Hobart College senior Emmett Forde was named to his third preseason All-America team today. D3football.com, the premier website for all things related to NCAA Division III football, named the linebacker to its preseason All-America first team.
 
Forde was also on the 2020 preseason first teams published by Street & Smith and College Football America Yearbook.
 
In his first three seasons, Forde has recorded 139 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two interceptions and a blocked kick. With one year of eligibility remaining, he is 13th on Hobart's all-time list in tackles for loss, just three away from cracking the top 10.
 
Last season, Forde led the Statesmen in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, fumbles forced and fumbles recovered. He finished the 2019 campaign with 81 stops, 21.0 for a loss, seven sacks, three fumbles forced and two fumbles recovered. Forde was named to the 2019 AFCA and D3football.com All-America first teams as well as the Associated Press All-America second team. The Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year recorded at least three tackles in every game, including a season-high 12 in wins over Montclair State and Rensselaer.
 
While the 2020 Hobart football season was canceled due to the pandemic, the Statesmen begin small group workouts today, part of a gradual plan to build up to full team practices.
 
Over the past 20 years, 11 Statesmen, including Forde, have been named to D3football.com's preseason All-America teams a total of 15 times. Nine of those 15 selections have been on the defensive side of the ball. Forde is the fifth Hobart player tabbed to the first team, joining Tim Booth '03 (2001), Tyre Coleman '15 (2013, 2014), Devin Worthington '14 (2013), and Brandon Shed '18 (2017).