dylan root

Dylan Root

  • Award
    Football Special Teams Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/11/2024
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Montana Tech
  • Year
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Position
    Punter / Kicker
  • Hometown
    Boulder, Mont.
  • High School
    Jefferson High School
Special Teams Player of the Week: Dylan Root, Montana Tech

Root, a freshman kicker from Boulder, Mont., is the Special Teams Player of the Week.

Root kicked a pair of 34-yard field goals as No. 10 ranked Orediggers cruised to a 54-14 home victory over MSU-Northern.  He was also 6-for-7 on PAT extra-point kicks.

Root collected 12 points in the game for Montana Tech. 

This is Root’s second career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.