NEW HAVEN, Conn. –   With just over five weeks away from the kickoff of the 2019 Yale football season the preseason accolades continue to roll in for the Bulldogs. Three preseason top-25 polls recognized the Elis while senior guard Dieter Eiselen was tabbed as an All-American by Phil Steele and senior wide receiver Reed Klubnik was selected as the Preseason Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year.
 
Yale, which was picked atop the Ivy League preseason media poll last week, is receiving votes in the STATS FCS Preseason Poll. The Bulldogs are also ranked in both HERO Sports' and College Sports Madness' top-25 rankings at 17 and 20, respectively.
 
Dieter, a senior offensive lineman from Stellenbosch, South Africa, started all 10 games for Yale last season. He has made 24 starts in his career and has twice garnered All-Ivy League accolades, including a second team honor last year. Phil Steele selected Dieter as a Preseason Second-Team All-American.
 
Klubnik, who was already tabbed to the Walter Payton Watch List earlier this offseason, garnered the top offensive Ivy League honor from Steele. The senior wideout from Austin, Texas broke the Yale record with 1,143 receiving yards last season, ranking ninth in FCS overall.

Steele also selected 11 Yale players to his All-Ivy teams. Klubnik, Eiselen, wide receiver JP Shohfi, offensive lineman Sterling Strother, defensive lineman Spencer Matthaei and linebacker Ryan Burke were selected to the First Team. Quarterback Kurt Rawlings, running back Alan Lamar and defensive lineman Charles Callender were second team selections. Running back Zane Dudek and tight end JJ Howland were tabbed to the Third Team.
 
The Bulldogs head to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., for the 2019 Ivy League Media Day tomorrow morning in anticipation of the 147^th season of Yale football which kicks off on Saturday, September 21 against Holy Cross.