By: Madie Brink
November 21, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS – Graduate running back, Thuro Reisdorfer, is amongst 48 student-athletes in DII football nominated for the 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II college football player of the year.
Reisdorfer helped lead the Cougars to an 8-3 season while hitting numerous record himself. Reisdorfer recorded eight 100-yard games this season and 19 throughout his career with USF. He was named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week twice throughout this season and led the NSIC in total rushing yards with 1,362 on the year. Reisdorfer also led the NSIC in scoring with 18 touchdowns this season totaling 108 points. He rounds out his career as the No. 1 rusher in the DII era for USF and the 4th overall with 3,728 rushing yards and 47 touchdowns.
The sports information directors at the 164 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions nominate and vote on the award. The 48 initial candidates will be placed on regional ballots and the top two players from each of the four NCAA regions will advance to the national ballot when regional voting concludes on Monday, Nov. 28. The winner of the 2022 award will be announced on Friday, Dec. 16 and the winner will be honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club awards banquet on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The sports information directors at their respective schools initially nominate candidates. The SIDs in those Super Regions vote for their top five candidates. The winner is then determined in a nation-wide vote of the Division II sports information directors.
The group of 48 candidates includes 16 quarterbacks, 10 wide receivers, eight running backs, seven defensive linemen, six linebackers and one punter/kicker. The list features 35 seniors, seven sophomores and six juniors. The Hill Trophy is named for the late Harlon Hill — the former University of North Alabama standout — who excelled with the Lions from 1950-53 before going on to fame in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears.
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