MIAC Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University junior quarterback Jackson Erdmann (Rosemount, Minn.) was named the MIAC Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Nov. 12.

The weekly honor is Erdmann's third of the season and fourth of his career.

Erdmann set an SJU record with seven passing touchdowns, including six in the first half, in the Johnnies' 63-23 win Saturday over Thomas More (Ky.). He completed his first 13 passes and finished 18 of 23 for 255 yards despite the frigid, 17-degree weather that resembled the inside of a snow globe.

The Johnnies' previous record for single-game passing touchdowns, six, was recorded three times: Pat Mayew '92 vs. St. Olaf (Oct. 26, 1991); Willie Seiler '94 vs. St. Thomas (Oct. 23, 1993); and Seiler again at Wisconsin-La Crosse in the NCAA playoffs (Nov. 27, 1993). Seiler's six-touchdown game against the Tommies was the lone instance of the three in which the Johnnie quarterback tossed six touchdowns in a half.

Erdmann now has 34 passing touchdowns on the year, to five interceptions, which are the fourth-most in an SJU season. Mayew is third with 36 in 1991. Last Saturday's seven passing touchdowns enabled Erdmann to move into a tie with Tom Linnemann '00 (1996-00) for third in school history with 79 in a career.

Erdmann is now 68 of 100 passing for 999 yards and 20 touchdowns, a 217.92 pass-efficiency rating, since his last interception thrown in the second quarter of SJU's 40-20 win Oct. 13 over St. Thomas.

The Johnnies (10-0, 8-0 MIAC) host Martin Luther (9-1, 8-0 UMAC) in the first round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs this Saturday, Nov. 17. Kickoff is scheduled for noon at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville.