Kansas Wesleyan's Caleb Deal and AJ Woods have earned KCAC Football Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors, respectively, as announced by the conference office on Monday. The student-athletes were selected for their performances from Aug. 31-Sept. 6 by a vote of conference sports information directors. All KCAC Player of the Week honors are presented by Athletic Solutions.
Both had outstanding performances for the Coyotes in KWU's 76-6 rout of Bethany on Saturday at Gene Bissell Field at JRI Hospitality Stadium at the Graves Family Sports Complex.
Deal accounted for four of KWU's touchdowns in the rout of Bethany on Saturday. He was 3 of 6 passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed eight times for 117 yards and two more touchdowns. He was wildly effective in the game with a 312.6 efficiency rating and drew the attention of the defense on every touch.
Woods was phenomenal for the Coyotes going a perfect 4-for-4 on field goals and 8-for-8 on PATs, scoring 20 points in the game. He hit field goals of 42, 25, 30 and 18 yards. He also handles kickoffs for the Coyotes, and averaged 63.1 yards per kickoff and had four touchbacks.
The duo helped KWU win a 12th-straight meeting in the all-time series with Bethany, score the most points by one team in the series, and secure the largest margin of victory in a meeting between the teams in the 116 all-time meetings.