Fareed Soluade, Football Player of the Week (Defense)

Defense – Fareed Soluade, Linebacker (Hastings College)
Linebacker Fareed Soluade of Hastings College is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Defensive Player-of-the-Week. Soluade, a senior, from Houston, Texas, had a career-high 10 total tackles in a win over Midland. More impressive yet was his first career fumble recovery that he returned for a touchdown. His 74-yard fumble return for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter proved to be the game winning score in Hastings first win over the Warriors since 2015. It was the longest fumble return for a touchdown in school history.