Football | 10/19/2026 3:00:00 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- University of Central Missouri Mules Football's Marlon Lindsey, Jr. was voted the MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week for his performance on the football field during the week of Oct. 12-18, the conference office announced on Monday, Oct. 19.

A senior wide receiver from Laurel, Miss., Lindsey Jr. earned his first-career MIAA Athlete of the Week honor after helping the Mules to a 49-43 win over the Washburn Ichabods in the annual UCM Homecoming Game on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Walton Stadium/Kennedy Field. He became the first UCM football student-athlete to return a kickoff for a touchdown since Jack Pospisil at Emporia State in 2022, when he went 90 yards to the end zone on a kickoff with 7:13 to go in the fourth quarter. On the day, Lindsey Jr. had 174 return yards on four returns. 

Central Missouri is scheduled to travel to No. 8-ranked and MIAA-leading Emporia State on Saturday, Oct. 24, for a 7 p.m. MIAA contest at Francis G. Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kan.