This Friday evening on ESPNU, the D3 football title will be decided when Mary Hardin-Baylor and Mount Union square off. The schools have accounted for the past three championships, and last season the Purple Raiders took home the hardware over the Crusaders after grinding out a 12-0 victory. But before the 2018 championship takes place, let's take a look back at this season and vote on the D3 defensive player of the year.
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2018 Offensive Player of the Year
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The poll is open until this Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific Time, so make your selection today and feel free to share with friends so they can place their vote as well. We'll tweet out the winner over the weekend.
Also, don't forget to vote right now for the offensive player of the year and head coach of the year.
[divider]COMPARE: Any Two D3 Players | Any Two D3 Teams[divider]
| POS | PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | STATS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL | Javon Muhammad | Sr. | MacMurray | 16 solo sacks, 1 asst. sack |
| DL | Cameron Brown | Sr. | Case Western Reserve | 14 solo sacks, 2 asst. sacks |
| DL | Michael Nobile | Fr. | Delaware Valley | 30 solo tack. for loss, 4 asst. tack. for loss |
| LB | Wyatt Lee | So. | Lawrence | 90 solo tack., 89 asst. tack. |
| LB | Ryan Slager | Sr. | Grinnell | 87 solo tack., 71 asst. tack. |
| LB | Sam Romanski | Sr. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 sacks, 3 asst. sacks |
| DB | Steven Everson | Sr. | Thomas More | 6 ints., 20 passes defended |
| DB | Rashad Baker | Sr. | Brockport | 7 ints., 32 passes defended |
| DB | Matt Sylvia | So. | Salve Regina | 8 ints., 45 tack. |
| DB | Jefferson Fritz | So. | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 11 ints., 1 int. returned for TD |
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