Aug 23, 2021
UMHB photo by Pat Carrigan; d3photography.com photo by Caleb Williams
Division III football is back, and so are these players. As we get ready for the season to kick off, we present the 2021 D3football.com preseason All-America team.
| First team offense | |||
| Position | Player | School | Hometown |
| QB | Gavin Zimbelman | Aurora | Manteno, Ill. |
| RB | Ike Irabor | Union | Braintree, Mass. |
| RB | Ethan Greenfield | North Central | Lindenhurst, Ill. |
| WR | Andrew Kamienski | North Central | Pingree Grove, Ill. |
| WR | Colt Morgan | Case Western Reserve | Wooster, Ohio |
| TE | Colton Jewell | Aurora | Lake Villa, Ill. |
| T | Tim Driscoll | Union | Pleasantville, N.Y. |
| G | Sharmore Clarke | North Central | Oak Park, Ill. |
| C | Mike Olsen | UW-Oshkosh | Hartland, Wis. |
| G | Luke Lodini | Brockport | Stony Point, N.Y. |
| T | Kyle Gannon | UW-Whitewater | Waukesha, Wis. |
| First team defense | |||
| DE | Michael Nobile | Delaware Valley | Brick, N.J. |
| DT | Dallas McRae | Wheaton | Crown Point, Ind. |
| DT | Blade Durbala | Central | Blairstown, Iowa |
| DE | Mackenzie Balanganayi | UW-Whitewater | Palatine, Ill. |
| LB | Dillon Keefe | Chapman | Orange, Calif. |
| LB | Emmett Forde | Hobart | South Boston, Mass. |
| LB | Akeem Jackson | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Fairfield, Texas |
| CB | Jake Beesley | North Central | Champaign, Ill. |
| S | Jefferson Fritz | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Kaufman, Texas |
| S | Jesse Vail | Mount Union | Estero, Fla. |
| CB | Justin Harris | Delaware Valley | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| First team specialists | |||
| K | Jaydon Haag | UW-Oshkosh | Sparta, Wis. |
| P | Joey Annee | Wabash | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| RET | A.J. Jackson | Lake Forest | Peoria, Ariz. |
| Second team offense | |||
| QB | Wyatt Smith | Linfield | McMinnville, Ore. |
| RB | Christiaan Williams | Ohio Northern | Sidney, Ohio |
| RB | Alex Peete | UW-Whitewater | Ringwood, Ill. |
| WR | Ravi Alston | St. John's | Lake Elsinore, Calif. |
| WR | Andrew Wolf | Washington & Jefferson | Ashland, Ohio |
| TE | Cole Hissong | Wooster | Shreve, Ohio |
| T | Max Warden | St. Lawrence | Potsdam, N.Y. |
| G | Boomer Warren | Hardin-Simmons | Haslet, Texas |
| C | Jake Buhe | Illinois Wesleyan | Frankfort, Ill. |
| G | Sean Pogorelc | Carnegie Mellon | Centreville, Va. |
| T | Joseph Osborne | Salisbury | St. Leonard, Md. |
| Second team defense | |||
| DE | Daniel Gioioso | Union | Walpole, Mass. |
| DT | Chase Lydig | Linfield | Buckley, Wash. |
| DT | Kyle Gallagher | Marietta | Chesterland, Ohio |
| DE | Drake Neuberger | Marietta | Norwalk, Ohio |
| LB | Ryan Schwartz | Wheaton | Burbank, Ohio |
| LB | Ian Barr | Westminster (Pa.) | State College, Pa. |
| LB | Brett Tharp | Bridgewater | Baker, W.Va. |
| CB | JoJo McNair | Wartburg | Joliet, Ill. |
| S | Mark McGrath | UW-Whitewater | Lisle, Ill. |
| S | KJ Kelley | East Texas Baptist | Abilene, Texas |
| CB | Joc Pledger | Brevard | Monroe, Ga. |
| Second team specialists | |||
| K | Maki Medici | Utica | Watervliet, N.Y. |
| P | Casey Jaeb | Carnegie Mellon | San Jose, Calif. |
| RET | K.J. Miller | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Orange, Texas |
| Third team offense | |||
| QB | Braxton Plunk | Mount Union | Plant City, Fla. |
| RB | Shane Welshans | Rose-Hulman | Robards, Ky. |
| RB | Shawn Coane | Hanover | Evansville, Ind. |
| WR | Harrison Wellmann | Johns Hopkins | College Station, Texas |
| WR | Wayne Ruby | Mount Union | Miami, Fla. |
| TE | Ed Newman | Hampden-Sydney | Farmville, Va. |
| T | Blake Herideen | John Carroll | Akron, Ohio |
| G | Gabriel McGill | Wheaton | Plano, Texas |
| C | Jake Hibben | Wheaton | Littleton, Colo. |
| G | Jeffery Sims | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Mesquite, Texas |
| T | Jack Fiedler | Bethel | St. Michael, Minn. |
| Third team defense | |||
| DE | Josh Bever | Ohio Northern | Ashland, Ohio |
| DT | Richard Pope | Defiance | Daytona Beach, Fla. |
| DT | Jake Holaday | Wheaton | Brandon, Miss. |
| DE | Jovan Nenadovic | Tufts | Washington, D.C. |
| LB | Erich Keutmann | Western New England | Washingtonville, N.Y. |
| LB | Tavion Bryant | Wilmington | Columbus, Ohio |
| LB | Dante Capozzoli | Kean | Caldwell, N.J. |
| CB | Montez Archer | Bluffton | Detroit, Mich. |
| S | Tyler Bergeron | Linfield | Battle Ground, Wash. |
| S | Sean Carroll | Salisbury | Wilmington, Del. |
| CB | Raylens Boutin | Brockport | Nyack, N.Y. |
| Third team specialists | |||
| K | Juan Ocampo | Texas Lutheran | Lockhart, Texas |
| P | John Bickle | Wheaton | Eau Claire, Wis. |
| RET | Tahmir Barksdale | Delaware Valley | Philadelphia, Pa. |