ST. LOUIS – For the fourth time this season, senior linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week following a career performance in a win over Western Illinois.
In a season that has been filled with superlatives, Vandenburgh saved the best performance of his career for his final game in a Redbird uniform. The Freeport, Illinois, native set career highs with 17 tackles and 3.5 sacks and tied a career-best with 4.0 tackles-for-loss against the Leathernecks. It marked his second-straight game with 3 sacks or more and marked his third performance of the year with 3 or more sacks in a game.