ST. LOUIS – For the second time in three weeks, Missouri State senior return specialist Deion Holliman was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference's Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Sunday.

Holliman delivered yet another record-breaking afternoon in the Bears' setback at North Dakota State Saturday, piling up 221 kickoff return yards to hike his MSU career total to 2,382 yards, eclipsing not only Tony Gilbert's all-time MSU mark of 2,219 career kickoff return yards, but also the Valley record of 2,318 held by UNI's Carlos Anderson. 

Holliman, whose 221 yards on the day is second in school history only to his 238-yard performance at SIU in 2015, logged his longest kickoff return of the year—a 32-yarder—early in the contest, then eclipsed Gilbert's 28-year-old mark with a 25-yard return in the second period. He also turned in a 14-yard punt return to total 250 all-purpose yards, good for the 12th-best figure in program history.

The Valley honor marks the fourth time in Holliman's MSU career he has received the league's Special Teams Player of the Week award. He also picked up the same citation on Sept. 18 following his performance in the Bears' win over Murray State.

Following their lone bye week in the 2017 season, the Bears return to action Oct. 14 with an MVFC road tilt against Western Illinois in Macomb.