Garrett Granberg picked as CCIW Co-Player of the Week and earns honor from D3Football.com

PICTURED LEFT: Senior Garrett Granberg eludes two Gustavus Adolphus defensive players on his way to a career-high 190 yards last Saturday.

Wheaton, Ill. (9/13) Wheaton College senior Garrett Granberg (Blanco, Texas /Blanco) has been named the CCIW co-Offensive Player of the Week for football. Granberg, a starting tailback for the Thunder, helped lead Wheaton to a 42-21 season-opening win over Gustavus Adolphus College on Saturday afternoon. Granberg joins Steve Holden of North Central College as the conference's offensive players of the week for last Saturday's games. Granberg was also selected to the D3Football.com Team of the Week.

Granberg averaged nine yards per carry on Saturday as he ran for a career-high 190 yards on 21 attempts. He ran for two touchdowns, including one TD on a career-long rush of 43 yards. Granberg's 43-yard touchdown run came late in the first half to give the Thunder a 7-0 lead and his second score was late in the fourth quarter to secure the victory for the hosts. Granberg rushed for five or more yards on 13 of his 21 attempts, including five carries of 10 or more yards and two rushes for more than 20 yards.

Granberg has now run for 1,782 yards in his four-year career at Wheaton, averaging five yards per carry on his 354 career rushing attempts. The three-year letterwinner has recorded 24 rushing touchdowns in his career.

Granberg and his Thunder teammates will host Greenville College (0-1) on Saturday afternoon at 1 PM. Wheaton enters Saturday's game with the Panthers ranked 11th in this week's D3Football.com Top 25.