O'Connor Claims Another All American Award
The Don Hansen Football Committee has released the 2022 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team. Sophomore Hunter O'Connor was selected as a Second Team honoree.
By News Channel Nebraska
The Don Hansen Football Committee has released the 2022 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team. Sophomore Hunter O'Connor was selected as a Second Team honoree.
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.
The Broomfield, Colorado, native recorded 16 sacks this past season, ranking him as the national statistical runner-up in NCAA Division II for the regular season. That figure broke the CSC single-season sack record held by Casey Beran and Scott Dolfi. He was fourth in tackles for loss with 24.0. O'Connor, whose final five games of the season accounted for approximately 75 percent of his total stats, also tied for second on the team with 60 total tackles.
O'Connor was also selected to the D2Football.com Elite 100 List, AFCA 2nd Team All American, and named a finalist of the Cliff Harris award.