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D3football.com All-Americans

The first D3football.com All-America team was awarded in 1999 and is, along with the AFCA All-America team, the only ones recognized in the NCAA record book. Players are nominated by schools in November and December for the D3football.com All-Region team, and are then considered for All-American.

The D3football.com All-American team honors just 11 on offense and 11 on defense per team, plus four special-teamers, with four teams named. 

Year Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year

2023

Luke Lehnen, North Central Owen Grover, Wartburg Curt Fitzparick, Cortland

2022

Ethan Greenfield, North Central  Michael Nobile, Delaware Valley  Chris Winter, Wartburg

2021

Blaine Hawkins, Central Jefferson Fritz, Mary Hardin-Baylor Pete Fredenburg, Mary Hardin-Baylor

2020-21

No individual award winners were named in 2020-21.

2019

Broc Rutter, North Central Dallas McRae, Wheaton Jeff Thorne, North Central

2018

Jackson Erdmann, St. John's Louis Berry, Mount Union Jim Margraff, Johns Hopkins

2017

Brett Kasper, UW-Oshkosh Mamadou Soumahoro, Berry Vince Kehres, Mount Union

2016

Sam Riddle, Linfield Teidrick Smith, Mary Hardin-Baylor  Tom Arth, John Carroll 

2015

Jordan Roberts, St. Thomas  Tom Lally, Mount Union  Vince Kehres, Mount Union 

2014

Jake Kumerow, UW-Whitewater Tyre Coleman, Hobart  Joe Smith, Linfield 

2013

Kevin Burke, Mount Union  Cole Klotz, UW-Whitewater Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2012

Nate Wara, UW-Oshkosh  Javicz Jones, Mary Hardin-Baylor  Larry Kehres, Mount Union 

2011

Levell Coppage, UW-Whitewater Nick Driskill, Mount Union  Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2010 

Levell Coppage, UW-Whitewater Matt Wenger, North Central  Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2009

Cecil Shorts, Mount Union Eddie Vallery, Wittenberg  Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2008

Nate Kmic, Mount Union Jace Rindahl, UW-Whitewater  Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2007

Justin Beaver, UW-Whitewater  Jerrell Freeman, Mary Hardin-Baylor  Lance Leipold, UW-Whitewater 

2006

Nate Kmic, Mount Union  Ryan Kleppe, UW-Whitewater  Larry Kehres, Mount Union

2005

Brett Elliott, Linfield Damien Dumonceaux, St. John's Bob Berezowitz, UW-Whitewater

Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year were first awarded in 2005.

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Preseason All-Americans

The D3football.com preseason All-America team honors a first and second team from previous years' nominees, and starting in 2018, a third team.

Dec. 15: All times Eastern
Final
Cortland 38, at North Central (Ill.) 37
@ Salem, Virginia
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Dec. 9: All times Eastern
Final
North Central (Ill.) 34, at Wartburg 27
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Final
Cortland 49, at Randolph-Macon 14
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