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12/17/22 - Ethan Greenfield, Sr/2023, North Central (IL) + More +

Ethan Greenfield, Luke Lehnen and DeAngelo Hardy delivered the big plays and North Central (Ill.) beat Mount Union 28-21 on Friday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium to win the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl and claim the NCAA Division III championship. The Cardinals (15-0) finished off a perfect season for rookie coach Brad Spencer. "It's unbelievable," said Spencer. "I'm so proud of my staff and players. I just didn't want to mess it up as a first-year coach." It was North Central's third trip to the title game. The Cardinals won it in 2019 and lost last season to Mary Hardin-Baylor - after beating Mount Union 26-13 in the semifinals. The fact that North Central beat 13-time champion Mount Union (14-1) wasn't lost on Spencer. "We're trying to be the best," he stated. "And in order to get there you have to beat the best. Beating Mount Union is a step in that direction." The Cardinals grabbed a 7-0 lead on their first possession of the game. Greenfield carried three times for 16 yards before catching a 34-yard touchdown pass from Lehnen, who also had a 26-yard run on the drive.

Mount Union, playing without injured running back DeAndre Parker and his 1,254 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns, struggled on offense. Mount Union faced a fourth-and-1 at the North Central 46-yard line trailing 7-0 when Purple Raiders coach Geoff Dartt decided not to go for it after watching his team rush nine times for minus-17 yards. Elliott Warner's punt was downed on the Cardinals' 6-yard line. On first down, Lehnen connected with Hardy for a 94-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. It was the longest touchdown in program history for the Cardinals. Mount Union mounted an 18-play 70-yard drive to open the third quarter, taking nearly nine minutes off the clock, but came up empty when the Cardinals stuffed a fourth-and-2 run. Greenfield took a second-down handoff and raced 58 yards to the Raiders' 26-yard line. The third quarter ended with the Cardinals 4 yards away from the end zone. Greenfield took a direct snap on the first play of the fourth quarter and scooted around the left end for a score and a 21-0 lead. - North Central/AP College Football

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RB Ethan Greenfield, North Central (IL)
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01/03/20 - Broc Rutter, Sr/2020, North Central (IL) + More +

2019 AFCA DIVISION III COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: QB Broc Rutter, Sr., North Central (Ill.),...Rutter, the 2019 Gagliardi Trophy winner, adds yet another Player of the Year award and All-America selection, named the First Team quarterback. Rutter also earned D3football.com North Region and College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Player of the Year honors this season and became NCAA Division III's all-time leading passer, as his final pass in a Cardinal uniform found his favorite target in Andrew Kamienski for a 28-yard touchdown pass, passing Alex Tanney (2007-11) of Monmouth College (Illinois) with 14,265 career passing yards. Rutter also holds the North Central single-season records for pass completions (309), passing yards (4,591) and passing touchdowns (56). - North Central Football

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QB Broc Rutter, North Central (IL)
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01/03/20 - Andrew Kamienski, rSr/2022, North Central (IL) + More +

2019 AFCA DIVISION III COACHES' FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: WR Andrew Kamienski, Jr., North Central (Ill.),...Kamienski is the Division III national leader in receptions (133) and became just the second player in division III history to eclipse 2000 receiving yards, leading the nation with 2,016 yards receiving, doing so on his final touchdown reception from Rutter. His 31 touchdown receptions this season stand as a new Division III single-season record. Kamienski has also surpassed the Cardinals' career records for receptions (262), receiving yards (3,754) and touchdown receptions (46). A First Team All-CCIW and All-North Region selection for the third straight year in 2019, Kamienski was also named a First Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the Associated Press (AP), and ranks second among all active Division III players in receptions and yards. - North Central Football

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WR Andrew Kamienski, North Central (IL)
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01/03/20 - Sharmore Clarke, rSr/2022, North Central (IL) + More +

2019 AFCA DIVISION III COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Sharmore Clarke, Jr., North Central (Ill.),...Clarke, the Cardinals' starting left guard for the third straight year, earned First Team All-CCIW and CCIW Offensive Lineman of the Year honors for the second straight season in 2019 and has been the Cardinals' highest-graded lineman all season long. Clarke has earned First Team All-America honors for the second straight season by the AP, while receiving Second Team honors by the AFCA. - North Central Football

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OG Sharmore Clarke, North Central (IL)
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12/21/19 - Broc Rutter, Sr/2020, North Central (IL) + More +

Ethan Greenfield ran for 138 yards and three touchdowns, Broc Rutter threw for 263 yards and two scores and North Central of Illinois routed Wisconsin-Whitewater 41-14 on Friday night for its first NCAA Division III championship. North Central was making its first appearance in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. The Cardinals' previous best finish in the Division III playoffs was a semifinal loss in 2013. Rutter was 17 of 26 passing and ran for another touchdown, Andrew Kamienski caught nine passes for 134 yards and a score, and Julian Bell had two interceptions. The Cardinals (14-1) outgained the Warhawks (13-2) 436-389 en route to its 11th straight victory. Greenfield scored on a 5-yard run less than three minutes into the game and capped a 13-play, 74-yard drive with a 2-yard scoring run with 1:49 left in the second quarter. Greenfield added a 38-yarder midway through the third quarter to make it 34-0.

In between Greenfield's two first-half scores, Rutter found Blake Williams for a 31-yard touchdown strike late in the first quarter before Rutter had a 1-yard scoring with 10 minutes left in the second. Max Meylor was 25 of 42 for 183 yards and a touchdown rushed for 104 yards for Whitewater, and Alex Peete ran for 79 yards and a score. The Warhawks were making their 10th appearance in the championship game in the last 15 years. They last won the title in 2014, capping a string of six titles in eight years. Meylor got the Warhawks on the board with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jared Zausch with five minutes remaining in the third. Peete scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 9 1/2 minutes left. - AP College Football

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QB Broc Rutter, North Central (IL)
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12/19/19 - Broc Rutter, Sr/2020, North Central (IL) + More +

North Central placed five players on The Associated Press Division III All-America team, including quarterback Broc Rutter, in a season that will end with its first appearance in the NCAA championship game. The team, presented by Regions Bank and released Thursday, was chosen by a panel of sports information directors and the AP. North Central, which beat perennial powerhouse Mount Union in the second round of the playoffs, will face Wisconsin-Whitewater on Friday for the national title. Rutter, a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy given to Division III's best player, is joined on the first team by four teammates: running back Ethan Greenfield, offensive lineman Sharmore Clarke, receiver Andrew Kamienski and defensive back Jake Beesley. Whitewater was represented on the first team by offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz. Birmingham-Southern running back Robert Shufford, another Gagliardi finalist, also made the first team. - AP College Football

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