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BROOKFIELD, Ill. – Fort Hays State Football had three individuals named to the Don Hansen Football Committee All-Super Region 3 Team for the 2019 season. Dante Brown in the Super Region 3 Special Teams Player of the Year and a first-team selection at placekicker. Sophomore quarterback Chance Fuller and senior wide receiver Harley Hazlett were third-team selections.
Brown is the Super Region 3 Special Teams Player of the Year for a second-straight season. In 2019, he averaged 1.72 field goals per game in 2019, succeeding on 19-of-23 attempts. He added in a school-record 52 PAT makes for 109 points on the season. He racked up 232 points over two years, making 47 field goals and 91 PAT tries as the Tigers' kicker.
Hazlett, a three-time All-MIAA performer, finished the year with a team-best 1,095 all-purpose yards. Mainly utilized as a receiver, Hazlett led the MIAA in receptions per game (6.7, while ranking 14th in NCAA Division II. He ranked fourth in the conference in receiving yards with 861. He was also a threat rushing the ball with 128 yards, while also recording 106 kick return yards. Hazlett had 12 total touchdowns (9 receiving, 3 rushing) to lead the team in 2019. He even threw the ball one time for a 20-yard touchdown pass. Hazlett became the eighth receiver in FHSU history to reach 2,000 receiving yards, going past the mark in the final game of the season. He finished with 2,038 at FHSU, which accounted for more than two-thirds of his 2,738 all-purpose yards. He owns the FHSU record for career receptions with 184.
Fuller put up big numbers in his first full year as a starter for the Tigers at quarterback. The MIAA featured three of the top five passers in the nation during the regular season, Fuller being one of the three by ranking fifth in the nation with 3,344 yards. He finished seventh nationally after completion of all NCAA playoff games. Fuller broke the FHSU record for passing touchdowns in a season with 35, previously set by Shawn Behr in 1995 with 34, and he ranked fourth in the nation in passing touchdowns by the end of the regular season before ultimately landing sixth on the list. He ranked 12th nationally in completion percentage (258-of-400) at 64.5 percent.