D3Football.com Names DC's Brigham to Team of the Week

MINNEAPOLIS – Defiance College's D.J. Brigham has been named to the D3Football.com National Team of the Week for his efforts in DC's 30-7 Homecoming victory against Anderson on September 22. Brigham notched two of the team's five sacks on the afternoon. [D3Football.com Release]

Along with the pair of sacks for a loss of 17 yards, Brigham piled up seven solo hits among nine total stops from his defensive tackle position and ended with 3.5 tackles for negative yardage and one quarterback hurry. Brigham's dominant showing helped the Jackets hold AU without an offensive touchdown and to just 129 total yards of offense on the afternoon.

Brigham's showing pushed the junior into the top-10 performers in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with two sacks and five tackles for lost yards among his 31 total stops in 2012.

The D3Football.com Team-of-the-Week honor is the first for Brigham in his four-year career with Defiance and is the first such award for a Yellow Jacket since Gregg Pickett was named to the team on November 2 of 2011, after leading DC to a 21-18 win at Rose-Hulman.

Brigham will look to lead Defiance (1-3, 1-1 HCAC) to its second-straight victory, when the Jackets play at Earlham (0-4, 0-2 HCAC) on Saturday, September 29 at 2:00 pm.