Hunter Clasen Award Offensive Player of the Week Week Of 10/30/2023 Sport Football School Wartburg College Year Position Hometown Springbrook, Iowa High School Bellevue Football – Offensive Player of the Week Hunter Clasen, Wartburg College 5th Year, RB, Springbrook, Iowa/Bellevue Clasen led the No. 3/3-ranked Wartburg Knights to a 24-14 win over Central College to secure the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs and at least a share of the conference championship. The fifth year totaled 202 rushing yards, averaging 5.9 yards per carry. Clasen recorded two rushing touchdowns in the game Saturday afternoon. This is the fifth game this season with triple digit rushing yards. On Saturday, Clasen surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the second-straight season. The Knights improved to 9-0 overall and 7-0 in league play. Wartburg travels to Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday for their final regular season contest. The 2022 A-R-C Offensive Most Valuable Player, Clasen is now a two-time All-Conference performer, in addition to being named Honorable Mention in 2019. The Springbrook native is earning his fourth Offensive Player of the Week honor, and third this season (10/30/23, 10/2/23, 9/5/23, 10/11/22).
