FAYETTE, Iowa - Upper Iowa's Mante Morrow earned D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week for week two after his four touchdown performance against South Dakota Mines. The senior receiver adds to his weekly honors after winning GLVC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Morrow becomes the first D2Football.com Player of the Week for the Peacocks since Dominique Jackson in 2007, who earned Co-Defensive Player of the Week. He is the first offensive player to earn the honor since 2006 when Dwayne Croker and Andrew Jones were both awarded Co-Offensive Players of the Week. 

The senior receiver led the Peacocks this past weekend with eight catches for 216 yards and four touchdowns. Both of those marked a career high for Morrow, aided UIU in a win over South Dakota Mines, 58-14. 

The Peacocks are back in action this weekend against No. 24 Michigan Tech on Saturday, Sept. 20. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET in Houghton, Michigan.
 

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#7 Mante Morrow (WR, 6-4, 210, Sr., Joliet, Ill. / Joliet West HS) – Upper Iowa

• D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week
• GLVC Offensive Player of the Week
• Caught four touchdowns in Upper Iowa's 58-14 win over South Dakota Mines
• Totaled eight catches for a career-high 216 yards, the third-most in a game in school history
• Tallied the longest play of the game with an 81-yard touchdown catch
• Marked the first 200-yard receiving game for the program since 2012
• Recorded the first 3+ receiving touchdown game for the Peacocks since 2019
• Became the third receiver in program history to total 200 receiving yards in a game