Musso, Dini and Granberg named to D3Football.com All-American Team

Wheaton, Ill. (12/19) Three members of the Wheaton College football team have been selected to the D3Football.com All-American team. Senior wide receiver Brad Musso (PICTURED LEFT) was a Second Team selection, senior center Brian Dini earned Third Team All-American recognition and senior tailback Garrett Granberg was an honorable mention selection. 2004 marked the third consecutive 10-win season for the Thunder with a 10-2 record, making a third straight NCAA Division III Playoff appearance and winning a share of its fourth College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship in five years.

This selection marks the fourth All-American Team that Musso has been named to this season. He also was chosen for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-American Team, the Associated Press Little All-America Team and the Football Gazette Division III All-American Team. Musso caught a school-record 98 passes for 1,293 yards with nine touchdown catches this season. He finished the season ranked second in Division III in receptions with 8.9 catches per game and was fourth in the nation in receiving yards with 117.5 receiving yards per game.

In his four-year career at Wheaton Musso caught a school-record 255 passes for 4,287 yards, the fifth-highest career receiving yardage total in Division III history. Musso holds Wheaton 's career records for all-purpose yards with 5,332 yards and the all-time mark for punt return yardage with 923 yards. He has scored 39 career touchdowns with 236 points, the third-best career scoring total in Wheaton 's 92 seasons of intercollegiate football. In 32 of his 46 career appearances he caught five or more passes and he recorded 100 or more receiving yards in 21 of the 46 games he has played in.

Brian Dini (PICTURED RIGHT) has been a three-year starter at center for the Thunder. A team captain this season, he led a Wheaton offensive line that blocked for the top-ranked offense in the CCIW. The balanced Thunder offense finished the season ranked fifth in the Division III in total offense with 490.2 yards per game, just shy of the school record of 490.9 yards per game set in 1995. Dini was a key factor in Wheaton's average of 265.0 passing yards per game (ranked 23rd in Division III) and 225.2 rushing yards per game (ranked 34th in Division III). In fact, in Dini's three seasons as a starter Wheaton has finished each year ranked among the top 15 in total offense among Division III football programs. In 2003 the Thunder offense averaged 455.8 yards per game, ranked 13th in Division III and Wheaton finished 2002 ranked fourth with 486.6 yards per game. Dini and the Thunder offensive line helped a Wheaton tailback set the school's single-season rushing record for the second consecutive season.

Thunder tailback Garrett Granberg (PICTURED LEFT) carried the ball 251 times this year for a team single-season record of 1,371 yards and 13 touchdowns to earn honorable mention All-American recognition. The senior averaged a solid 5.5 yards per carry and 114.2 rushing yards per game this season. Granberg is the second consecutive Thunder running back to set the school's single-season rushing record and earn All-American accolades from D3Football.com. Tailback Dan Price ran for a then team record 1,262 yards in 2003 in earning Second Team accolades from the organization.

Granberg is second on Wheaton 's career rushing yardage list with 2,963 yards on 584 carries and 34 rushing touchdowns. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry and 72.3 rushing yards per game in his career. Granberg's 204 career points is fourth on Wheaton 's all-time point scoring list.

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