Darius Haskin Earns National Honors as NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week 10/6/2025 9:31:00 PM | By: Brandon Stinson | Sports Information & Media Coordinator Share: BILLINGS, Mont.- After earning Frontier Conference honors early Monday, Darius Haskin became the first Battlin' Bear to earn National Special Teams Player of the Week honors since 2019. Darius Haskin, a redshirt freshman from Buckeye, Arizona, earned Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week honors after totaling 182 all-purpose yards, including 110 in the kick return game, including a 97-yard house call on his second kick return of the game, also contributing a receiving touchdown in Rocky's 31-21 victory over Valley City State. The honor marks the first of Haskin's career at both the conference and national levels. He becomes the third Battlin' Bear since 2019 to earn NAIA Player of the Week, joining Riley Garrett (2019) and Graedyn Buell (2023). The Battlin' Bears enter a bye week this weekend, before hosting Dickinson State on October 18th on Herb Klindt Field. Related Stories 10.06.25 Four Frontier football teams stay in NAIA’s Netting Professional Top 25 10.06.25 MT, UMW, and RMC listed on 2025 Erck Hotels/Frontier Football Players-of-the-Week No. 6 edition 10.03.25 SWX Local Sports to broadcast Frontier Conference East Division opener in Butte, Mont. 09.29.25 Lehnerz Received NAIA National Player of the Week Related Videos