Mustangs place four on College Football Network first team

Seven Morningside University football student-athletes were placed on The College Football Network's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American teams, released Dec. 22-24.

Four members of head coach Steve Ryan's national championship outfit were first-team selections. Senior quarterback Joe Dolincheck (Bellevue, Neb.), senior running back Anthony Sims (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), and senior offensive lineman Jason Hahlbeck (O'Neill, Neb.) were offensive awardees. Senior linebacker Tyler Wingert (Holstein, Iowa) represented the defense.

Dolincheck and Hahlbeck gathered three 2021 postseason honors, adding the American Football Coaches Association/NAIA and Associated Press Little All-America first-team selections. Senior wide receiver Reid Jurgensmeier (Wahoo, Neb.) (second-team offense), junior place-kicker Chase Carter (Knoxville, Iowa) (second-team defense/special teams), and senior defensive lineman Weston Schultz (Mason City, Iowa) (third team defense/special teams) rounded out the Mustangs accolades. Sims and Wingert gained two first-team All-American posts adding in the AP Little All-America selections. At the same time, Carter and Jurgensmeier were honored by all three outlets, and Schultz was spotlighted by the Associated Press and College Football Network.