MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES WEEK TWO FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE, SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
East Division
Offensive Player of the Week: Akron WR Dustin Burkhart
Akron junior wide receiver Dustin Burkhart (Akron, Ohio) had a career-high 217 receiving yards on eight receptions in a 31-20 loss to UAB on Saturday. Burkhart had a career-long 64-yard catch in the fourth quarter. It also marked the first 100-yard receiving game of his career. The last time an Akron receiver had more than 200 yards was in 2007 (Jabari Arthur, 223 yards vs.