Three Lopers Make the SID All-Region Team

12/1/2021 1:06:00 PM

Kearney, Neb. – Senior right tackle Corey Hoelck, junior quarterback TJ Davis and junior safety Darius Swanson represent Nebraska-Kearney football on the 2021 Conference Commissioner's Association (CCA) All-Super Region 3 team.

Sports information directors (SID's) nominate and vote on the makeup of the team. Super Region 3 includes schools in the MIAA, GAC (Great American. Conf.), Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. (GLIAC) and Great Lakes Valley Conf. (GLVC).

Davis (Colorado Springs) and Swanson (Aurora, Colo.) made the first-team with Davis also being the Region Offensive Player of the Year. Hoelck (Giltner), a 2021 team co-captain with Davis, made the second-team. TJ Davis

Davis had a memorable season as part of the Lopers 10-3 playoff run. He had a hand in 40 touchdowns (21 passing, 18 rushing and one receiving), is currently the nation's second most efficient passer (183.3), ran for 1,151 yards and threw for 2,320 yards. Next, Davis broke his own school-record for rushing TD's by a QB in a season, became UNK's all-time leader in rushing TD's (41) and is one of just three Lopers to have multiple 1,000-rushing season in a career. Finally, he had four games with at least four TD's and eight straight games with at least two passes.

Hoelck and Davis were part of a Loper offense that averaged 34 points and 450 yards per week (255 rushing and 195 passing). UNK had a 94% red zone success rate, ran for 34 touchdowns, allowed just 20 sacks and went over 30 points seven times. Davis is the first UNK signal caller to make this squad since Jake Spitzlberger in 2011 with Hoelck the first Loper right tackle tabbed since Orion Matthies in 2010.

Leading the UNK defense was Swanson who at a breakout year as the starting strong safety. He led the team in tackles (98) and interceptions (four for 19 yards) while ranking second in pass breakups (seven) and tying for third in tackles for loss (5.0). He had four games with a double digit tackle total including 12 at both Northwest Missouri and Angelo State. Swanson is the first Loper safety tabbed All-Region since Sam Kuck in 2010.

UNK had a banner 2021 season, going 10-3, reaching the second round of the NCAA Playoffs and being nationally-ranked for the first time in a decade. This team joined the 2009 (11-2) and 2011 (10-2) Loper outfits as the only football teams to win 10 games in a season.

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