Linebacker Kade Musser of Western Colorado and safety Kahden Rullo of Colorado State Pueblo have been listed in the DII Report 26 DII football player-of-the-year candidates for 2026.
With the NCAA Division II football season kicking off on Thursday, Wayne Cavadi compiled a list of player-of-the-year candidates. In his article, Cavadi said, “There are several outlets that award a player of the year award. I was one of them on NCAA.com. D2 Football has player-of-the-year honors as well, which is highly coveted. Of course, the big one is the DII Heisman – the Harlon Hill Trophy.”
If you are new to DII and the Harlon Hill award, here is a quick refresher.
Starting his third season at Western Colorado, California native Musser has compiled 115 career tackles for the Mountaineers (57 solo) in 25 games. He has 21.5 career tackles for loss (98 yards) with 9.5 sacks (64 yards). Musser has one pass interception, four pass deflections, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries.
Rullo, who is from the Denver area and graduated from Grandview High School, is starting his fourth season at CSU Pueblo with 111 career tackles (73 solos) in 35 games. He has 10 career tackles for loss (46 yards), five sacks (28 yards), three interceptions, 12 pass deflections, four forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery.
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