BEMIDJI, Minn. – Three members of the Bemidji State University Football team were honored as all-American's by the Associated Press and Division II Conference Commissioner's Association announced Wednesday afternoon. Brendan Beaulieu, Ty Cobb and Zollie Kaplan were each recognized as all-American's by the AP and D2CCA.
 
Beaulieu continue his all-America accolades after earning American Football Coaches' Association All-America honors earlier in the week. He was named to the AP All-America First Team as well as D2CCA All-America First Team after leading Division II with 19 touchdown receptions and finished second with 1,504 receiving yards. He becomes the first BSU Football student-athlete to earn D2CCA All-America First Team honors and second to be named to the AP All-America First Team (Gunner Olszewski, 2018).
 
Cobb was named to the AP All-America Second Team and D2CCA All-America Second Team to earn his first two all-America accolades after being named a Don Hansen All-America Honorable Mention as a sophomore. Cobb was an immovable force for the Bemidji State offense that was sixth in Division II with only eight sacks allowed and finished 11^th in the nation in scoring. He helped the Beavers' offense average 318.7 passing yards per game to rank sixth in DII and average 438.9 yards total to stand 12^th. Cobb is the first offensive linemen in BSU history to be named either first or second team all-America by any publication.
 
Kaplan earns his first career all-America accolade after being named to the AP All-America First Team and D2CCA All-America Second Team. Kaplan finished seventh in the Gene Upshaw Award voting as the nation's top senior linemen for the program's first ever finalist for the award. The St. Louis Park, Minn., native was nearly unstoppable this season and finished third in Division II with 14.5 sacks and eighth with 21.5 tackles for loss. His 14.5 sacks this season is the second most in program history and he is second at BSU with 26.0 career sacks. Kaplan is the first-ever defensive lineman in program history to earn all-America first or second team recognition and just the second to be recognized as all-America after Zach Stafford (2006) was an honorable mention.
 
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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