BROOKFIELD, Ill. – Colorado State University Pueblo had three players named as All-America selections on Friday afternoon as senior receiver Reggie Retzlaff (Corona, Calif./Riverside City College), senior defensive back Daniel Bone III (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek) and senior running back Howard Russell V (Phoenix, Ariz./Eastern New Mexico) were named 2024 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-Americans.  

Retzlaff was named a First-Team All-America at receiver, while Bone and Russell were named Honorable Mention All-America selections. For Bone, it marks the third straight year he has earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades from Don Hansen.

With his Don Hansen first team selection, Retzlaff has now become a consensus All-American selection this season as he has been named a First-Team All-America by the AFCA, Associated Press and Don Hansen and was a Second-Team All-American by the D2CCA.

Retzlaff earns his First-Team All-American selection after being named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, the D2CCA Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year and a Harlon Trophy Finalist.

On the season, Retzlaff led the RMAC in receiving touchdowns (12), receiving yards per game (116.9) and receiving yards (1,228) and was second in the RMAC in both receptions per game (6.1) and all-purpose yards per game (112.5). On the season, he caught a single-season school record 67 passes for a single-season school record 1,228 yards and tied the single-season school record for touchdown receptions with 12.

He ranks in the Top 10 in Division II in touchdown receptions, receiving yards and receiving yards per game and his 24 career touchdown receptions are tied for tops on the school's all-time charts and ninth among active Division II players. During the 2024 regular season, Retzlaff was a two-time RMAC Offensive Player of the Week and the NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week on Sept. 10 and caught at least seven passes in six games, tallied 100 or more receiving yards in a game six times, including a single-game school record 241 yards in the Pack's 35-6 season opening win at South Dakota Mines. He also hauled in two or more touchdown catches in a game four times.

Retzlaff leads all Colorado football receivers (all levels) in receiving yards and is second in pass receiving yards. Retzlaff is one of two players in school history to record 1,000 or more receiving yards in a season. Recorded a team-high 20 plays of 20 or more yards on the season, including a 76-yard touchdown reception at Western Colorado, which was the longest offensive play of the season. Eight of his 12 touchdown receptions went for 20 or more yards and sits third among active Division II players in career yards per catch (17.7).

Meanwhile, Bone earns his third straight Honorable Mention All-America honor from Don Hansen after being named a Second-Team AP Division II All-American and a First-Team All-RMAC selection. On the season, Bone was second on the team in tackles with 85, including a team-leading 48 solo stops from the safety position. Along with his 85 tackles, Bone also added 5.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, nine pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble.

Bone, who was named a Second-Team D2CCA All-Super Region Four selection and a three-time First-Team All-RMAC selection this season, was fourth in the league in solo tackles per game (4.4) and was fifth in tackles per game (7.7). He is one of 19 players in school history to record 200 or more career tackles and is tied for 10th on the school's career tackle list with 243 tackles. During the 2024 season, Bone recorded seven or more tackles in a game eight times, including a high of 12 tackles in the Pack's NCAA Division II second round playoff game against Minnesota State.

Russell earns his Honorable Mention Don Hansen All-American accolade after being a First-Team All-RMAC and a First-Team D2CCA All-Super Region Four selection. On the season, Russell led the RMAC in rushing yards (1,207), rushing touchdowns (11), total touchdowns (14), rushing yards per carry (7.02), rushing yards per game (109.7) and all-purpose yards per game (129.8.). He also caught 27 passes for 199 yards and hauled in three touchdown catches. Tallied seven games with 100 or more rushing yards, including a high of 168 yards at Adams State and led all running backs in the state of Colorado in rushing.

Russell's 1,207 rushing yards were fifth on the school's single-season chart, while his 11 rushing touchdowns were tied for seventh on the school's single season chart. In addition, his 84 points scored were tops on the team and tied for sixth on the school's single-season chart and closed out his career with 1,792 rushing yards, which is 11th on the school's all-time chart and ranked in the Top 12 in Division II in rushing yards, rushing yards per game and rushing yards per carry.

Retzlaff, Bone and Russell were three of 13 players from the RMAC named to the 2024 Don Hansen Division II All-American Teams as Retzlaff was joined on the first team by Western Colorado junior defensive lineman Ricky Freymond, while Colorado School of Mines redshirt senior receiver Max McLeod, Colorado Mesa redshirt junior linebacker Colin Stuhr and Colorado School of Mines redshirt junior punter Blake Doud were second team selections. Bone and Russell were joined as honorable mention honorees by Chadron State defensive lineman Hunter O'Connor, Colorado School of Mines receiver Flynn Schiele, Colorado School of Mines offensive lineman Nic Van de Graaf, South Dakota Mines tight end Henry Dryden, South Dakota Mines kicker Connor Taylor and Western Colorado quarterback Drew Nash.

Along with announcing its 2024 All-America Team, Don Hansen also released its Players and Coach of the Year for the 2024 season.

With their selections, Retzlaff, Bone and Russell become the 28th, 29th and 30th Pack football player to earn Don Hansen Division II All-America honors. Bone is the only Pack player to earn three All-American honors from Don Hansen.

The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.