LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its Football Athletes of the Week for Week 3 of the 2026 season. In the Western Division, Slippery Rock's JayJay Jordan and IUP's Leon Parson are the Co-Offensive Athletes of the Week while IUP's Tai'Don Strickland (Defensive Athlete of the Week) and Clarion's Ty Woods (Special Teams Athlete of the Week) were also selected. In the Eastern Division, West Chester's Colin O'Sullivan is the Offensive Athlete of the Week along with Kutztown's Jhaisir Harden (Defensive) and West Chester's Tommy Pajic (Special Teams.)
PSAC Western Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week
JayJay Jordan
Slippery Rock
Running Back
Senior
Reading, Pa. / Berks Catholic
Jordan tied an SRU single-game record with five rushing touchdowns to lead The Rock to a 70-10 win at Millersville. Jordan rushed for 142 yards and five touchdowns on 21 carries, averaging 6.8 yards per carry. He did not play any snaps past the midway point of the third quarter. Through three weeks, Jordan has 10 total touchdowns, including nine rushing touchdowns for the top-ranked offense in the PSAC.
PSAC Western Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week
Leon Parson
IUP
Running Back
Sophomore
Harrisburg, Pa. / Central Dauphin East
Parson rushed for a career-high 187 yards in a 28-26 win over Shippensburg. He also caught one pass for 17 yards and scored a touchdown. Parson had over 200 All-Purpose yards and two touchdowns. He was the first IUP player to rush for over 100 yards since the final game of the 2024 season and the first IUP player to rush for over 150 yards since 2023. Parson is second in the PSAC with five touchdowns through three games.
PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Tai'Don Strickland
IUP
Linebacker
Senior
Farrell, Pa. / Woodbridge
Strickland had a season-high nine tackles against Shippensburg in the 28-26 win, including two tackles for loss and a sack. Seven of his nine tackles were solo tackles.
PSAC Western Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Ty Woods
Clarion
Kicker / Punter
Senior
Kannapolis, N.C. / A.L. Brown
Woods was once again perfect in the kick game on Saturday, helping the Golden Eagles to a 59-13 win over Lackawanna on the road. Woods was a perfect 8-for-8 on extra point attempts and made his lone field goal attempt, booting a 42-yarder with 5:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. Woods was only called upon to punt once on Saturday and made it count, hitting a 40-yard punt and landing it at the 8-yard line.
PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Colin O'Sullivan
West Chester
Quarterback
Junior
Fort Washington, Pa. / Upper Dublin
O'Sullivan finished 14-for-19 for 231 yards and two touchdown passes without any interceptions in West Chester's 44-24 victory over Edinboro on the road. O'Sullivan also added a rushing TD. When the dust had settled on the Golden Rams' win, O'Sullivan had led West Chester to a score on 8 of its 9 offensive possessions. He completed 73.7 percent of his passes and posted a 210.5 QB rating for the game.
PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Jhaisir Harden
Kutztown
Safety
Senior
Glassboro, N.J. / Glassboro
Harden recorded a pair of interceptions and four tackles (three solo) in the Golden Bears' 35-20 win at Lock Haven, Saturday. Harden picked off a pass from Lock Haven quarterback Robert Footman Jr. at the KU 24-yard line on the Bald Eagles' first possession and the Golden Bears converted the turnover into seven points a short time later to take an early 14-0 lead. Early in the second quarter, with the Bald Eagles driving deep into KU territory, Harden stepped in front of another Footman Jr. pass at the KU 2-yard line and returned the interception 25 yards to keep the hosts off the board. The two-interception game was the first of Harden's career and his first interceptions of the season. The Glassboro, N.J., native has four career picks.
PSAC Eastern Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Tommy Pajic
West Chester
Kicker
Sophomore
Marlton, N.J. / Cherokee
Pajic went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts and 5-for-5 on extra-point attempts to finish the afternoon with 14 points in West Chester's 44-24 victory on the road over Edinboro. Pajic hit a career-high 45-yarder in the fourth quarter. He also was good on a 31-yarder in the fourth and a 20-yarder in the third. All of that was accomplished after being pressed into service when the Rams' starting place-kicker was sidelined with an illness and could not make the trip to Western PA. Pajic also put three of his nine kickoffs into the end zone for touch backs on the day. He averaged over 58 yards per kickoff.