I try to think about how I’m going to beat the guy in front of me every play.” “But when we prepare week after week, I don’t really think about it. “I think about breaking those records,” Nobile said. Nobile would need 31.5 tackles for loss to set the all-division career record and 18 sacks to set the Division III career record. His 1.2 sacks per game is the highest average among any active player, and his total of 36 is tied for first with two other players. Nobile has 75.5 tackles for loss in 30 games and is the only active player across all divisions to average better than two per game in his career. “I’m the same player as I was, if not better,” Nobile said. He said he bulked up his 6-foot frame to about 250 pounds without sacrificing speed. He used his time off to reshape his body. Nobile had 8.5 sacks before he got hurt early in the sixth game. Nobile is the NCAA’s all-division active career leader in tackles for loss and sacks per game, and he’s recovered from an Achilles tendon tear that prematurely ended what was on track to be his best season. “He has the ability to find the guy who gets left open, and that makes him a very dangerous quarterback.”ĭE MICHAEL NOBILE, Delaware Valley State (Pa.) “You talk about just running an offense where you’ve got a number of good weapons,” coach Steve Ryan said. Dolincheck enters his final year having passed for 13,034 yards and 130 touchdowns. He wanted to spend another year with teammates who have become lifelong friends and he also wanted to mentor younger players.ĭolincheck was among 30 seniors who climbed 14,000-foot Pike’s Peak in Colorado, an annual team bonding activity that set the tone for the season.

“I thought I was calling it, going out with a national championship and player of the year.”ĭolincheck’s competitive drive wouldn’t allow him to walk away. “I thought to myself for sure I wasn’t coming back,” he said. Now he’s back to use the fifth year of eligibility granted to players whose 2020 season was disrupted by the pandemic. Last year, he was NAIA player of the year after completing 68% of his attempts and leading the nation with 342 yards per game and 44 touchdowns. With Dolincheck as starting quarterback, Morningside is 38-1 with two titles and has outscored opponents by an average of 37 points per game. He will now try to lead them back to the top of NAIA football this fall.ĭolincheck is the centerpiece of the most powerful small-college offense in the nation, one that averaged better than 55 points and 600 yards per game last season while winning the Sioux City, Iowa, school’s third national championship in four years. Joe Dolincheck led a group of Morningside College seniors who climbed Pike’s Peak this summer.

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