Elite 100 List

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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?

[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]

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.

[Josh Buchanan]

Just a few notes to keep in mind from NFL standpoint.

Willie Drew is the only one I expect to get drafted as of now. There are a lot of players that should get a shot in the NFL though.

Benedict CB Heyward is a sleeper name to watch. He did not get All-America from anyone else and did not have great numbers but he is a good player who shut down receivers. Hopefully he will get in the Shrine or the Hula Bowl because there are some teams who think he could turn out to be a really good 6th-7th round pick. The only reason he would likely not go higher than that is lack of ball production.

[Brandon]

Great list! Just a heads up, Kendall Givens is listed as Newberry, should be Ouachita Baptist.

Fixed. TY.

[OBUGrad]

Great list! Just a heads up, Kendall Givens is listed as Newberry, should be Ouachita Baptist.

[IUPNation]

Don't worry. This wasn't produced by the guy from UW-Lacrosse. But your point is valid.

Jeez him and wife making Boomer porn. Nobody wants to see that.

[laker]

I can read a list at work without getting fired. Video watching is more iffy.

Don't worry. This wasn't produced by the guy from UW-Lacrosse. But your point is valid.

[BlazerLady]

Fair question. Last night was the unveiling and I believe today Brandon will be releasing an official list.

We were just trying to take you guys watch the video!!

Fair enough. I just have no patience for that.........lol.....

[OldBison]

Just watched the Elite 100 YouTube from last night. Sorry I missed the live viewing. Great show! Appreciate naming Coach Simmons D2 Coach of the Year. Well deserved. Wish Blake Delacruz and Braden Jay could have been named first or second team offensive but know how tough it must be to include guys who will never have impressive numbers because of the nature of the Flexbone offense. Special thanks to Brandon, Witt and all the D2.com guys. You made it another great year. Looking forward to the Spring.

[Matt Witwicki]

Y'all are supposed to watch the video first!

Tell em Kle! (he actually watched the show and was in the comments during the broadcast!)

Wanted to give Brandon kudos on the time and effort that was put into the production for the video..a lot of times his good work gets taken for granted.

If you have the time, give it a spin. Thanks.