BROOKFIELD, Ill. --- Tusculum University offensive lineman Tommy Mahoney has been named to the 2002 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America football team.
Mahoney earns All-America honorable mention laurels and becomes the 32nd All-American in program history.
Mahoney, a 6-1, 305-pound center from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, is a two-time All-South Atlantic Conference first team honoree. He was named to the 2021 All-SAC first team and was tabbed to the 2022 All-SAC Mountain Division squad as a first team pick. He was also named to the D2CCA All-Super Region 2 second team and was a regional finalist for the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award.
He was the lone player on the Tusculum offensive line to start in all 11 games this season. He graded out at 92 percent on the year and finished with 26 pancake blocks. He completed his career making 26 consecutive starts for the Pioneers as TU offense averaged 30.5 points per game (4th in SAC) and generated 396.5 offensive yards (2nd in SAC / 49th in NCAA II). Tusculum was also the No. 2 pass offense in the league, averaging 235 yards per game (39th in NCAA II). The Pioneers also recorded 217 first downs which were the second-most in the SAC.
Tusculum completed the 2022 season with an 8-3 record and finished runner-up in the SAC Mountain Division. TU's eight wins are tied for the third-most in a season in school history.
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Illinois, started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.
