LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- For the second straight season, University of Central Missouri Mules football quarterback
Zach Zebrowski has been named a candidate for the 2024 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II College Football Player of the Year.
Zebrowski, a redshirt senior quarterback from Woodbury, Minn., who won the 2023 Harlon Hill Trophy, could become the fifth repeat winner in the award's history.
The 2024 MIAA Offensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-MIAA selection, Zebrowski completed 352 of 506 passes with 4,462 passing yards and 38 passing touchdowns in 11 regular season games in 2024. He added 461 rushing yards on 103 carries with seven touchdowns on the ground and finished the regular season with 4,923 yards of total offense (rushing & passing) and 45 touchdowns. Zebrowski currently leads the MIAA and NCAA Division II in completions per game (31.9), passing yards per game (401.5), passing yards (4,417), passing touchdowns (38), total offense (443.5 yards per game) points responsible for (270) and completions per game (32).
A total of 43 student-athletes from across the nation have been nominated for the 2024 Harlon Hill Trophy.
A total of nine nominees hail from Super Region 1, 12 from Super Region 2, 11 from Super Region 3 and 11 from Super Region 4. Zebrowski is one of the 11 nominees from Super Region 3, which features programs from the MIAA, Great American (GAC), Great Lakes Valley (GLVC) and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic (GLIAC) Conferences.
The sports information directors at the 159 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions nominate and vote on the award. The 43 initial candidates will be placed on regional ballots and the top two players from each of the four NCAA regions will advance to the national ballot when regional voting concludes on Monday, December 2.
The sports information directors at their respective schools initially nominate candidates. The SIDs in those Super Regions vote for their top five candidates. The winner is then determined in a nationwide vote of the Division II sports information directors.
The group of 43 candidates includes 16 quarterbacks, nine running backs, six wide receivers, four defensive linemen, three defensive backs, two linebackers, a fullback, a return specialist and a kicker.
The list features 24 seniors, 17 juniors and two sophomores.
The winner of the 2024 award will be announced on Friday, December 20.
The Hill Trophy is named for the late Harlon Hill - the former University of North Alabama standout - who excelled with the Lions from 1950-53 before going on to fame in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears.
