Michael Connor Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/16/2018 Sport Football School Simpson College Year Senior Position Hometown Woodward, iowa High School Woodward-Granger Football – Defensive Player of the Week Michael Connor, Simpson College Sr., LB, Woodward, Iowa/Woodward-Granger The senior linebacker made 13 tackles, 1.0 sack and 1.5 TFLs in Simpson's 27-21 win over Nebraska Wesleyan. Connor sacked NWU’s Jonathan Curti on 1st and 10 from the Storm 47 in the final minutes, slowing NWU's momentum on their potential game-winning drive. The sack was Simpson's only of the game. This is Connor’s second Defensive Player of the Week award (9/17/18, 10/15/17). Connor was named honorable mention All-Conference in 2017.
