{"id":1678,"date":"2021-12-15T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T21:25:30","slug":"jonathan-ross-named-2021-ron-lenz-defensive-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/?p=1678","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Ross named 2021 Ron Lenz Defensive Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c6c3157bdc0639428c04e7d26c08ac7e\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Division II Conference Commissioners Association announced its year end awards for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ron Lenz Players of the Year were Offensive Player of the Year, quarterback Tyson Bagent (Shepherd) and Defensive Player of the Year, defensive lineman Jonathan Ross (Bowie State).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross played a central role in the No. 9-ranked defense in D-II, which allowed only 255.7 yards per game and as a team recorded a national best 9.8 tackles per game. He ranked fourth in D-II with 2.1 tackles-for-loss per game, amassing 29 tackles-for-loss and forced four fumbles. He also accounted for 10 sacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross&#8217; efforts helped Bowie State to a 12-2 record and a CIAA title as the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bagent passed for a national best 5,000 yards and 53 touchdowns while leading Shepherd to a 13-2 record as the Rams advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals. Bagent threw for at least 300 yards in 10 games, including three 400-yard passing performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bagent accounted for 12,378 passing yards and 118 touchdowns in three collegiate seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the full list of All-Americans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/sidearm.sites\/themiaa.sidearmsports.com\/documents\/2021\/12\/15\/2021_D2CCA_Football_All_America.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Division II Conference Commissioners Association announced its year end awards for 2021. The Ron Lenz Players of the Year were Offensive Player of the Year,<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[484,17,11,39,23],"tags":[485,37,486],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bowie-state","category-division-ii","category-football","category-news","category-top-news","tag-bowie-state","tag-football","tag-jonathan-ross"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marylandsports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}