McKendree University senior quarterback Reece Metcalf and Missouri S&T senior linebacker Bo Brooks and senior return specialist/wide receiver Braxton Graham have been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Players of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday. 


OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Reece Metcalf, McKendree
Sr., QB, Mount Carmel, IL
Major: Accounting
Team Result: 47-31 home win vs. William Jewell

• Returned from injury to establish a new McKendree single-game passing mark with 391 yards on 17-of-24 passing
• Threw four touchdown passes (75, 74, 48, 18 yards) to four different receivers, giving him 25 TD passes in 2018
• Season total surpasses previous school record of 21 set by Isaac Fisher in 2015
• Became first McKendree QB to throw multiple touchdown passes of at least 70 yards in same game
• Moved into second place on the Bearcats’ career chart in both passing yards and passing TDs
• Guided a McKendree offense that piled up a season-high 574 yards
• Earns his fourth career Offensive Player of the Week award (10/31/16, 9/10/18, 9/17/18)
• Last McKendree Offensive Player of the Week:  Reece Metcalf (9/17/18)