AUSTIN, Texas – The Augustana football team had an NCAA-best five members named to the Academic All-America Teams announced Tuesday. The teams are selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). The five members for Augustana also surpasses the school-best three student-athletes selected in 2021.
 
Highlighted by three-time First Team Academic All-America honoree Eli Weber, the other members selected from AU are Peyton Buckley, Mitchell Goodbary, T.J. Liggett and Ben Limburg. Liggett is a repeat to the teams, however, earning his first First Team All-America accolade.
 
Academic All-America honorees were selected after earning CSC Academic All-District honors in November. The CSC Academic All-America teams include student-athletes who have reached at least sophomore academic and athletic standing at his institution, maintain a 3.50 or higher cumulative grade point average, and at least in his second academic year at the institution (first year transfers are not eligible) while being competing members of the varsity travel squad.
 
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs.
 
Eli Weber

• Receives third Academic All-America honor
• AFCA Second Team All-America
• First Team All-NSIC
• Led Augustana and ranked fourth in the NSIC with 0.4 interceptions per game
• NSIC South Division Preseason Player of the Year

Peyton Buckley

• First Academic All-America honor
• D2CCA All-Super Region 4
• Second Team All-NSIC
• Ranked second on Vikings and ninth in NSIC with 0.3 interceptions per game
• Ranked 18^th in the NSIC in solo tackles with 4.0 per game
• Scored two defensive touchdowns

Mitchell Goodbary

• First Academic All-America honor
• Second Team All-NSIC
• Caught 19 passes for 220 yards

T.J. Liggett

• Receives second Academic All-America honor
• Second Team All-NSIC
• Led Augustana with 7.4 tackles per game
• Ranked 11^th in the NSIC with 4.5 solo tackles per game

Ben Limburg

• First Academic All-America honor
• Totaled 45 kickoffs totaling 2,515 yards
• Made a pair of field goals with distances from 28 and 33 yards
• Went 12-for-12 on point-after attempts