LITTLE ROCK, ARK - Jimmie Warren (Suffern, NY/Suffern) of the Utica University football team has been named a Division III Cliff Harris Award semifinalist, as announced by The Little Rock Touchdown Club and Wright Lindsey Jennings, LLP, on Monday. 
 
Warren is one of 72 semifinalists named to the nation's top small college defensive player award which represents 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 Award overall winner, the top vote getter from each division will also be announced.
 
Finalists for the award will be released in a few days and the CLIFF HARRIS AWARD 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.
 
Warren finished his 2022 season as the Empire 8 leader with 11 sacks, tied for the E8 lead with 17.5 tackles for loss and ranked fourth in the league with 98 total tackles. His 11 sacks this season finished third all-time in a single-season in program history while his tackles for loss ranked fourth in a single-season in program history. The 75 yards opponents lost on his tackles for loss, however, were the most in a single-season in program history. 
 
He was previously named Empire 8 Co-Defensive Player of the Year as well as to the D3football.com All-Region II Second Team as defensive end.