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D3football.com Team of the Week

Sept. 30, 2025 - Earning the first D3football.com Team of the Week honor for the North Central College football team this season, kicker Aidan Ellison scored 14 points for the Cardinals in a 44-14 win over Washington University in St. Louis, making all three field goal attempts and all five extra points.

Ellison's first field goal of the game came in the first quarter, where he knocked through a 49-yarder, tying the fifth-longest made kick in North Central history. To close out the second quarter, Ellison made a 24-yard field goal with 16 seconds to play in the first half. Giving the Cardinals a 23-point advantage, Ellison made a 47-yard field goal, tying the ninth-longest kick in program history. His 49-yard field goal is the fourth-longest in Division III this season.

On the year, Ellison is four-for-five on field goals, only missing a 56-yard attempt in the 45-14 win over the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He ranks second on the team in scoring with 27 points, only trailing Thomas Skokna with 30.

The Cardinals welcome No. 14/15 Wheaton College to campus Saturday for Homecoming. Kickoff for the Little Brass Bell is set for 6 p.m. inside Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium.