SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The first set of all-region accolades are out for the 2021 football season as the Conference Commissioner's Association announced Thursday that two Vikings were honored on the Super Region 4 team. Offensive lineman Blake Larson and defensive back Peyton Buckley represented the 2021 NSIC Champions on the list of 50 players.
 
Larson, a junior from Brandon, South Dakota, earned First Team All-NSIC South Division honors this past season after protecting a quarterback that was sacked less than 0.75 times per game. The protection was so strong, it took until the seventh game of the season for AU to give up a sack. Larson, who started all 12 games, helped block for a rushing attack that finished the regular season ranked in the top-45 of the country with 177.5 rushing yards per game.
 
Larson was named to the CCA Super Region 4 First Team.
 
Buckley, the NSIC's Defensive Newcomer of the Year, started all 12 games of the season at defensive back. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin, native ended the regular season ranked second in the NSIC with five interceptions, ranking him 21^st in the country. He also ranked third in the league with 1.1 passes defended per game. He totaled seven games of five tackles or more while recording a season-high eight tackles at Minnesota State.
 
Buckley was named to the CCA Super Region 4 Second Team.