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Erik Prosser, College of Mount St. Joseph, Football (Defense)
College of Mount St. Joseph linebacker Erik Prosser (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) led the Lions' defense in a conference championship clinching 31-7 win over Manchester and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on defense for the second time.
The junior had a game-high 13 tackles in the MSJ win that clichéd a share of the conference title and the AQ to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Prosser had eight solo tackles and five assists, as well as two tackles for loss and a sack.
The Mount defense limited one of the conference's best rushing offenses to only 2.7 yards per carry.
Mount St. Joseph (8-0, 6-0 HCAC) will look for an outright conference championship with a win at home against Defiance Saturday.
| HCAC Football Defensive Players-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 Erik Prosser, College of Mount St. Joseph | |
| Week 2 Nick Murphy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 3 Scott Eaton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 4 Jesse Mercer, Franklin College | |
| Week 5 Corry Stewart, Hanover College | |
| Week 6 Brecken Kennedy, Manchester College | |
| Week 7 Anthony Sierra, Defiance College | |
| Week 8 Anthony Sierra, Defiance College | |
| Week 9 Erik Prosser, College of Mount St. Joseph | |
| Week 10 | |
| Week 11 | |
