Bismarck\u00a0 (NSAA) \u2013 The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its second edition of the Football Players-of-the-Week honors Monday.\u00a0 Jalen Pfeifer of Valley City State (N.D.) was selected as the Offensive Player-of-the-Week, while his teammate Nico Magana was chosen as the Special Teams Player-of-the-Week.\u00a0 MaCoy Yeakel of Waldorf (Iowa) was named as the Defensive Player-of-the-Week.<\/p>\n
NSAA Football Offensive Player of the Week<\/u><\/strong> NSAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bismarck\u00a0 (NSAA) \u2013 The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its second edition of the Football Players-of-the-Week honors Monday.\u00a0 Jalen Pfeifer of Valley City State (N.D.) was selected as the Offensive Player-of-the-Week, while his teammate Nico Magana was chosen as the Special Teams Player-of-the-Week.\u00a0 MaCoy Yeakel of Waldorf (Iowa) was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233889,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233888\/revisions\/233889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/225428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJalen Pfeifer \u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 6\u20191\u2033 \u2013 205 lbs., Senior \u2013 quarterback \u2013 Rolette, N.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Pfeifer passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another, accounting for all four of Valley City State (N.D.) offensive touchdowns in a 35-32 thriller at NCAA Division III Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.).\u00a0 Facing a fourth-and-14 situation with 43 seconds remaining. He threw for a 16-yard touchdown to trail by one and knotted the game followed by his teammate Nico Magana\u2019s PAT extra-point kick.\u00a0 Pfeifer was 20-of-35 (57.1 percent) for 273 yards.\u00a0 His passing efficiency in the game was 150.9.<\/p>\n
\nNico Magana \u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 5\u20197\u2033 \u2013 255 lbs., Freshman \u2013 kicker \u2013 Chula Vista, Calif.<\/strong> \u2013 Magana made a game-winning 40-yard field goal as the time expired in (RV) Valley City State (N.D.) 35-32 road victory at NCAA Division III Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.).\u00a0 He also hit a 30-yard PAT extra-point kick to knot the game at 32-32 with 43 seconds remaining in the game.\u00a0 Magana recorded six kick-offs for 311 total yards, averaging 51.8 yards per kick-off.<\/p>\n