INDIANAPOLIS – University of Indianapolis graduate student linebacker Clay Schulte and junior wide receiver Markez Gillam, along with Upper Iowa University junior quarterback Darryl Overstreet Jr. were named the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Players of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Darryl Overstreet Jr., Upper Iowa
Jr. | QB | Grayslake, Ill.
Major: Business Administration
Team Result: 28-24 W at McKendree (11/9)
- Completed 24 passes on 33 attempts (73%) for 231 yards and three touchdowns
- Rushed for game-winning touchdown with 20 seconds remaining
- Earns second career Offensive Player of the Week Award (11/11/24, 10/14/24)
- Last Peacocks’ Offensive Player of the Week: Darryl Overstreet Jr. (10/14/24)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Clay Schulte, #15 Indianapolis
Gr. | LB | Oak Harbor, Ohio
Major: Sport Management
Team Result: 55-10 W vs. Missouri S&T (11/9)
- Nabbed one interception and broke up one pass
- Tallied team-high 11 total tackles (four solo)
- Notched 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack
- Added one quarterback hurry
- Helped Greyhounds secure third-straight league title
- Earns fourth career Defensive Player of the Week Award (11/11/24, 10/7/24, 10/23/23, 9/18/23)
- Last Greyhounds’ Defensive Player of the Week: Key Crowell (11/4/24)
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Markez Gillam, #15 Indianapolis
Jr. | WR | Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Major: Sport Management
Team Result: 55-10 W vs. Missouri S&T (11/9)
- Returned opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown
- Matched program record for longest kickoff return from 1982
- Fifth 100-yard kickoff return in GLVC history and fourth in Division II this season
- Recorded his second kickoff return touchdown of the season
- Helped Greyhounds secure third-straight league title
- Finished with 173 all-purpose yards
- Earns third career Special Teams Player of the Week Award (11/11/24, 9/16/24, 10/24/22)
- Last Greyhounds’ Special Teams Player of the Week: Key Crowell (10/21/24)