Herdman named finalist for Cliff Harris Award

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Simon Fraser University junior linebacker Jordan Herdman was today named a finalist for the 3rd annual Cliff Harris Award presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player.

Herdman, a repeat selection as GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, led the conference and is ranked fifth in Division II with an average of eight tackles per game. He also led the league and is third nationally with eight solo tackles per game. Herdman collected 15 or more tackles in four of the Clan’s games. He fell one short of his own GNAC single game record with 26 tackles and set a record with 17 solo stops against Humboldt State on Oct. 31.

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The finalist list includes 29 Division II players, 19 Division III players and 14 players from NAIA.

The Cliff Harris award is presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player representing more than 5,000 defensive players from almost 500 NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges and universities. A prestigious selection committee made up of former college and pro football greats will select the winner. In addition to the Cliff Harris Award overall winner, the top vote getter from each division will also be announced.

The Cliff Harris Award winner will be announced on Dec. 24 and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s annual awards banquet in February 2016. The winner will receive the $3,000 Cliff Harris Award trophy presented by Cliff Harris. The inaugural winner of the award in 2013 was Lindenwood University cornerback Pierre Desir now with the Cleveland Browns. The 2014 winner was Darius Allen of Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Earlier this year, Herdman was honoured as D2CCA All-Super Region 3 First Team by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, named GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, and led the all football players with a 3.99 grade point average as a biomedical physiology major on the GNAC All-Academic team.

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