Kieran Severa (Lawrence, Kan.), a fifth-year senior linebacker on the Drake University football team, has been named the Pioneer Football League's Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Sunday, Sept. 30.
Severa earned the honor as part of a defensive unit that surrendered just 218 yards in a dominating 41-9 win at Jacksonville to open the PFL season. The defense yielded just one score, on a 73-yard play that accounted for more than a third of Jacksonville's total offensive production.
Individually, Severa registered eight total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery.