CLIFF HARRIS AWARD FINALISTS
• A list of finalists for the Cliff Harris Award, given annually to the top defensive player in either NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III or NAIA. The winner will be announced Saturday and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet on Jan. 11.
NCAA DIVISION II
POS.;CL.;NAME;SCHOOL
DB;Sr.;Andrew Benson;Assumption College
DL;JR.;Adonis Davis;Florida Tech
LB;Sr.;Dennis Gardeck;Sioux Falls
DB;Sr.;Sterling Hammond;Virginia Union
LB;Sr.;Kevin Haynes;Cent. Washington
DL;Sr.;Myles Humphrey;Shepherd Univ.
DB;Jr.;Chris Johnson;North Alabama
DB;Sr.;Marcus Jones;NW Missouri State
DL;Jr.;Markus Jones;Anfelo State
LB;Sr.;Kyle Kitchens;Catawba
DL;Jr.;Davondrick Lison;Southern Arkansas
DB;Sr.;Tevin Madison;West Alabama
DL;Sr.;Marcus Martin;Slippery Rock
LB;Jr.;Tyler Morrissey;West Chester
DB;Sr.;Blake Nelson;Colorado Mesa
LB;So.;Brandon Payer;CSU-Pueblo
DL;Sr.;Evan Perrizo;Minn. St.-Mankato
DL;Jr.;James Prater Jr.;Ashland
DB;Sr.;Max Redfield;Indiana (Pa.)
LB;Jr.;Brucks Saathoff;Texas A&M-Commerce
LB;Jr.;Terry Samuel;West Alabama
DL;Sr.;Nathan Shepherd;Fort Hays State
DL;Jr.;Zach Sieler;Ferris State
DB;Sr.;Andrew Spencer;Winona State
DB;Sr.;Yusef Sterling-Lowe;Texas A&M-Commerce
DB;Sr.;Tavierre Thomas;Ferris State
LB;Sr.;Osband Thompson;Tuskegee
LB;Sr.;Landry Tullo;Delta State
LB;Sr.;Austin Weltha;McKendree
DB;Jr.;Darius Williams;CSU-Pueblo
NCAA DIVISION III
POS.;CL.;NAME;SCHOOL
DL;Sr.;Haston Adams;Mary Hardin-Baylor
DB;Sr.;O'Shea Anderson;Washington & Jefferson
DL;Sr.;Austin Crow;Heidelberg
LB;Sr.;Jason Farlow;Linfield College
LB;Sr.;Max Garrett;Washington and Lee
DL;Jr.;Nick Giorgia;Springfield College
DB;Sr.;Daniel Gonzales;Univ. of Redlands
DL;Sr.;Chase Greenlee;Wheaton (Ill.)
DB;So.;Fred Hardgrove;Otterbein
DB;Sr.;Jaquan Harris;Framingham State
LB;Sr.;Jordan Hassan;Illinois Wesleyan
LB;Sr.;Darin Hungerford;Kean Univ.
DL;Sr.;Austin Jochum;Univ. of St. Thomas
DB;Sr.;Michael Joseph;Univ. of Dubuque
DB;Sr.;Nik Kelly;Southwestern (Texas)
DL;Sr.;Casey Kerschner;Widener Univ.
DL;Sr.;Montel Lee;Ferrum College
LB;Sr.;A.J. LiCata;Alfred Univ.
LB;Sr.;Mason McKenrick;John Carroll
DB;Sr.;Shawn Miller;Delaware Valley
LB;Sr.;Ty Parsons;East Texas Baptist
DB;Jr.;Jordan Powell;Widener Univ.
LB;Jr.;Charles Riga;George Fox
DL;Jr.;Mike Riley;Rose-Hulman
LB;Jr.;Ryan Slager;Grinnell College
DB;Sr.;Micam Smith;Monmouth College
DL;Sr.;Mamadou Soumahoro;Berry College
DL;Sr.;Padrick Vidal;Catholic Univ. of America
DB;Jr.;Marcus Winters;Trine Univ.
NAIA
POS.;CL.;NAME;SCHOOL
LB;Sr.;Michal Arenas;Eastern Oregon
DL;Jr.;Curt Boeke;Dakota State (S.D.)
DL;Sr.;Josh Evans;Evangel Univ.
DB;Jr.;Keenan Fagan;Rocky Mountain College
DL;Sr.;Jamarae Finnie;Langston Univ.
DL;Sr.;Tim Hamilton;Friends (Kan.)
LB;Jr.;Piercen Harnish;Univ. of St. Francis
DB;Sr.;Tucker Johnson;Carroll College
DL;Sr.;Josh Kock;Baker (Kan.)
DL;Jr.;Tevin McCoy;Reinhardt (Ga.)
DB;So.;Tionte McDaniel;St. Xavier
LB;Sr.;Caden McDonald;Morningside (Iowa)
DB;Sr.;Nate Moore;College of Idaho
LB;Jr.;Trent Mueller;Lindsey Wilson
DL;Sr.;Cameron Oshodi;Georgetown College
DB;Sr.;Darius Price;Siena Heights
DB;Sr.;Tarance Roby;Concordia (Neb.)
LB;Sr.;Thomas Sease;Dickinson State (N.D.)
DL;Jr.;Evan Sprayberry;Tabor College
LB;Sr.;Garrett Updegraft;Kansas Wesleyan
DB;Sr.;Tomunci Whitfield;Southwestern College
DB;Sr.;Cole Wiseman;Doane (Neb.)
Sports on 12/21/2017