Denkert Earns NAIA All-America Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2024 AFCA NAIA Coaches' All-America Football Teams. The AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) recognizes the first and second teams, while the NAIA adds in the third team honors. Midland University's Tyson Denkert was named to the NAIA All-America Third Team at running back.

Denkert, a junior from Kenesaw, Nebraska, carried the ball 214 times this past season for 1,209 yards and 11 touchdowns. Additionally, he had 25 receptions for 286 yards and a touchdown, and had a combined 601 return yards with three touchdowns. Denkert led the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in all-purpose yards for the second straight season with 2,096 yards. He earned All-GPAC First Team honors as a running back and kick returner and was an All-GPAC Second Team selection as a punt returner.

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ABOUT THE AFCA

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best — the coaches themselves.

The AFCA's NAIA All-America Selection Committee is made up of two head coaches from each of the AFCA's seven districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.