Thompson Earns All-Region First Team Honors
Concordia senior defensive tackle Collin Thompson (Thatcher, Ariz.) was named to the D3football.com All-Region 6 First Team.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (12/7/23)---Concordia senior defensive tackle Collin Thompson (Thatcher, Ariz.) was named to the D3football.com All-Region 6 First Team.
The regional honor follows Thompson being named the Mike Stam Award winner as the top lineman in the MIAC. He also MIAC All-Conference honors.
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Thompson earns All-Region honors for the first time in his career, and he becomes the ninth player in program history to receive All-Region First Team honors since D3football.com began the awards in 2005.
Thompson is also the fourth player in the last four played seasons to earn the award.
Thompson tied the school record for tackles for a loss in a single season. He finished 2023 with 17.5 tackles for a loss. That total led all MIAC players and was in the Top 25 of NCAA Division III.
Thompson also tied for the team lead in sacks in the fall. He finished with 3.0 sacks, which was in the Top 15 of the MIAC. Thompson had 42 total tackles, with 29 solo take downs and 13 assisted tackles. He was fifth on the Cobbers in solo tackles.
Past Cobber D3football.com All-Region Award Winners (award started in 2005)
2022 - Noah Jenson (1st Team), Collin Fleisch (2nd Team), Peyton Mortenson (2nd Team)
2019 - Alex Berg (1st Team), Willie Julkes (1st Team)
2017 - Chad Johnson (1st Team), Brandon Bundgaard (3rd Team)
2016 - Alex Berg (2nd Team), Josh Berg (2nd Team)
2015 - Erik Bye (3rd Team)
2014 - Nate Adams (3rd Team)
2013 - Nate Adams (1st Team), Kenyon O'Brien (2nd Team)
2012 - Brett Baune (1st Team), Tom Knowlton (1st Team)
2008 - Travis Aufderheide (2nd Team)
2007 - Grant Weller (1st Team)
2005 - Travis Almquist (2nd Team), Mark Halley (3rd Team), Brian Halverson (3rd Team), Josh Linman (2nd Team)