Football | 10/5/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 28-Oct. 4)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Sean Tejeda • Hiram • Senior quarterback • San Antonio, Texas/McCollum
In a 46-10 win over Saint Francis, Tejeda completed 19-of-29 for 396 yards and five touchdowns for the Terriers, who improved to 4-0, the program's best start since a 5-0 beginning to the 1987 campaign ... His 396 yards is a top-five career best and the most in the PAC this year ... His touchdowns included a 75-yard pass to Kevin Dycks on first play of the game, the longest completion in the PAC this season, a 53-yard aerial to Caleb Tarver, and a 55-yard connection to Dylan Hargas.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior running back Malik Jefferson (New Castle, Pa./New Castle); Case Western Reserve senior quarterback Pierce Olsen (Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Regional); Grove City sophomore quarterback Mike Hollomon (Princeton, N.J./The Pingry School); Saint Vincent senior wide receiver Chris Downs (Gambrills, Md./Arundel); Thiel junior tight end Drevon Newton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Nazareth Prep); W&J junior running back Andrew Sharp (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); Waynesburg junior wide receiver Isaiah Fields (Cumberland, Md./Allegany); Westminster senior running back Jayveerh White (Sharon, Pa./Sharon)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Dominic Ghilani • Case Western Reserve • Sophomore defensive end • Rostraver, Pa./Belle Vernon
Ghilani recovered a pair of fumbles and forced a third, helping the Spartans come from behind for a 36-29 win over Westminster ... Ghilani finished the game with four tackles (all solo), including one sack, while also breaking up a pass ... His first fumble recovery came at the 4:01 mark in the second quarter, leading to a CWRU touchdown that put the Spartans ahead 14-3 at the time ... With the Spartans down seven with 8:11 left in the game, he recovered a second fumble at the Westminster 47-yard line that led to the game-tying score ... He also had a strip sack late in the first half and deflected a pass on the final drive of the game to help secure the win.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore defensive end Robbie Janis (Fombell, Pa./Riverside); Bethany junior defensive back Blaike Adams (Parsons, W.Va./Tucker County); Geneva junior defensive back Noah Hutcherson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Woodland Hills); Grove City sophomore cornerback Cameron Epps (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Allegheny); Hiram sophomore defensive back Ocir Kimble (Lorain, Ohio/Lorain); Saint Vincent junior linebacker Nathan Parker (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport); Thiel junior defensive back Ty'Keem Wheeler (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area); W&J junior linebacker Brock Sherman (Copley, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit); Waynesburg sophomore defensive back Antonio Cipoletti (Amity, Pa./Trinity); Westminster junior linebacker Aiden Fletcher (Tarentum, Pa./Deer Lakes)
PAC Special Teams Player of the Week
Mitchell Tingley • Westminster • Junior kicker • Stoneboro, Pa./Lakeview
Tingley hit all three of his field goal attempts and both of his extra point tries in Saturday's 36-29 loss to Case Western Reserve … His 31-yard field goal with 13:52 left in the fourth quarter extended Westminster's lead to 29-14 … Tingley had previously connected on a 21-yarder in the first quarter and hit from 30 yards out in the final minute of the first half.
PAC Special Teams Honor Roll
Allegheny senior linebacker Tyler Jackson (Northfield, Ill./New Trier); Case Western Reserve sophomore punter Nick Delfau (Sarasota, Fla./Riverview); Grove City junior cornerback/kick returner Noah Wheeler (McKinney, Texas/McKinney Christian); Thiel senior kicker Ben Paserk (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia); W&J senior kicker/punter Deven Wyandt (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Braylon Wagner • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman quarterback • New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley
Wagner was a catalyst for W&J compiling 648 total offensive yards (293 passing and 355 rushing), the most in a single game since the 2015 season, in their 55-0 victory over Geneva ... Wagner, the first W&J freshman to start at quarterback since 2013 (Pete Coughlin), passed for 218 yards, going 16-for-24, with four touchdowns and also finished with 37 yards on the ground ... He connected on TD throws of 21, 28 and 27 yards in the first half to put the Presidents up 35-0 at the half and added an 11-yard scoring strike in the third quarter.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman defensive back AJ Montgomery (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Grove City freshman running back Nico Casciato (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Hiram freshman running back TJ Allen (Lorain, Ohio/Lorain); Saint Francis freshman wide receiver/punter Cole DeLattre (Duncansville, Pa./Hollidaysburg); Thiel freshman defensive back Tyrese Madry (Indianapolis, Ind./Athens Drive Magnet-N.C.); Waynesburg freshman quarterback Dominic Hickman (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown); Westminster freshman defensive end Ashton Allison (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock)
PAC Records & Milestones
Malik Jefferson led Allegheny to their fifth straight win to open the season with a 41-10 rout at Thiel when he set new single-game career-highs for rushing yards (117) and rushing touchdowns (three) ... Blaike Adams led Bethany against Grove City with eight solo tackles, including one for a three-yard loss ... Case Western Reserve's Pierce Olsen completed 23-of-36 passes for 232 yards and a touchdown, while also running for 11 yards and an additional score in the comeback win at Westminster ... Cameron Epps recorded six tackles, five pass deflections and his team-leading third interception of the season and Mike Hollomon tied Grove City's single-game record with five touchdown passes in Grove City's 40-20 victory over Bethany ... In Hiram's win over Saint Francis, TJ Allen rushed five times for 120 yards, the most by a Terrier freshman since Danny Robinson in 2014, and touchdown runs of 62 and 45 yards ... Saint Francis' Cole DeLattre caught four passes for 34 yards at Hiram, including a 12-yard TD reception, his second touchdown in as many games ... Saint Vincent's Nathan Parker recorded 10 tackles, including seven solos, two sacks, and intercepted a pass at Waynesburg on Saturday ... Brock Sherman headed the W&J defense that held Geneva to 56 total yards (three yards total offense at the half) en route to the 55-0 shutout victory, as he led the team with six tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack ... Waynesburg's Isaiah Fields pulled in a game-high seven catches for a contest-best 113 yards and a touchdown and Antonio Cipoletti's interception with less than a minute left to play sealed the Jackets' 13-7 win over Saint Vincent ... Saturday against Case Western Reserve, Westminster's Jayveerh White finished with eight carries for 164 yards, highlighted by a 98-yard touchdown run, the longest rush from scrimmage in program history and tied for second-longest in PAC history.