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Here are the 48 players nominated for the DII football Harlon Hill Trophy

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A list of 48 student-athletes from across the nation have been nominated for the 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy
as the Division II college football player of the year.

A total of 12 nominees hail from Super Region One, 11 from Super Region Two, 14 from Super Region Three and 11 from Super Region Four.

Shepherd’s Tyson Bagent, the 2021 Hill recipient and a 2022 nominee from Super Region One could become the fifth repeat winner in award history. Nebraska-Kearney’s T.J. Davis and Bemidji State’s Brandon Alt also return after reaching the finalist stage a season ago.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW: The essential guide to the Harlon Hill Trophy

The sports information directors at the 164 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions nominate and vote on the award. The 48 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 Monday, Nov. 28. The winner of the 2022 award will be announced on Friday, Dec. 16 and the winner will be honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club awards banquet on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The sports information directors at their respective schools initially nominate candidates. The SIDs in those Super Regions vote for their top five candidates. The winner is then determined in a nation-wide vote of the Division II sports information directors.

The group of 48 candidates includes 16 quarterbacks, 10 wide receivers, eight running backs, seven defensive linemen, six linebackers and one punter/kicker. The list features 35 seniors, seven sophomores and six juniors. The Hill Trophy is named for the late Harlon Hill  — the former University of North Alabama standout — who excelled with the Lions from…

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