Shaka Taylor Award Male Athlete of the Week Week Of 11/5/2017 Sport American Rivers Conference School Nebraska Wesleyan University Year Junior Position Hometown Norfolk, Neb. High School Male Athlete of the Week – Football – Offensive Player of the Week Shaka Taylor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Jr., RB, Norfolk, Neb./Lutheran Northeast Taylor amassed 364 yards of all-purpose yardage in the Prairie Wolves’ 45-38 win over Simpson. Taylor rushed 30 times for 230 yards with a TD and caught 9 passes for 134 yards with 2 TDs to help NWU set a school record with 608 yards of total offense. Taylor had a career-long 78-yard TD run and went over 1,000 yards for the season having played in only 8 games. He is just the 7th NWU player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. The 230 yards rushing were the most by a NWU back since 2002.
