Jayru Campbell's big weekend started with a celebration on Friday.

The Ferris State quarterback was named the Harlon Hill Trophy winner, given annually to the top Division II football player in the nation, on Friday afternoon.

Next, Campbell and the Bulldogs (15-0) will face Valdosta State in the Division II title game in McKinney, Texas, on Saturday (4 p.m., ESPNU).

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Campbell received 47 of 113 first-place votes (41.6 percent) to win the award, which is voted on by the nation's Division II sports information directors. Campbell was named on 73.5 percent of the ballots.

Campbell was one of nine finalists for the award, and one of just two juniors to make the list. Fellow finalist Rogan Wells, who was the runner-up with 21 first-place votes, plays for Valdosta State; the title game will be the first-ever matchup between the top two Harlon Hill finalists.

Campbell has completed 60.6 percent of his pass attempts for 2,832 yards and 26 touchdowns, with just five interceptions. He also has rushed for 1,338 yards and 20 touchdowns on 260 carries, for an average of 5.1 yards a carry. He also caught the go-ahead TD in a dramatic win over Grand Valley State.

Campbell's dual-threat ability was on display in Ferris State's 42-25 national semifinal victory over Minnesota State Mankato last weekend. He passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed 19 times for 103 yards.

Campbell is in his first season at Ferris, after spending two years at a junior college in Kansas.

Prior to that, Campbell, the former Detroit Cass Tech quarterback, had a pair of 2014 arrests that cost him a Michigan State scholarship.

The Harlon Hill trophy is the fourth major award Campbell has received this season. Earlier this year, he was named the GLIAC Player of the Year as well as the All-GLIAC first team quarterback. On Wednesday, Campbell was named to the Associated Press' All-Division II team. (Senior offensive tackle Devon Johnson and junior defensive back Delon Stephenson also made the AP's first team).

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Campbell is the third Bulldog to win the award in the past five seasons. Quarterback Jason Vander Laan won the award in back-to-back seasons in 2014-15.

The Bulldogs now equal Texas A&M-Kingsville and Valdosta State as the only Division II programs with three Harlon Hill winners.

Campbell is the fourth GLIAC player to win the award, following Vander Laan, Wayne State's Joique Bell (2009) and Grand Valley State's Curt Anes (2002).

Campbell will be honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club awards banquet on Jan. 10.

The trophy is named for the late Harlon Hill — a standout at North Alabama — who excelled from 1950-53 before going on to play with the Chicago Bears. Hill played in seven games for the Detroit Lions in 1962.

Free Press sports writers Jeff Seidel and Marlowe Alter contributed to this report.