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PRESENTED BY FLORENCE - Ala. -- A total of 34 student-athletes from across the nation have been nominated for the 2017 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II College Football Player of the Year. The list of candidates was announced Monday morning by the National Harlon Hill Award Committee. The list includes players from each of the four Division II Super Regions. Players are nominated and voted on by the sports information directors at the 169 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions. The 34 initial candidates will be placed on regional ballots and the top two players from each of the four NCAA regions will advance to the national ballot when regional voting concludes on November 27. There are 10 nominees from Super Region 1, seven from Super Region 2, nine from Super Region 3 and eight from Super Region 4. The winner of the 2017 award will be announced on Friday, December 15 via a webcast and the winner will be honored at a luncheon on the University of North Alabama campus on January 5, 2018. The Hill Trophy is supported by the City of Florence, Ala., the University of North Alabama, Herff Jones and the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa. North Dakota State quarterback Jeff Bentrim won the initial Hill Trophy in 1986, followed by three-time winner - Texas A&I (now Texas A&M-Kingsville) running back Johnny Bailey - in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Harlon Hill Timeline November 27 - Regional voting concludes November 30 - National Finalists are announced December 9 - National voting concludes December 15 - 2017 Harlon Hill Trophy winner will be announced January 5, 2018 - Harlon Hill Trophy presented at a luncheon at the University of North Alabama

2017 Harlon Hill Trophy Nominees br br SUPER REGIONAL 1  

Name Position Class School Jaymar Anderson TB Junior East Stroudsburg Walter Fletcher RB Sophomore Edinboro Luke Hrapchak LB Senior California (Pa.) QB Senior Shepherd RB Junior Gannon DE Senior Slippery Rock Grant Russell QB Senior Ohio Domincan Daouda Sylla RB Senior Findlay Lenny Williams, Jr. QB Junior Indians (Pa.) Ryan Zapoticky QB Senior Shippensburg

SUPER REGIONAL 2       

Name Position Class School Trenton Cannon RB Senior Virginia State Amir Hall QB Junior Bowie State Devontae Jackson RB/KR Junior West Georiga Kyle Kitchens LB Senior Catawba Lawrence Pittman RB Senior Wingate Chris Robinson RB Senior Delta State Harry Satterwhite QB Junior West Alabama

SUPER REGIONAL 3

Name Position Class School Brooke Bolles QB Junior Central Missouri WR/RB Junior Ouachita Baptist RB Senior Fort Hays State Deshawn Jones RB Sophomore Missouri S&T J.T. Luper WR Senior Central Oklahoma Jake Purichia QB Junior Indianapolis Barrett Renner QB Junior Southern Arkansas Zach Sieler DE Junior Ferris State QB Senior Ashland

SUPER REGIONAL 4     

Name Position Class School Dennis Gardeck LB Senior Sioux Falls RB Senior Humboldt State Chad Hovasse WR Junior Adams State Cameron Mayberry RB Sophomore Colorado Mines QB Senior Texas A&M-Commerce QB Junior Midwestern State Paul Revis WR Senior Western Oregon Shane Zylstra WR Sophomore Minnesota State

           

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