ST. LOUIS – North Dakota linebacker
Mike Devereaux and quarterback
Jerry Kaminski secured Missouri Valley Football Conference weekly accolades Monday, following the Fighting Hawks' 49-21 victory over Illinois State. Devereaux earned defensive player of the week honors, while Kaminski earned his fourth offensive nod, sharing this one with Youngstown State signal caller Beau Brungard.
Devereaux recorded a career-high 13 total tackles, including 2.0 TFLs in the rout of the Redbirds. He also established a new career-high with 11 solo tackles and forced a fumble with Illinois State facing a second-and-goal from the one that the Fighting Hawks would recover.
His 13 tackles were the most by a Valley player over the weekend as the defense limited ISU to a season-low of total offense vs. an FCS foe (277 yards) and helped UND post its largest win over an FCS top 10 opponent in program history.
Kaminski accounted for six touchdowns, including five through the air as NoDak faced its fourth straight top 10 opponent in Illinois State. With those five scoring tosses, Kaminski broke his own program record for regular-season touchdown passes that he set a year ago, pushing his season total to 27.
He threw four of those touchdown passes in the opening half to help the Fighting Hawks build a 35-14 halftime lead. Kaminski finished the contest going 18-for-27 for 293 yards and became just the fourth UND quarterback to throw 50 touchdown passes in a career.
His six total touchdowns equaled his career-high as he added a one-yard ground score. The UND offense also went 7-for-7 in red zone trips — all touchdowns — against what was the nation's top red zone defense. The Redbirds had allowed scores on just 52 percent of opponents' trips inside the 20-yard line and had yielded only nine red zone touchdowns in their first nine games before Saturday.
The No. 11/t12 Fighting Hawks are currently on their bye week and will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 21, against Southern Illinois.
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