special Teams Player of the Week

  1. Allen,Jarin South Dakota Mines
    0.8
    L 13–21 vs Black Hills State
    • Punt returns 1 for 11 yds
  1. 1
    Allen,Jarin South Dakota Mines · 1 game
    How it adds up
    • Punt returns 11 yds +0.8
    • opp ×1.01
    0.8

A score is points of value from the published box score: yards at 0.07 points each, a turnover 4, a touchdown 1.5 on top of its yards, times a bounded factor for the opponent's strength. Some hosts cut names longer than 15 characters; they appear as printed.