During Saturday's Mid-America Classic contest, Eastern Illinois freshman quarterback Connor Wolf passed for 411 yards and four touchdowns.  On Monday he was named an honorable mention selection for Stats Perform FCS National Freshman of the Week.
 
Wolf earned OVC-Big South Freshman of the Week honors before being one of nine honorable mention candidates for the award won by Furman wide receiver Evan James.
 
The 411 yards are the most by a freshman quarterback in Division I football his season as Wolf was 28-of-43 for the 411 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions.
 
His first touchdown connection was with CJ Nelson on a 75-yard touchdown in the second quarter.   The two later hooked up for a 51-yard score as Nelson finished the day with 194 yards receiving on seven catches.
 
Wolf also hit Cooper Willman and DeAirious Smith with fourth quarter touchdown passes.
 
It was the first career start for the redshirt freshman from Ada, Mich., and he became just the ninth different EIU player to throw for 400 or more yards in a game and the first freshman in school history to do so, setting the EIU single game freshman passing record.
 
EIU has a bye week this weekend before opening OVC-Big South play on Sept. 27 at Western Illinois.