The Don Hansen Football Committee has released the 2023 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team, and two University of Minnesota Duluth football players landed on it.

Graduate offensive lineman Treyvon Cahalan and senior tight end Sam Pitz, were named Don Hansen Honorable Mention All-Americans Monday, more honors for the duo after successful 2023 campaigns.
 

Both players were named to the 2023 D2Football.com Elite 100 list last month, and Cahalan was named a 2023 AFCA Division II Coaches' Second Team All-American in early December after earning 2023 CCA All-Super Region 4 Second Team honors previously.  A product of Champlin, Minn. Cahalan is was two-time NSIC First Team selection this fall, which secured conference honors for all four seasons he competed for the Bulldogs. Cahalan was pivotal in UMD's rushing offense that led the NSIC and ranked seventh in the nation over the regular season, averaging 243.8 yards a game. He also blocked for the NSIC's top rushing TD player, Walljasper, who put up 16 rushing touchdowns in 11 games.

Pitz, selected to the 2023 CCA All-Super Region 4 First Team, is a three-time NSIC All Conference selection -- including two First Team nods after he picked up the award again last month -- posted the most offensive season of his career. The native of Appleton, Wis. caught nine touchdowns passes in 2023, dwarfing his TD output of his first three seasons combined. Pitz had 25 receptions for 356 yards in 11 games -- good for a 14.2 yards per catch average.

The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.

For a complete list of the 2023 Don Hansen All-American Team, click here.