Elite 100 List

[Brandon]

I have been busy and have not been able to check the board in over a week but I am surprised that was an error because I sent a rough draft to Brandon for him to make adjustments off of and he was listed correctly. I know he has a lot going on though.

He obviously replaced Mario Anderson from the 2022 list.

[BulldogFan]

Great list and always fun to see how it comes together. Interesting take that 10 of the 38 Harlon Hill finalists did not make the top 100:

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Isaiah Freman	QB	Lincoln
Dustin Noller	QB	Limestone
Cade Peterson	QB	Grand Valley State
Gavin Sukup	QB	Indianapolis
Brandon Alt	QB	Bemidji State
Chance Fuller	QB	CSU Pueblo
Kenny Hrncir	QB	UT Permian Basin
Jack Strand	QB	Minnesota Moorhead
Kyle Walljasper	QB	Minnesota Duluth
Idris Lawrence	RB	Notre Dame

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Not surprisingly majority are QB's and you can only put so many QB's on a list like this.
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Name	School	Height	Weight	Top 100	P-Comp	P-Att	INT	YDS	TD	R-Att	R-Yds	R-TD
Zach Zebrowski	Central Missouri	6'2"	208	1st	417	602	5	5157	61	101	533	2
John Matocha	Colorado School of Mines	5'11"	180	2nd	333	471	7	4298	43	106	449	5
Sammy Edwards	Valdosta State	6'2"	188	Squad	327	494	11	4223	34	98	271	6
Braden Gleason	Emporia State	6'0"	191	Squad	382	517	3	4178	47	66	230	4
Brayden Long	Slippery Rock	6'2"	206	Squad	312	450	6	3808	35	63	74	5
Gage Porter	Southern Nazerne	5'11"	225	Squad	122	227	12	1864	10	262	2162	28
Patrick Shegog	Delta State	6'0"	200	Squad	188	300	2	2618	32	108	690	12
Isaiah Freman	Lincoln	6'2"	210	NA	151	264	9	2319	25	117	499	6
Dustin Noller	Limestone	6'1"	205	NA	229	354	5	3009	31	49	13	3
Cade Peterson	Grand Valley State	6'4"	223	NA	151	241	8	2116	20	92	425	6
Gavin Sukup	Indianapolis	6'1"	181	NA	195	293	8	2716	25	96	276	7
Brandon Alt	Bemidji State	6'2"	220	NA	226	376	9	2988	26	33	39	0
Chance Fuller	CSU Pueblo	6'3"	195	NA	242	384	7	2910	34	20	-42	0
Kenny Hrncir	UT Permian Basin	6'0"	195	NA	196	354	9	2878	30	149	682	8
Jack Strand	Minnesota Moorhead	6'5"	220	NA	370	550	10	3914	36	78	-49	1
Kyle Walljasper	Minnesota Duluth	6'1"	232	NA	118	202	3	1580	22	166	1071	16

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More surprisingly, 14 of the 36 Cliff Harris finalists did not make the top 100 which had 46 defensive players on it:
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Position	Name	Height	Weight	School
DB	Aaron Davis	5-11	180	Wheeling
LB	Abe Swanson	6-1	220	Grand Valley
DB	Amos Coleman III	5-11	185	Texas A&M-Kingsville
DL	Andre Jefferson	6-2	275	Lenoir-Rhyne
DB	Daniel Bone III	6-0	195	CSU-Pueblo
LB	Devon Roush	6-1	215	East Central
LB	John Ross Maye	6-0	230	Lenoir-Rhyne
DB	Josh Stokes	5-10	180	Slippery Rock
DB	Joshua Heyward	6-2	195	Benedict
DL	Justin Thomas	6-2	246	Indianapolis
LB	Kendall Lightfoot	6-1	240	Western Colorado
DB	Major Williams	6-1	190	Carson-Newman
DB	Tre Morrison	6-2	185	Wingate
DB	Wyryor Noil	6-0	185	Central Missouri

[Brandon]

More surprisingly, 14 of the 36 Cliff Harris finalists did not make the top 100 which had 46 defensive players on it:

Why is that surprising?

Who was part of the Cliff Harris process that you feel should have been on the defense, and who would you remove from the defense to include them?

[Brandon]

More surprisingly, 14 of the 36 Cliff Harris finalists did not make the top 100 which had 46 defensive players on it:

Aside from the all-conference teams, other organizations' teams mean very little to me in our decision process so I likely don't have a clue who is on those lists outside of the winner.

Based upon your post, I was curious how their list could have deviated so far from our list, so I looked up the list of finalists for the Cliff Harris. When I looked up their list, it looked remarkably similar to the Elite 100. In fact, only four players were finalists for the Cliff Harris award and were not a member of our defense. One of those players, Rossy Moore, is from Division 3 Mount Union and obviously not eligible for the D2Football Elite 100.

Is it possible you were looking at the wrong list?

[Matt Witwicki]

Bulldog....looking at the HH nominees, the 10 of them....9 are QB's. First off..we already have 7 QB's on our Elite 100. We can't have like 16 QB's....that would be absurd. Second, those players are nominated by their SID....they weren't selected by their league as the top guys or the region, etc. If we are taking a total of 7 QB's...I don't have any of those names ahead of ours, if I'm going to be real candid.

When players are nominated for an award by their school..it's them pushing that name forward.

[Predatory Primates]

Pitt has 2 Offensive guys on the first team. It's weird how that worked out, with them being a defense first team.

Just a funny observation.

[Josh Buchanan]

Great list and always fun to see how it comes together. Interesting take that 10 of the 38 Harlon Hill finalists did not make the top 100:

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Isaiah Freman	QB	Lincoln
Dustin Noller	QB	Limestone
Cade Peterson	QB	Grand Valley State
Gavin Sukup	QB	Indianapolis
Brandon Alt	QB	Bemidji State
Chance Fuller	QB	CSU Pueblo
Kenny Hrncir	QB	UT Permian Basin
Jack Strand	QB	Minnesota Moorhead
Kyle Walljasper	QB	Minnesota Duluth
Idris Lawrence	RB	Notre Dame

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Not surprisingly majority are QB's and you can only put so many QB's on a list like this.
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Name	School	Height	Weight	Top 100	P-Comp	P-Att	INT	YDS	TD	R-Att	R-Yds	R-TD
Zach Zebrowski	Central Missouri	6'2"	208	1st	417	602	5	5157	61	101	533	2
John Matocha	Colorado School of Mines	5'11"	180	2nd	333	471	7	4298	43	106	449	5
Sammy Edwards	Valdosta State	6'2"	188	Squad	327	494	11	4223	34	98	271	6
Braden Gleason	Emporia State	6'0"	191	Squad	382	517	3	4178	47	66	230	4
Brayden Long	Slippery Rock	6'2"	206	Squad	312	450	6	3808	35	63	74	5
Gage Porter	Southern Nazerne	5'11"	225	Squad	122	227	12	1864	10	262	2162	28
Patrick Shegog	Delta State	6'0"	200	Squad	188	300	2	2618	32	108	690	12
Isaiah Freman	Lincoln	6'2"	210	NA	151	264	9	2319	25	117	499	6
Dustin Noller	Limestone	6'1"	205	NA	229	354	5	3009	31	49	13	3
Cade Peterson	Grand Valley State	6'4"	223	NA	151	241	8	2116	20	92	425	6
Gavin Sukup	Indianapolis	6'1"	181	NA	195	293	8	2716	25	96	276	7
Brandon Alt	Bemidji State	6'2"	220	NA	226	376	9	2988	26	33	39	0
Chance Fuller	CSU Pueblo	6'3"	195	NA	242	384	7	2910	34	20	-42	0
Kenny Hrncir	UT Permian Basin	6'0"	195	NA	196	354	9	2878	30	149	682	8
Jack Strand	Minnesota Moorhead	6'5"	220	NA	370	550	10	3914	36	78	-49	1
Kyle Walljasper	Minnesota Duluth	6'1"	232	NA	118	202	3	1580	22	166	1071	16

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More surprisingly, 14 of the 36 Cliff Harris finalists did not make the top 100 which had 46 defensive players on it:
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Position	Name	Height	Weight	School
DB	Aaron Davis	5-11	180	Wheeling
LB	Abe Swanson	6-1	220	Grand Valley
DB	Amos Coleman III	5-11	185	Texas A&M-Kingsville
DL	Andre Jefferson	6-2	275	Lenoir-Rhyne
DB	Daniel Bone III	6-0	195	CSU-Pueblo
LB	Devon Roush	6-1	215	East Central
LB	John Ross Maye	6-0	230	Lenoir-Rhyne
DB	Josh Stokes	5-10	180	Slippery Rock
DB	Joshua Heyward	6-2	195	Benedict
DL	Justin Thomas	6-2	246	Indianapolis
LB	Kendall Lightfoot	6-1	240	Western Colorado
DB	Major Williams	6-1	190	Carson-Newman
DB	Tre Morrison	6-2	185	Wingate
DB	Wyryor Noil	6-0	185	Central Missouri

It comes down to numbers at QB and I don't know who all picks the Cliff Harris list or even see it. Perhaps Brandon did but that list never came up in my discussions with Brandon or any others who help with the list.