South Dakota State University kicker Jay Carlson has been named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after a career-best performance in the Jackrabbits’ Oct. 31 victory at Missouri State.
A senior from Parkville, Missouri, Carlson set a career high with four field goals in SDSU’s 39-0 road win. Three of Carlson’s field goals were from 40-plus yards – two from 41 yards and a career-long 47-yarder – with his first field goal of the game coming from 34 yards. He became the first Jackrabbit kicker since Parker Douglass in a four-overtime game at Western Illinois in 2007 to kick four field goals in a game. By going 4-for-5 on field goals – he missed a 49-yarder on the final play of the first half – Carlson improved to 12-of-17 on field-goal attempts this season.
SDSU, 6-2 overall and 3-2 in league play, hosts Illinois State in the home finale this Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
