Senior Dalton Tjong named Second Team Preseason All-America by D3football.com

By Tim Glon

| 2024 D3football.com Preseason All-America Team |

ADA — Senior safety Dalton Tjong (Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth) was named Second Team Pre-Season All-America by D3football.com for 2024.

last season, he was named Second Team All-America by the Associated Press, Fourth Team All-America by D3football.com and First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference.

Tjong closed out his junior season tied for first nationally in Division III in total tackles with 122 (50 solo, 72 assisted) and is a two-time All-OAC selection after earning Second Team honors in 2022 when he led the OAC and was 11th nationally with 110 tackles. In 10 games this season, he also tallied 2.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions.

Tjong was twice named OAC Defensive Player of the Week last season. He posted seven games with double-digit tackles, including 21 against Alma (Mich.), which was two shy of the school's single-game record.

In 29 games at ONU, Tjong has 291 total tackles, which ranks seventh in program history, to go with 5.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions, two forced fumbles and 12 pass breakups.

The Polar Bears closed the 2023 season by winning three of their final four games, finishing 4-6 overall and sixth in the OAC with a 4-5 mark.