MSU-N's Dylan Wampler earns NAIA All-American honors again

For the second time in 2021, Montana State University-Northern linebacker Dylan Wampler is an NAIA All-American.

The AFCA announced its 2021 NAIA All-American Team on Monday, and Wampler was named Honorable mention. He also earned Honorable Mention honors during the special, four-game spring season back in May.

Wampler, a 6-1, 240-pound junior linebacker, had a Frontier-best 112 tackles this season, which ranked him seventh in the NAIA. He had 63 solo tackles, and averaged 10 tackles per game. Sampler was also Second-Team All-Conference in the Frontier this past season.

Other Frontier Conference players honored were, Eastern Oregon’s Sage Delong as a First-Team DL, Carroll College’s Andew Carter as Second-Team OL, Rocky Mountain QB Nate Dick, Western QB Jon Jund and Western WR Nate Simkins were also named Honorable Mention.

Dickinson State wide receiver Tiger Frye was another Montana player to be honored.