GOLDEN, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo redshirt defensive back
Daniel Bone III (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek) has been named a Second-Team D2CCA All-Super Region 4 selection on Thursday in voting conducted by the Sports Information Directors in Super Region 4.
For Bone, it marks the second straight season for him to earn D2CCA All-Super Region 4 honors as he was a First-Team selection in 2022 for the ThunderWolves and was also a D2CCA First-Team All-American in 2022.
Bone, who was named a repeat First-Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference selection earlier this month, earns his Second-Team D2CCA All-Super Region 4 accolade after tying for the team lead in tackles for 84, including tallying a team-leading 50 solo stops. In addition, Bone, recorded eight tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, two interceptions, three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and one pass break-up.
On the season, Bone's 7.6 tackles for per game were tied for fourth-most in the league, while his 4.5 solo tackles per game was sixth-best in the RMAC and his three recovered fumbles was tops in the RMAC and third nationally in Division II. The Preseason All-American had three games with double-digit tackles, including a high of 16 tackles at Chadron State.
During the 2023 regular season, Bone was named an RMAC Defensive Player of the Week two times and has earned the honor three times in his Pack football career. Through three seasons of playing with the Pack, Bone has recorded 152 total tackles, including 90 solo stops and has had 11 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, picked off eight passes, had nine pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
Bone was one of 18 players from the RMAC to earn All-Super Region 4 honors this season and one of five players from the league to earn Second-Team honors.
Super Region 4 consists of schools from the RMAC, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and the Lone Star Conference (LSC).
In addition to the RMAC with its 18 honorees, the NSIC had 24 players honored, while the LSC had nine players recognized on the All-Super Region 4 Teams this year.
RMAC Champion Colorado School of Mines led the way with 11 overall selections, while NSIC Champion Augustana was next with six selections and Minnesota State had five overall selections.
Bone and the Pack finished the 2023 season with an 8-3 overall record and a 7-2 mark in the RMAC. The Pack reeled off seven consecutive wins to end the 2023 season after opening the season with a 1-3 record. The Pack's three losses came to teams that posted an overall record of 33-3 and two of those three teams (Grand Valley State and Mines) are playing in the third round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs this Saturday.
