KANSAS CITY – For the second-straight week, Louisiana Christian University football freshman safety Kylon Polk's four interception, one touchdown performance earned him the NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week honor, the NAIA office announced Monday.
 
Polk, a freshman safety from Loreauville, La., picked off all three quarterbacks that then-#11 ranked Ottawa used during Saturday's 48-13, SAC Championship-clinching win over the Spirit. That included returning the last one 58 yards for a touchdown as Louisiana Christian pulled away late in the third and into the fourth quarters. He also had nine tackles in the win over OUAZ, the second-most for him during his collegiate debut season.
 
That performance was a week removed from another four interception, one touchdown game against Arkansas Baptist which set a new SAC record for interceptions in a single game, a record he just matched. That performance also earned him SAC and NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week awards.
 
Polk's eight-interception outburst the last two weeks has vaulted him to 11 picks on the season, more than any player throughout all of the NAIA, NCAA Division I FBS, Division I FCS, Division II, and Division III.
 
This is Polk's second NAIA Defensive Player of the Week honor of his career, and the second national weekly award won by a Wildcat in LCU's new NAIA era.
 
Louisiana Christian wrapped up its season at 8-3 overall, 7-1 in the SAC and one of three teams to win a share of the SAC Championship with OUAZ and Texas Wesleyan. This is the second SAC Title since LCU joined the conference for the fall 2021 season, along with the one won in the 2023 season.