ST. LOUIS -- Drake senior quarterback Luke Bailey was selected as the Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Sunday, Oct. 15. 

Bailey threw for a career-high 411 yards and five touchdowns on Saturday, Oct. 14 in a dominant 52-21 win over St. Thomas at Drake Stadium. His five touchdown passes are the most thrown in a single game by a Drake player since Grant Kraemer tossed six touchdowns against Missouri S&T on Sept. 15, 2018. Bailey's 411 passing yards are the most yards thrown by a Drake quarterback since Kraemer's 445-yard day on Sept. 23, 2017 against Valparaiso.

The 52-point effort is the most points Drake has scored in a game since Sept. 15, 2018 in a 52-12 win against Missouri S&T. 52 points are also the most points scored by Drake in a conference game since a 52-7 victory over Jacksonville on Nov. 18, 2017. St. Thomas hadn't allowed that many points in one game since a 54-28 loss to St. Olaf on Nov. 10, 2007. 

Drake football heads west to San Diego for its next game on Saturday, Oct. 21.