GOLDEN, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo senior receiver Reggie Retzlaff (Corona, Calif./Riverside City College) continued to rake in postseason honors on Thursday morning as was selected as the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CAA) Offensive Player of the Year for Super Region Four and a First-Team All-Super Region selection at receiver.

Retzlaff headlines the D2CCCA All-Super Region Four Team that included six ThunderWolves, including two First-Team selections and four Second-Team selections. The Pack were one of eight schools in the region to have multiple first team All-Region selections as Angelo State led the way with five first team honorees and nine overall selections. The Pack and Colorado School of Mines each had six overall selections, while Augustana had four overall selections. Central Washington, Minnesota State and Colorado Mesa each had three overall players selected. 

In addition to Retzlaff, the other Pack player to earn First-Team All-Super Region Four honors was senior running back Howard Russell V (Phoenix, Ariz./Eastern New Mexico). The four Pack players named Second-Team All-Region selections were sophomore offensive lineman Senon Chapple (Fort Worth, Texas/Fossil Ridge), junior offensive lineman Domingo Prince II (Aurora, Colo./Cherry Creek), senior defensive back Daniel Bone III (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek) and sophomore defensive back Donovan English (Pomona, Calif./Colony). Both Retzlaff and Russell are now eligible for D2CCA All-American honors as they advance to the national ballot.

Along with named the D2CCA Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year and a First-Team D2CCA All-Region selection, Retzlaff has also been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, a First-Team All-RMAC selection, and a finalist from Super Region Four for the 2024 Harlon Hill Award.

Retzlaff earns his Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year honor after leading the Pack to the 2024 RMAC title, a 10-2 overall record and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II playoffs from Super Region Four. He 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 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.

The 6-foot-3, 212-pound receiver ranked 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 eighth 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).

He becomes the first Pack player to earn D2CCA Offensive Player of the Year honors and Retzlaff and Russell are the first offensive players to earn first team honors since offensive lineman Gary Dixon, offensive lineman Zach Martinez and running back Cameron McDondle were honored in 2015.

Meanwhile, Russell, who was named a First-Team All-RMAC selection, earns first team All-Region honors at running back after leading the RMAC in rushing yards (1,207), rushing touchdowns (11), total touchdowns (14), rushing yards per carry (7.0), rushing yards per game (109.7) and all-purpose yards per game (129.8). On the season, Russell carried the ball 172 times for 1,207 yards and had seven games with 100 or more rushing yards and scored two or more rushing touchdowns in a game three times, including scoring three rushing scores against Colorado Mesa. His 1,207 rushing yards are fifth on the school's single-season rushing chart, while the 14 total touchdowns are tied for sixth on the school's single-season charts. Since arriving before last season from Eastern New Mexico, Russell, who was named an RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23, finished 11th on the school's career rushing chart with 1,792 yards and his 1,207 rushing yards this season ranks 11th in Division II football.

Chapple, who was a First-Team All-RMAC selection and Prince, who was a Second-Team All-RMAC selection, each earned Second-Team All-Region honors on the offensive line after playing in and starting all 12 games at center and right guard. Those two helped anchor a Pack offensive line that led the RMAC in scoring (40.2 points per game), passing offense (308.5 yards per game) and was second in total offense (462.3 yards per game) and sixth in rushing offense (153.8 yards per game). The Pack offensive line led the league and was 30th nationally in fewest sacks allowed (15). The Pack offense finished the season gaining 5,547 yards, scored 63 touchdowns and gained 259 first downs.

Bone, who is the program's first-ever three-time D2CCA All-Region selection as he was first team selection in 2022 and earned second team honors the past two seasons and was a three-time First-Team RMAC selection, repeated as a Second-Team All-Region selection after finishing second on the team in tackles with 85, including a team-leading 48 solo stops from the safety position. Along with recording 85 tackles, Bone also tallied 5.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, nine pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble. He 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 11th all-time in career tackles with 242. 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.  

English, who earned First-Team All-RMAC honors as a defensive back, earns his Second-Team All-Region honor after tying for the team lead and tied for fifth in the RMAC in interceptions with three. He also tallied 17 total tackles, including 11 solo stops and added eight pass breakups, forced a fumble and had a tackle for a loss. English's 11 passes defended were tops in the league and he averaged 1.2 passes defended per game.

Along with Retzlaff earning Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year honors, Western Colorado redshirt junior defensive lineman Ricky Freymond was named the D2CCA Super Region Four Defensive Player of the Year.

The D2CCA All-Super Region Teams are nominated and voted on by the sports information directors of the region. Super Region 4 features the RMAC, Lone Star Conference (LSC) and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).