Oct. 19, 2006
NORMAL, Ill. -
Illinois State's Kye Stewart earned another weekly accolade on Thursday, when the junior linebacker was named one of the Football Gazette's National Players of the Week after his 17-tackle performance against then-ranked No. 7 Southern Illinois.
Stewart and the Redbird defense held the nation's No. 2 scoring offense to a season-low point total in Illinois State's 37-10 victory over SIU. Of Stewart's 17 tackles, seven were solo stops and he added a quarterback sack.
Stewart, who earned the Gateway Football Conference's Defensive Player of the Week honor and was named a I-AA.org All-Star this past week, now ranks No. 2 nationally among I-AA defenders with 13 tackles per game. He is the second Redbird to receive the weekly honor from the Football Gazette, joining fellow linebacker, Cameron Siskowic, who received the award on Sept. 18.
The Redbirds return to action on Saturday, when ISU travels to Macomb, Ill., to face Western Illinois. Kick off is at 1:05 p.m.
