BOWIE, Md. – Bowie State football had three Bulldogs selected to the D2Football.com Elite 100 list announced by the staff of D2Football.com in conjunction with coaches, scouts, media and sports information directors across the nation.

Bowie State's sophomore defensive lineman Jonathan Ross (Waldorf, MD) earned All-America First Team honors for the Bulldogs, maintaining his status as a consensus First Team All-American selection after being named the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) Super Region II Defensive Player of the Year this past season.

Additionally, Bowie State had two D2Football All-America Second Team honorees in junior Joshua Pryor (Baltimore, MD) and senior offensive lineman Mark Murphy (Seat Pleasant, MD), both earned All-Conference honors. Furthermore, Pryor was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Second Team All-American while Murphy was a finalist for the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year award also this past fall.

Together, the three All-America standouts helped the Bulldogs to the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals this fall. Bowie State finished the year with a 12-2 record, hosting and winning two playoff games to get to the quarterfinals. BSU also claimed its third consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championship this year and stretched its regular-season winning streak to nine consecutive games and counting, in addition to 18-straight conference wins and counting.

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