Three Pioneer Football League athletes – Butler defensive end Grant Hunter, Drake defensive end Dain Taylor and Dayton safety James Vercammen – were each named to the College Sporting News 2010 Preseason FCS All-America Third Team, the organization announced, Tuesday.

Hunter was a second-team All-PFL honoree in 2009 after finishing second among the league leaders in sacks (9.5) and tenth in tackles for loss (11.5) . He was fourth among the league's defensive linemen in tackles per game, averaging 4.4 per game.

Taylor was a first-team All-PFL selection for Drake last season after posting 48 tackles. He led the PFL in both tackles for loss (19.5 total, 1.77 pg) and quarterback sacks (10.5 total, 0.95 pg). Taylor finished the year ranked third nationally in tackles for loss per game and sixth in quarterback sacks per game. 

It is the seventh preseason honor for Dayton's Vercammen who earlier this summer was named to The Sports Network's Buchanan Award Watch List. He posted a Pioneer Football League single-season record 134 tackles last season and was a first-team All-PFL selection. Vercammen recorded more than 10 tackles in eight of the Flyers 11 games, including a 19-tackle, 1.5-tackle for loss effort against San Diego.

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