NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's Broc Rutter, Wheaton's Spencer Rowland and Illinois Wesleyan's Robert Neidballa were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Football Players of the Week on Monday.

Rutter, a senior quarterback from Naperville, Illinois and Neuqua Valley High School, set a new Cardinal record for passing accuracy (94.1%) and became the first North Central quarterback to throw for 100 career touchdowns in a 77-0 win over North Park on Saturday. He finished 16-of-17 for 334 yards and four touchdown passes in the win as the Cardinals scored on all eight of their first-half possessions. Additionally, each of Rutter's four touchdown passes covered at least 33 yards. 

Rowland, a senior defensive back from Greenville, Michigan and Northpointe Christian, helped lead the Thunder defense to a 62-0 win over Millikin on Saturday as the Big Blue were held to 181 yards of offense, including just 92 passing yards. Rowland totaled two interceptions, three pass breakups and had three solo tackles. His first interception came in the first quarter with Wheaton leading 7-0 as he picked off a Millikin pass at the Thunder 38-yard line and returned it nine yards. His second interception came in the second quarter with Wheaton leading 17-0 as he picked off a pass at the Big Blue 44-yard line and returned it 26 yards to the Millikin 26 to set up a Wheaton touchdown four plays later.

Neidballa, a sophomore linebacker from Winfield, Illinois and Wheaton North High School, scored a key special teams touchdown in the Titans' 21-17 win over Augustana on Saturday. With Illinois Wesleyan leading 14-10, Neidballa scooped up a blocked punt on the Vikings' first possession of the third quarter and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown and a 21-10 lead. It was the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown by the Titans since October 21, 2017.

2019 CCIW Football Players of the Week

Offense
Broc Rutter - North Central (9/30/19)
Andrew Kamienski - North Central (9/23/19)
Hamid Bullie - Illinois Wesleyan (9/16/19)
Jordan Smith - Millikin (9/9/19)

Defense
Spencer Rowland - Wheaton (9/30/19)
Ryan Schwartz - Wheaton (9/23/19)
Trevor Koepke - Illinois Wesleyan (9/16/19)
Luke Sawicki - Augustana (9/9/19)

Special Teams
Robert Neidballa - Illinois Wesleyan (9/30/19)
David Collins - Carthage (9/23/19)
Matt Burns - Elmhurst (9/16/19)
John Bickle - Wheaton (9/9/19)
   
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.