MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — D3football.com released its Team of the Week for games of Sep. 18-19, 2026, with Brady Puls representing UW-Eau Claire.

Brady Puls had a career day against Carthage College, earning him D3football.com's Week 3 Team of the Week honors in the defensive endspot.

The junior tallied five total tackles, with all of them being tackles for loss -- four solo, one assisted. With a total of 18 yards on his tackles for loss, Puls included two solo sacks that forced a Carthage punt and a turnover on downs. With his tackles behind the line of scrimmage, Puls and the Blugold defense kept the Firebirds to just 10 rushing yards and only 89 yards of offense. earned him a spot on

Following his teammate Jimmy McGovern's award in Week 1,  it is the first time the program have had two or more Team of the Week honors since 2013 when Clint Larsen and Joel Sweeney receieved the honors. 

Up next, the Blugolds host UW-Stevens Point on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. at Carson Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as the campus celebrates Homecoming.

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The Team of the Week, is D3football.com's weekly honor roll, in its 28th season of recognizing the top performance at each position from the previous week. Players are nominated by schools.