Category: Football

The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Wednesday announced the members of the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.

Zach Jakes (Sr., North Mankato) and Ezekiel Sundberg (Sr., Lakewood, Colo.) were selected First Team Defense, Dalton Thelen was named Second Team Offense, Mitchell Borchardt (Sr., Le Sueur) was voted Third Team Offense, and Carson DeKam (Jr., Owatonna) was chosen as Third Team Defense.

The 2022 Academic All-District Football Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA), were released Tuesday and six Gustavus student-athletes received recognition for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its 2022 football awards Monday and 13 Gustavus student-athletes received All-Conference recognition. Zach Jakes (Sr., North Mankato) highlighted the postseason awards for Gustavus by winning the MIAC Mike Stam Lineman of the Year award for the second consecutive season. 

Playing in just its third freezing cold game in the past four seasons on Saturday, the Gustavus football team treated its home crowd to a 34-20 win over Augsburg in the MIAC third place game.

Dalton Thelen (Sr., Cold Spring) posted 310 all-purpose yards – including a MIAC-record 261 on kickoff returns – to help Gustavus defeat St. Olaf 49-37 last Saturday.

Dalton Thelen (Sr., Cold Spring) posted 310 all-purpose yards – including a MIAC-record 261 on kickoff returns – to help Gustavus hold off St. Olaf, 49-37, last Saturday.

The Gustavus football team secured the MIAC Northwoods Division No. 2 seed Saturday with a 49-37 win at St. Olaf.