A historic season from a senior quarterback resulted program history for his school on Friday.
Wisconsin-River Falls’ signal caller Kaleb Blaha was named the winner of the Gagliardi Trophy, given to the top Division-III football player in the nation. He is the first player in Falcons’ history to receive the honor.
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It’s another first for Wisconsin-River Falls, which will also play in its first-ever national title on Sunday night in Canton, Ohio against North Central.
The Coon Rapids native has thrown for 4,680 yards and 40 touchdowns this season, while adding 1,090 yards and 16 scores on the ground.
Blaha received 29 of the 42 first-place votes. Other finalists were Jack Curtis of Carleton College, Bay Harvey of Johns Hopkins University, Montie Quinn of Curry College, and Albert Rundell of Bethel University.
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