LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- On Friday, the nominees for the seventh annual Cliff Harris Award were announced. Millsaps College junior defensive end Liam Vincifora is one of the nominees for the award.

The award is presented to the nation's top small college defensive player representing more than 5,000 defensive players from almost 500 NCAA Division II, III and NAIA colleges and universities. A prestigious selection committee made up of former college and pro football greats will select the winner. In addition to the Cliff Harris Award overall winner, the tope vote getter from each division will also be announced. 

Finalists for the award will be announced in one week, and the Cliff Harris Award winner will be announced on December 23, and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet on January 9, 2020.

Vincifora was the 2019 SAA Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-SAA selection. Earlier this week he was named First Team All-South Region by D3football.com, and last week he was named a Second Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. He was also this year's nominee for the C Spire Conerly Trophy. 

He totaled 59 tackles, 32 of them solo, 21 tackles-for-loss, 14 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries, 4 QB hurries and 4 pass breakups.

Vincifora led the SAA, and ended the regular-season ranked third in all of NCAA Division III in sacks. He also led the league in tackles-for-loss, and recorded at least a share of sack in 8 of the 10 games Millsaps played this season. 

For the story of Cliff Harris go to www.CliffHarrisAward.com and read about his amazing journey from an overlooked high school player from tiny Des Arc, Arkansas, and one scholarship offer to NAIA Ouachita Baptist University, to five Super Bowls and six Pro Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.