2018 Cliff Harris Award Finalists Announced

December 14, 2018

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

PlayerClassificationPositionSchool
Kailen AbramsSOLBCentral State University
Corey BallentineSRDBWashburn University
Aaron BerrySRLBAzusa Pacific University
Logan BockSRLBColorado School of Mines
Bo BrooksSRLBMissouri University of Science & Technology
Jake CarlockSRLBLIU Post
Temoris CoatsSRLBCarson-Newman
John CominskySRDLUniversity of Charleston
Jose DelgadoSRLBFort Hays State University
Austin EdwardsJRDLFerris State University
Keandre EvansJRDBOuachita Baptist University
Jefferson FritzSODBMary Hardin-Baylor
Alex GoettlJRLBMinnesota State University, Mankato
Devin HaffordJRDBTarleton State University
Donte HamiltonJRDBCentral Washington University
Sterling HammondJRDBVirginia Union University
Jonathan HarrisSRDLLindenwood University
Marcus HaskinsFRDBConcordia University
J.T. HassellSRLBFlorida Tech
Jamarcus HendersonSRDLNewberry
Bo HighburgerSRLBWestern Oregon University
Chris HoadJRLBTexas-Permian Basin
Kirby HoraSRLBAugustana University
D.J. HorneFRDLTuskegee University
Devon HuntJRLBShaw University
Jerry IwehSRLBFairmont State University
Markus JonesSRDLAngelo State University
Markus JonesSRDLAngelo State
Cody LeonardSRLBQuincy University
Nelson LouisFRDLTusculum University
Jah'Sheem MartinSRDLPace University
Lamont McPhatter IIJRDBCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
Tyler MorrisseySRLBWest Chester (Pa.) University
Gunner OlszewskiSRDBBemidji State University
Brandon PayerFRLBColorado State-Pueblo
James Prater Jr.SRDLAshland University
Cardell RawlingsSRDLWingate University
Brucks SaathoffSRLBTexas A&M-Commerce
Terry SamuelSRLBWest Alabama
Daryus SkinnerJRDBWinston-Salem State University
Austin StephensJRLBMiles College
Delon StephensonJRDBFerris State University
Ross ThompsonSRLBOhio Dominican University
Brian WilliamsSRDBDavenport University
T.J. WinslowSRDLHarding University
Cameron YoungJRDBFt. Valley State

Division III

PlayerClassificationPositionSchool
Mitchell AllanSRLBClaremont-Mudd-Scripps
Mauro AltamuraSRLBMontclair State University
Anthony BassaniFRDBKean University
James BellSODBTexas Lutheran University
Louis BerrySRDBMount Union University
Todd BlakelySRDLUniversity of Puget Sound
Jordy BormanJRDBCentral College
Nathan BrinkerSRDLSaint John's University (Minn.)
Cameron BrownSRDLCase Western Reserve University
Jacob BurkheadSODBUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Payton CampbellSRDLSUNY Maritime
Daniel CamposJRLBGeorge Fox University
NIck CastroSRLBUniversity of Redlands
Michael ConnorSRLBSimpson College
D'Onshuv'e CooferJRDLRhodes College
Jacob CoonSRLBWashington University St. Louis
Austin DeanSRDLBrockport
Frankie FeasterJRDLMuhlenberg College
John FitzgeraldSRDLWestminster College (PA)
Robert FletcherFRLBJohns Hopkins
Jefferson FritzSODBUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Daniel GibsonSRDLBethany College (WV)
Nicholas GiorgioSRDLSpringfield College
Tajah GoodenSODLWesleyan University
Matt GurgoneSRLBSt. Norbert College
Harry HenschlerSRDLUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Jack HoggardSRLBRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Zach HowardSRLBWestfield State
Antonio JohnsonJRLBNorth Carolina Wesleyan College
Samuel KennyFRDLFitchburg State
Kyle KilgoreSRDLBethel University
Kale KuhiikiFRDLCornell College
Bryson LamboySRDLBerry College
Joseph LedbetterFRDLAverett University
Thomas LesniewskiSRDLMonmouth College (Ill.)
Joey LongoriaJRDLMary Hardin-Baylor
Duke MackleSRDBLinfield College
Chris MillerSRLBHardin-Simmons
Pat MinogueSRLBIthaca College
Brandon MorrisSRLBWesleyan University
Diante MosesSRLBLakeland University
Javon MuhammadSRDLMacMurray College
Re'Shaun MyersJRLBBridgewater College
Michael NobileFRDLDelaware Valley University
Zac QuattroneSRDBWashington & Jefferson College
Dillon RademakerSRDLWartburg College
Anthony RieckFRDBLake Forest College
Danny RobinsonSRLBMount Union University
Jackson RossSODLUniversity of Chicago
John SaluteSRDLSalve Regina University
Jonathan SeayJRLBWittenberg University
Ryan SlagerSRLBGrinnell
Eric StevensonSRLBWheaton College (IL)
Elvin SuazoSRLBHusson University
Jimmy ThomasSRDLJohn Carroll University
Chad WilburgSRDLWhitworth University
Marcus WintersSRDBTrine University
Andrew YaminSRLBAmherst College
Isaac ZickafooseSRDLBluffton University

NAIA

PlayerClassificationPositionSchool
Curt BoekeSRDLDakota State (S.D.) University
Shaq BradfordJRDLKansas Wesleyan University
Keontae ChaviesSRDLBethany Collge
Caleb CoeSRLBOlivet Nazarene
Tyson CooperSRLBSouthern Oregon University
Christian CrossFRDBSouthwestern Assemblies of God University
Jason FerrisJRLBUniveristy of Montana Western
McBride GaltSRDBCarroll College
Jacob GarciaSODLOttawa University
J.T. GraydonSODLReinhardt (Ga.) University
Josh HettigerJRLBSaint Xavier University
Justin HughesSRDBEastern Oregon University
Joel KatzerJRLBMorningside College
Jay LigginsSRDBDickinson State (N.D.)
Mike MitchellSRDLSoutheastern (Fla.) University
Andreas MoellerSRDLEvangel University
Trent MuellerJRLBLindsey Wilson College
Andrew O'HaraSRLBConcordia University - Ann Arbor
Chad ScaggsSRDLMarian University
Ben SlavensJRLBGrand View University
Kenneth SteeleSRLBOttawa (AZ) University
Zach TaylorSOLBPeru State College
Malik ThurmanSRDBUniversity of St. Francis (Ill.)
Bryce Van BeekSRDBNorthwestern College