Concordia’s Haskins, Garrett secure NCAA Division Two honors

BROOKFIELD, Ill. – The Don Hansen Football Committee has released the 2018 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-Super Region 4 squad, with Concordia-St. Paul redshirt freshman Marcus Haskins being named Super Region 4 Freshman of the Year while he was joined on the First Team by sophomore defensive end Chris Garrett.

Marcus Haskins (photo by Justin Oakman photoghy)

The two selections to the First Team matches the 2005 season when the program had a defensive lineman and cornerback honored with Eric Power and Antonio Brown for the second NSIC Championship campaign. Haskins and Garrett make the First Team for the first time since Zach Moore was honored in 2012.

The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on August 29, 2010. The Brookfield, Illinois native 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 publication began selecting All-Region squads in 2003.

The First and Second Team selections advance to a national ballot from which the 2018 Don Hansen NCAA

Chris Garrett (photo by Josh Deer)

Division II All-America Team will be selected.

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#1 Marcus Haskins (CB, 6-0, 180, R-Fr., Cottage Grove, Minn. / East Ridge HS)

1. Cliff Harris Award nominee

2. D2CCA All-America First Team

3. Associated Press Division II All-America First Team

4. D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention

5. Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Super Region 4 Freshman of the Year

6. Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-Super Region 4 First Team

7. D2CCA All-Super Region 4 First Team

8. NSIC Defensive Newcomer of the Year

9. All-NSIC South Division First Team

10. National leader with 2.9 passes defended per game

11. Leads NSIC and second in DII with nine interceptions

12. NSIC leader with 20 pass breakups

13. Recorded an INT in each of his first five career games

14. Had a pair of 2-INT performances in the season’s final three games

15. Tied an NCAA DII single-game high of seven passes defended in a 31-7 win over UIU (6 PBU, 1 INT)

16. Ranked sixth on the team with 41 total tackles, adding a pair of forced fumbles

17. Also had 170 all-purpose yards with 125 coming on his nine INT returns

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#52 Chris Garrett (DE, 6-4, 230, So., Milwaukee, Wis. / Milwaukee Lutheran HS)

1. AFCA All-America First Team

2. Associated Press Division II All-America First Team

3. D2CCA All-America Second Team

4. D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention

5. Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-Super Region 4 First Team

6. D2CCA All-Super Region 4 First Team

7. All-NSIC South Division First Team

8. Division II leader with 1.65 sacks per game

9. Set school record and led the NSIC with 16.5 total sacks

10. Ranked 5th in the country and 2nd in the NSIC with 19.0 TFL (1.90 TFL/game)

11. Had 4.0 sacks in 16-10 win at SMSU, t-3rd most in a game in DII football in 2018

12. Had 3.5 sacks in 24-20 loss at WSU, t-9th most in a game in DII football in 2018

13. D2Football.com National Defensive Player of the Week at SMSU (7 TT, 4.0 TFL, 1 FF)

14. Two-time NSIC Defensive Player of the Week (at SMSU & at WSU)

15. Racked up 16.0 TFL & 14.0 sacks in the final six games of the season

16. Ranked fourth on the team with 53 total tackles with a team-high three forced fumbles

17. In 17 career games, has compiled 97 tackles, 28.0 TFL, 22.5 sacks and 8 FF