OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Louisiana Christian University football program has been putting on a show each week with quarterback Sal Palermo III serving as the catalyst on offense, earning himself his second Sooner Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week award in four weeks for his lights out evening versus Wayland Baptist.
 
Palermo III, a graduate student from Walker, Louisiana, used both his arm and legs in the Wildcats' 60-14 victory over the Pioneers. He was 13-of-19 (68.4%) for 369 yards through the air with three touchdowns and also rushed four times for 39 yards and a pair of scores with nearly all of his production coming exclusively in the first half. The five total touchdowns and passing yards were both season bests as Palermo III finished the evening with a passing efficiency of 283.7.

The six-foot-three Accounting major leads the NAIA in passer efficiency (205.2), is top-15 for both completion percentage (64.8%, 46-of-71) and longest pass (79), slots among the top-25 regarding passing touchdowns (9) and yards per attempt (12.1), while landing among the top-third in terms of passing yards per game (214.3) plus total passing yards (857).
 
Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach David Feaster, his signal-caller, and the rest of the undefeated Wildcats will travel to "No Man's Land" on Saturday to face Oklahoma Panhandle State at 6 p.m. in Goodwell.
 
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