CRETE, Neb. -- Doane led the NAIA with 12 football players in the 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. 

The NFF announced a record number of members for the honor society which is comprised of college football players from all divisions who maintained a 3.2 grade point average or better. 

The Tigers who received the honors were Matthew Arent, Cole Essex, Nate Fox, Seth Hagan, Matthew Koepsell, Owen Kuntz, Ty Martinsen, Zack Perez, Marcus Randazzo, Jackson Seward, Jared Smith and Briggs Songster. 

They were among the 1,988 players from 339 schools to receive the honor.