2010 Don Hansen All-America Team (.pdf)

SAN ANGELO – Angelo State return specialist Garrett Tidwell, who returned three kicks for scores and ranked in the top-10 nationally in both punt retuns and kickoff returns, was selected as the Don Hansen National Special Teams Player of the Year and punter George Shamblen was tabbed as a Hansen All-American as announced by the Don Hansen Football Committee Monday.

Tidwell, a senior from Boyd, Texas, was named to the Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America First Team as a return specialist and was selected as the top special teamer after averaging 17.5 yards per punt return and 28.08 yard per kick return – both among the top 10 marks in the country. Tidwell returned two punts for scores and a kickoff for a touchdown during the 2010 season. He was previously selected as a first teamer and the top return specialist according to Daktronics. Tidwell closed his ASU career as the leader in single-game (182), single-season (740) and career (2,049) kick return yardage.

Shamblen, a junior from Miles, recorded the fifth-best punting average in the nation at 43.39 yards per kick during the 2010 season and helped Angelo State lead the nation in net punting with 39.66 yards per punt. The fourth ASU punter to be named an All-American with his Daktronics selection in December, Shamblen placed 18 punts inside the 20 and logged 10 kicks of 50 yards or more in his first season back to football after a three-year absence. Shamblen was also named an All-Lone Star Conference South Division First Team player and was named the top punter on the Daktronics All-Super Region Four First Team.

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.

The Don Hansen Football Committee selected All-Super Region teams in December and early January, with the first-team and second-team All-Super Region players advancing to the national ballot. A total of 167 players earned some form of Don Hansen All-America honors.

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