Brendan Holmes Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/16/2019 Sport Football School Simpson College Year Senior Position Hometown Atlantic, Iowa High School Atlantic Football – Defensive Player of the Week Brendan Holmes, Simpson College Sr., S, Atlantic, Iowa/Atlantic Holmes led the Storm defense with 11 tackles (seven solo) and three forced fumbles in Simpson’s 27-23 win over University of Chicago. The senior safety came up with a strip stack in the fourth quarter that led to Simpson’s go ahead and eventually game winning field goal. Holmes is a two-time first-team All-Conference honoree. This is the first Defensive Player of the Week award for Holmes.