Scots’ Hissong named to D3 All-America grid team

Scots’ Hissong named to D3 All-America grid team
Matt Dilyard

The College of Wooster’s Cole Hissong is a D3football.com All-American, as the senior tight end was selected to this year’s team. This fall Hissong broke Wooster’s program record for career receiving touchdowns by a tight end.

                        

The College of Wooster’s Cole Hissong is a D3football.com All-American, as the senior tight end was selected to this year’s team. D3football.com announced its 2021 All-America team prior to the Dec. 17 Stagg Bowl, NCAA Div. III’s championship game.

The award is one of many for the Fighting Scots’ star tight end this fall. In the preseason he was selected a second-team D3football.com Preseason All-American and was named to College Football America Yearbook’s Preseason Starting Lineup.

During the season, the local native of Shreve was a three-time D3football.com Team of the Week selection. Leading up to Friday’s announcement, Hissong, a Triway High graduate, earned first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference, first-team D3football.com All-Region 4 Team and first-team College Football Network All-America honors. Earlier in his career, Hissong was a 2020 first-team D3football.com Preseason All-American, a 2019 second-team D3football.com All-North Region selection and a 2019 first-team All-NCAC honoree.

This fall Hissong broke Wooster’s program record for career receiving touchdowns by a tight end with No. 14 against Allegheny College. He later logged his 15th career receiving touchdown during the Scots’ 58-41 win over the Gators and finished the game with 103 yards on eight receptions. In fact, Hissong was one of three Scots to surpass 100 yards receiving against the Gators, marking the first time Wooster has had three 100-yard receivers in a game since 1997.

Hissong was part of several other records in the Allegheny win, as Wooster senior quarterback Mateo Renteria set the single-game program records for completions (38), passing yards (506) and passing touchdowns (six). Renteria’s completions and passing yards marked new single-game team program records as well.

Elsewhere, Hissong went for 114 yards on eight receptions at Ohio Wesleyan University and followed that up with 10 receptions, 119 yards and a career-high three touchdowns versus DePauw University. The history and education major factored heavily into Wooster’s 44-41 win at Wabash College with six receptions and 109 yards.

Hissong ranked second in the NCAC with nine touchdowns and third with 53 receptions. He led all NCAC tight ends in receptions, yards (760) and touchdowns, with all three categories also topping Wooster’s team.

Hissong is Wooster’s first D3football.com All-American since Brandon James in 2014.


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