Mankato,  Minn. —  Minnesota State senior return specialist/defensive back Kelvin Rodgers, has been named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference's Special Team's Player of the Week following his performance in MSU's 48-17 victory over Upper Iowa last Saturday.

The East St. Louis, Ill., native returned one kick for 78 yards and a touchdown against Upper Iowa last weekend, springboarding Minnesota State into a 30-point second quarter.  The return marked the fourth career kick return for a touchdown by Rodgers and marked the ninth time that he has taken a return (kick, punt, interception or fumble) into the endzone.  He also returned four punts for 64 yards, averaging 16 yards a return and finished the game with 169 all-purpose yards.  Defensively, he finished the game with three tackles, an interception (which he returned 27 yards) and a pass break-up.

Minnesota State (10-0, 9-0 NSIC) closes the regular season portion of its schedule Saturday at St. Cloud State.  Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.

NSIC Players of the Week

Name	Opponent (Date)	Category
Sam Brockshus	Truman State (8/28)	Special Teams
Jake Aberg	Wayne State (9/19)	Offensive
Steve Pachan	Augustana (10/3)	Offensive
Kevin Klug	MSU Moorhead (10/17)	Special Teams
Kelvin Rodgers	Upper Iowa (10/31)	Special Teams

Rodgers' Returns

Date	Opponent	Type/Yardage
8/30/2007	Northern Iowa	Kick/99
9/13/2008	Mary	Interception/55
9/20/2008	Wayne State	Kick93
9/27/2008	Winona State	Kick/77
10/3/2008	Augustana	Punt/93
10/25/2008	Southwest Minnesota State	Punt/38
8/29/2009	Truman State	Interception/60
10/17/2009	MSU Moorhead	Fumble/19
10/31/2009	Upper Iowa	Kick/78

To view the NSIC's weekly release, click HERE

To view Rodgers' stats for the week, click HERE