Bethel’s Brandon Moore Named Finalist for Cliff Harris Award

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.– Brandon Moore of the Bethel Wildcat football team has been announced as a finalist for the ninth annual Cliff Harris Award, the Little Rock Touchdown Club and Wright Lindsey Jennings, LLP announced Tuesday.

This 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, Division 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 overall winner, the top vote-getter from each division will also be announced.

Finalists for the award were released Tuesday and the winner will be announced on December 30, 2022 and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet on January 13, 2023.

The winner will receive the $3,000 CLIFF HARRIS AWARD trophy presented by Cliff Harris along with featured speaker Joe Theismann.

Moore was recently announced as a NAIA All-American.