JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Austin Peay’s
Denver Harper grabbed this week’s Stats Perform FCS Freshman of the Week award, it was announced Monday.
Harper, a redshirt freshman, racked up 196 all-purpose yards (124 receiving, 64 punt return, and eight rushing) and three touchdowns in the team’s runaway win over Morehead State. The Fort Mitchell, Alabama native found the endzone for all three scores in the first half, including the Governors’ first offensive play from scrimmage where he scored on a 73-yard pop pass.
Harper put the Govs up big just before the half when he returned a 67-yard punt to the endzone with 14 seconds left on the clock. Austin Peay went on to secure the 63-7 win.
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About the United Athletic Conference
The United Athletic Conference (UAC) was established in 2023 as a single-sport football conference through a partnership between the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the former Western Athletic Conference. In July 2026, the ASUN and UAC formed Unisun Sports to further strengthen the conference, which now features eight football-playing member institutions: Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) and the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.).