A.J. Wentland Award Football Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/12/2016 Sport Football School McKendree Year Senior Position Linebacker Hometown Machesney Park, IL High School Harlem DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK A.J. Wentland, McKendree Sr., LB, Machesney Park, Illinois Team Result: 16-15 (2OT) home win vs. West Liberty Game-high 16 tackles, 10 solo Added a quarterback sack and fumble recovery Sixth tackle of the game made him all-time tackler in school history; Now has 306 stops (Previous record: 295, Brandon Nigro, 2008-11) Posted double-digit tackles in 21 of last 23 games Earns his fifth Defensive Player of the Week award (11/16/15, 11/9/15, 9/14/15, 11/10/14) Last McKendree Defensive Player of the Week: Nate Powell (9/3/16)