Joseph Harper Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/14/2026 Sport Football School West Alabama Year Graduate Student Position Linebacker Hometown Baldwyn, MS High School Baldwyn Helped the Tigers to a 24-23 win over No. 25 Pittsburg State. Recorded six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. In the fourth quarter with under three minutes remaining and UWA leading by one, Harper stopped the Pitt State drive on Tigers’ 29-yard line, with a forced and recovered fumble. Ranks eighth among Division II leaders in forced fumbles (0.67 per game).
