CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) has named 54 student-athletes to the 27th Annual Academic All-Star Team. Drake's Finn Claypool and Shane Dunning represented the Bulldogs on this esteemed list.
Claypool and Dunning were both named to the Academic All-PFL First Team with credentials of a 3.44 GPA in Business Law and a 4.00 GPA in Business Administration, respectively.
The Pioneer Football League led the way with eight student-athletes placed on the 2024 All-Star Team, along with the United Athletic Conference with seven student-athletes and three conferences with six representatives each (Ivy League, Missouri Valley Football Conference and Ohio Valley Conference).