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COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Four Saint John's University student-athletes were named D3football.com All-Americans on Monday, Dec. 22.

Senior defensive lineman Zach Frank (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), senior tight end Joey Gendreau (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka) and senior wide receiver Dylan Wheeler (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds View) were named to the D3football.com All-America second team, while senior defensive lineman Landon Gallagher (Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta) was named to the fourth team.

Frank was also named to the Associated Press and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America first team, Gendreau earned second-team honors from the AFCA and garnered a third-team distinction from the AP, and Wheeler was named to the AP third team over the last two weeks.

A fifth Johnnie – junior linebacker Aiden McMahon (Maple Grove, Minn.) – was named to the AP All-America second team Dec. 18.

SJU has now had 120 football student-athletes earn All-America honors a total of 158 times in the program's 114-season history, including 32 over the last seven seasons. 

Frank, Gendreau and Wheeler received D3football.com All-Region 6 first-team honors Dec. 11, while Gallagher was on the second team.

Frank
A three-time (2023, 2024, 2025) All-MIAC selection and the 2025 MIAC Mike Stam Award recipient as the conference's best lineman, Frank led the team in tackles for loss (17.0), sacks (13.0) and quarterback hurries (7) in 12 games. He was fourth on the team with 46 tackles for a defense that ended the regular season fourth in Division III in scoring defense (8.8 ppg.); fifth in total defense (203.0 ypg.); seventh in passing defense (135.3 ypg.); and 11th in both first downs allowed (126) and red-zone defense (.611, 11-for-18).

He ended his career fifth in program history in sacks (28.5) and ninth in tackles for loss (40.0).

Gendreau
Gendreau finished second on the team with 76 catches for 1,020 yards and nine touchdowns in 12 games this fall. He recorded four 100-yard receiving games, fell three yards short of another and was named to D3football.com's National Team of the Week three times this fall. Gendreau ended his career as SJU's all-time leader in receiving yards (2,196), among tight ends, and second in both receptions (168) and receiving touchdowns (20) at the position.

Wheeler
A consensus All-American in 2024, Wheeler is a two-time D3football.com All-Region and All-MIAC selection. He ended the regular season eighth in Division III in receiving touchdowns and led the Johnnies in all three receiving categories: receptions (98), yards (1,175) and touchdowns (19). He totaled 22 catches for 237 yards and five touchdowns in two NCAA playoff games.

He started each of SJU's last 34 games (and has played in all 46 during his time as a Johnnie). He owns three conference or program receiving records starting with: MIAC (conference games only) games of multiple receiving touchdowns (six in 2024) and is tied with Blake Elliott '03 with 12 100-yard receiving games in conference play. Wheeler also holds the SJU record for games of three receiving touchdowns or more (8). 

He ended his career second in program history in receptions (247), receiving yards (3,182), receiving touchdowns (50) and 100-yard receiving games (15).

Like Frank, Wheeler is a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American and will travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day as a member of the Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team.

Gallagher
Gallagher missed the season's first two games due to injury and finished second on the team in both sacks (3.5) and quarterback hurries (6), and third in tackles for loss (7.5). He accumulated 78 tackles (33 solo), including 17.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks, in 34 career games.

SJU (10-2, 8-1 MIAC) recorded its 27th 10-win season and made its 34th postseason appearance (30th in Division III) this fall.