NEWTOWN, Pa. - The Middle Atlantic Conference today released weekly honors for the week ending Oct. 11. For the second time in two weeks, Eastern sophomore linebacker
DonJuan Clark III was named the MAC Football Defensive Player of the Week.
Clark led another solid defensive effort as Eastern Football improved to 4-0 in the MAC with a 41-21 win over King's on Homecoming Saturday. The Philadelphia product finished with nine tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks as the Eagles jumped out to a 41-7 lead and held King's to under 300 yards of total offense.
For the year, Clark leads the Eagles with 30 tackles, four tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and three quarterback hurries after five games. He joins teammates
Brett Nabb and
Jeremiah Avrilien as the only Eagles to earn multiple weekly honors from the conference office.
Eastern (4-1. 4-0) will be back at Radnor Street Road on Saturday for a 1:00 pm kickoff against Widener.