By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State senior linebacker Jose Delgado earned MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week honors on Monday (Nov. 5) for his efforts in the 17-16 win over Northwest Missouri State this past Saturday.
Delgado led Fort Hays State with 10 tackles against Northwest Missouri State. He made eight solo stops on the day, the biggest coming early in the fourth quarter by stopping the Bearcats on 4th-and-1 for no gain at the FHSU 41-yard line. On Northwest Missouri’s final drive of the game, he made another solo tackle to drop a Bearcat ball carrier a yard short of a first down just before Sterling Swopes recorded a tackle for a loss on 3rd-and-1. He helped the FHSU defense limit NWMSU to just 178 yards of total offense on 57 plays (3.1 yards per play). FHSU held NWMSU without a first down for the first 25 minutes of the game and only one first down in the first half, forcing seven consecutive 3-and-outs to open the game.
Delgado joins Braxton Marstall from Emporia State (Offensive Athlete of the Week) and James Brania-Hopp from Washburn (Special Teams Athlete of the Week) as weekly honorees from the conference