By: Bryan Boettcher, USD Sports Information
VERMILLION, S.D.—A third publication has named linebacker
Brock Mogensen and cornerback
Myles Harden to its all-America team. Stats Perform placed both Coyote defenders on its first team announced Tuesday.
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Mogensen (Farmington, Minnesota) is the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year this season after leading the conference in tackles in league play. He compiled 113 tackles in all which led the MVFC and ranks 15
th nationally. Included in those numbers are a sack and 3.5 tackles-for-loss.
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Mogensen is a sixth-year senior who registered 399 career tackles, fourth most in program history and third most among active FCS players. He played in 50 games, started 48 and concluded his career with 40 consecutive starts. He totaled 15.0 tackles-for-loss including 3.0 sacks and had two interceptions.
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Harden (Miami Gardens, Florida) is a fourth-year junior who recently declared for the NFL Draft. He led the Coyotes with six pass breakups and his 58 tackles ranked fifth on the team. In 29 games at USD, Harden had six interceptions and 20 pass breakups. He forced five fumbles and recovered four.
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