Eleven Jacks honored academically

[News from the FCS]

ST. LOUIS - For the sixth consecutive year, the South Dakota State University football team leads its league in all-academic selections. Eleven Jackrabbit players, including three first-team selections, were honored on the 2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team, which was announced Tuesday. Leading the way were three-time first-team selections Tyler Duffy and Kyle Minett. Duffy, a senior running back from Brookings, has compiled a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while majoring in electrical engineering. A second-team ESPN Academic All-America selection in 2010, Duffy ranked second on the team in rushing with 465 yards and scored five touchdowns. Minett was named to the ESPN Academic All-America First Team for the third consecutive year this fall with a 3.67 GPA in economics. A first-team all-conference selction and candidate for the Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision, the senior from Ruthton, Minn., led

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