Ferris State heads to the DII Football Championship game
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The Little Rock Touchdown Club and Wright Lindsey Jennings announced the finalists for the sixth annual CLIFF HARRIS AWARD. The award is presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player representing more than 5,000 defensive players from almost 500 NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges and universities.
An overall winner will be announced on December 24th and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s annual awards banquet on January 10, 2019. The winner will receive the $3,000 Cliff Harris Award trophy presented by Cliff Harris. In addition to the overall winner, the top vote getters from each division will also be announced. A prestigious group of former college and pro football greats serve on the Cliff Harris Award Committee.
| DIVISION II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Class | College | Position | |
| Corey | Ballentine | SR | Washburn University | DB |
| Aaron | Berry | SR | Azusa Pacific University | LB |
| Bo | Brooks | SR | Missouri University of Science & Technology | LB |
| Jake | Carlock | SR | LIU Post | LB |
| John | Cominsky | SR | University of Charleston | DL |
| Jose | Delgado | SR | Fort Hays State University | LB |
| Austin | Edwards | JR | Ferris State University | DL |
| Keandre | Evans | JR | Ouachita Baptist University | DB |
| Devin | Hafford | JR | Tarleton State University | DB |
| Jonathan | Harris | SR | Lindenwood University | DL |
| Marcus | Haskins | FR | Concordia University | DB |
| J.T. | Hassell | SR | Florida Tech | LB |
| Jamarcus | Henderson | SR | Newberry | DL |
| Bo | Highburger | SR | Western Oregon University | LB |
| Chris | Hoad | JR | Texas-Permian Basin | LB |
| Devon | Hunt | JR | Shaw University | LB |
| Markus | Jones | SR | Angelo State University | DL |
| Cody | Leonard | SR | Quincy University | LB |
| Lamont | McPhatter II | JR | California University of Pennsylvania | DB |
| Tyler | Morrissey | SR | West Chester (Pa.) University | LB |
| Gunner | Olszewski | SR | Bemidji State University | DB |
| Brandon | Payer | FR | Colorado State-Pueblo | LB |
| James | Prater Jr. | SR | Ashland University | DL |
| Cardell | Rawlings | SR | Wingate University | DL |
| Terry | Samuel | SR | West Alabama | LB |
| Daryus | Skinner | JR | Winston-Salem State University | DB |
| Austin | Stephens | JR | Miles College | LB |
| Delon | Stephenson | JR | Ferris State University | DB |
| Ross | Thompson | SR | Ohio Dominican University | LB |
| Brian | Williams | SR | Davenport University | DB |
| T.J. | Winslow | SR | Harding University | DL |
| DIVISION III | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Class | College | Position | |
| Mitchell | Allan | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | LB |
| Mauro | Altamura | SR | Montclair State University | LB |
| Louis | Berry | SR | Mount Union University | DB |
| Nathan | Brinker | SR | Saint John's University (Minn.) | DL |
| Cameron | Brown | SR | Case Western University | DL |
| Michael | Connor | SR | Simpson College | LB |
| Austin | Dean | SR | Brockport | DL |
| Frankie | Feaster | JR | Muhlenberg College | DL |
| Jefferson | Fritz | SO | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | DB |
| Nicholas | Giorgio | SR | Springfield College | DL |
| Matt | Gurgone | SR | St. Norbert College | LB |
| Harry | Henschler | SR | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | DL |
| Zach | Howard | SR | Westfield State | LB |
| Antonio | Johnson | JR | North Carolina Wesleyan College | LB |
| Kyle | Kilgore | SR | Bethel University | DL |
| Bryson | Lamboy | SR | Berry College | DL |
| Thomas | Lesniewski | SR | Monmouth College (Ill.) | DL |
| Joey | Longoria | JR | Mary Hardin-Baylor | DL |
| Duke | Mackle | SR | Linfield College | DB |
| Pat | Minogue | SR | Ithaca College | LB |
| Diante | Moses | SR | Lakeland University | LB |
| Javon | Muhammad | SR | MacMurray College | DL |
| Re'Shaun | Myers | JR | Bridgewater College | LB |
| Michael | Nobile | FR | Delaware Valley University | DL |
| Danny | Robinson | SR | Mount Union University | LB |
| John | Salute | SR | Salve Regina University | DL |
| Jonathan | Seay | JR | Wittenberg University | LB |
| Ryan | Slager | SR | Grinnell | LB |
| Eric | Stevenson | SR | Wheaton College (IL) | LB |
| Elvin | Suazo | SR | Husson University | LB |
| Jimmy | Thomas | SR | John Carroll University | DL |
| Chad | Wilburg | SR | Whitworth University | DL |
| Marcus | Winters | SR | Trine University | DB |
| Andrew | Yamin | SR | Amherst College | LB |
| Isaac | Zickafoose | SR | Bluffton University | DL |
| NAIA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Class | College | Position | |
| Curt | Boeke | SR | Dakota State (S.D.) University | DL |
| Shaq | Bradford | JR | Kansas Wesleyan University | DL |
| Caleb | Coe | SR | Olivet Nazarene | LB |
| Jason | Ferris | JR | Univeristy of Montana Western | LB |
| J.T. | Graydon | SO | Reinhardt (Ga.) University | DL |
| Josh | Hettiger | JR | Saint Xavier University | LB |
| Joel | Katzer | JR | Morningside College | LB |
| Jay | Liggins | SR | Dickinson State (N.D.) | DB |
| Mike | Mitchell | SR | Southeastern (Fla.) University | DL |
| Andreas | Moeller | SR | Evangel University | DL |
| Trent | Mueller | JR | Lindsey Wilson College | LB |
| Chad | Scaggs | SR | Marian University | DL |
| Ben | Slavens | JR | Grand View University | LB |
| Kenneth | Steele | SR | Ottawa (AZ) University | LB |
| Bryce | Van Beek | SR | Northwestern College | DB |
