Fifth-year senior halfback Drew Lauer (St. Peters, Mo.) of the Drake University football team is the Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Week, the PFL office announced Sunday, Oct. 27. Lauer earned his first PFL player of the week honor after a career rushing day in Drake's 36-17 home victory over Morehead State.
 
Lauer rushed for a career-high 242 yards on 28 carries and scored two touchdowns as the Bulldogs won their fourth-straight PFL contest. Lauer, who has eight touchdowns during the impressive winning streak, had the best rushing performance in the FCS in week nine and the fourth-best rushing performance this season.
 
In the win over the Eagles, he scored twice via the run game, a 13-yard run in the second quarter to give Drake the lead for good and a one-yard dive in the fourth quarter that secured the victory. Lauer was only tackled for a loss once in 28 attempts. He also had two catches for 20 yards, finishing with 262 all-purpose yards, the 16th best performance in the FCS this year.
 
This season, Lauer has a career-best 709 yards on 144 carries with seven rushing touchdowns and two receiving scores.
 
Lauer and his teammates travel to San Diego, Calif. for a huge PFL clash on Saturday, Nov. 2. The potential league title hangs in the balance as both teams enter the contest on top of the PFL standings with matching 4-0 records in the league.