STATS FCS All-America Teams

[Professor Chaos]

https://gobison.com/news/2018/12/18/football-eight-bison-named-to-stats-fcs-all-america-team.aspx

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State
RB – Ryan Fulse, senior, 5-11, 195, Wagner
RB – A.J. Hines, junior, 5-11, 225, Duquesne
FB – Joe Protheroe, senior, 5-11, 230, Cal Poly
WR – Michael Bandy, junior, 5-11, 190, San Diego
WR – Keelan Doss, senior, 6-3, 210, UC Davis
WR – Josh Pearson, junior, 6-4, 205, Jacksonville State
TE – Donald Parham, senior, 6-8, 240, Stetson
OL – B.J. Autry, senior, 6-5, 340, Jacksonville State
OL – Drew Forbes, senior, 6-5, 305, Southeast Missouri
OL – Iosua Opeta, senior, 6-4, 305, Weber State
OL – Matt Pyke, senior, 6-2, 302, ETSU
OL – Tanner Volson, senior, 6-4, 306, North Dakota State

DEFENSE
DL – Darryl Johnson Jr., junior, 6-5, 232, North Carolina A&T
DL – Isaiah Mack, senior, 6-3, 305, Chattanooga
DL – Derick Roberson, senior, 6-4, 250, Sam Houston State
DL – Khalen Saunders, senior, 6-2, 310, Western Illinois
LB – B.J. Blunt, senior, 6-1, 220, McNeese
LB – Zach Hall, junior, 6-0, 230, Southeast Missouri
LB – Dante Olson, junior, 6-3, 237, Montana
LB – Sterling Sheffield, senior, 6-2, 240, Maine
DB – Nasir Adderley, senior, 6-0, 200, Delaware
DB – Robbie Grimsley, senior, 6-0, 194, North Dakota State
DB – Jimmy Moreland, senior, 5-11, 175, James Madison
DB – Isiah Swann, junior, 6-0, 190, Dartmouth

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Roldan Alcobendas, senior, 6-0, 180, Eastern Washington
P – Alex Pechin, senior, 6-0, 200, Bucknell
LS – Patrick Eby, senior, 6-3, 235, Columbia
KR – Jean Constant, junior, 5-9, 177, Bryant
PR – D'Angelo Amos, sophomore, 6-1, 180, James Madison
AP – John Lovett, senior, 6-3, 225, Princeton

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State
RB – James Robinson, junior, 5-10, 220, Illinois State
RB – Marquis Terry, senior, 5-7, 180, Southeast Missouri
FB – Andre Stoddard, senior, 5-10, 240, Wofford
WR – Jazz Ferguson, junior, 6-5, 223, Northwestern State
WR – Alexander Hollins, senior, 6-1, 170, Eastern Illinois
WR – Jesper Horsted, senior, 6-4, 225, Princeton
TE – Charlie Taumoepeau, junior, 6-3, 240, Portland State
OL – J'Von Brown, junior, 6-3, 350, Central Connecticut State
OL – Tytus Howard, senior 6-6, 311, Alabama State
OL – Zack Johnson, junior, 6-6, 316, North Dakota State
OL – Matt Kaskey, senior, 6-7, 325, Dartmouth
OL – Oli Udoh, senior, 6-5, 336, Elon

DEFENSE
DL – Ahmad Gooden, senior, 6-2, 245, Samford
DL – Sully Laiche, junior, 6-2, 270, Nicholls
DL – Jay-Tee Tiuli, senior, 6-4, 315, Eastern Washington
DL – Nick Wheeler, junior, 6-2, 255, Colgate
LB – Jabril Cox, sophomore, 6-3, 231, North Dakota State
LB – Cam Gill, junior, 6-3, 230, Wagner
LB – Troy Reeder, senior, 6-3, 245, Delaware
LB – Pete Swenson, senior, 6-3, 230, Western Illinois
DB – Jordan Brown, senior, 6-1, 200, South Dakota State
DB – Abu Daramy-Swaray, junior, 5-10, 190, Colgate
DB – Manny Patterson, senior, 5-10, 180, Maine
DB – Tyree Robinson, sophomore, 5-11, 184, ETSU

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Austin Errthum, senior, 5-10, 180, UNI
P – Cade Coffey, sophomore, 6-1, 191, Idaho
LS – Steven Wethli, senior, 6-0, 230, Youngstown State
KR – Malik Wilson, senior, 5-11, 166, North Carolina A&T
PR – Booker Chambers, senior, 5-9, 185, Mississippi Valley State
AP – Tyrie Adams, junior, 6-2, 180, Western Carolina
AP – Shane Simpson, junior, 5-9, 200, Towson

THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State
RB – Ra'Quanne Dickens, senior, 5-10, 195, Incarnate Word
RB – James Holland Jr., senior, 5-9, 210, Colgate
RB – De'Shawn Waller, junior, 5-11, 210, Alcorn State
FB – Cal Daniels, senior, 6-2, 255, Stony Brook
WR – Juston Christian, senior, 6-0, 188, Marist
WR – Cade Johnson, sophomore, 5-10, 180, South Dakota State
WR – Kelvin McKnight, senior, 5-8, 186, Samford
WR – Reggie White Jr., senior, 6-3, 210, Monmouth
TE – Charles Scarff, TE, senior, 6-6, 270, Delaware
OL – Spencer Blackburn, senior, 6-2, 285, Eastern Washington
OL – Garrett Bowery, senior, 6-2, 303, Lamar
OL – C.J. Collins, senior, 6-3, 255, Kennesaw State
OL – Daniel Cooney, senior, 6-8, 315, San Diego
OL – Micah Shaw, senior, 6-1, 264, North Carolina A&T
OL – Cal Twait, senior, 6-5, 305, UNI

DEFENSE
DL – Solomon Brown, senior, 6-1, 235, Charleston Southern
DL – Miles Brown, senior, 6-2, 320, Wofford
DL – Rocco Di Leo, senior, 6-3, 285, Dartmouth
DL – Greg Menard, senior, 6-2, 240, North Dakota State
DL – Nasir Player, junior, 6-5, 271, ETSU
LB – De'Arius Christmas, senior, 5-10, 220, Grambling State
LB – Anthony Gore Jr., senior 6-0, 201, Kennesaw State
LB – Jonas Griffith, junior, 6-4, 240, Indiana State
LB – Warren Messer, senior, 5-11, 227, Elon
LB – LeGrand Toia, senior, 6-2, 225, Weber State
DB – Davon Jernigan, senior, 6-0, 208, Lamar
DB – Hakeem Kinard, senior, 5-10, 200, Saint Francis
DB – Davanta Reynolds, senior, 5-10, 200, North Carolina Central
DB – Will Warner, junior, 6-3, 201, Drake

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Aidan O'Neill, junior, 6-1, 199, Towson
P – Chris Faddoul, sophomore, 6-1, 182, Florida A&M
P – Garret Wegner, sophomore, 6-0, 191, North Dakota State
LS – Patrick Keefe, senior, 5-11, 195, The Citadel
KR – Jimmie Robinson, senior, 5-8, 162, Bethune-Cookman
PR – Darrius Shepherd, senior, 5-11, 188, North Dakota State
AP – Troy Anderson, sophomore, 6-3, 215, Montana State

*-Order of quarterbacks to be determined after the STATS FCS Awards Banquet on Jan. 4.

[Reign of Terrier]

Burks is a great player and he has a boat load of touchdowns, but I don't see why he's on here.

I think Stick should be first team, and Hodges second team.

Basically, if you want to win big games you go for Stick. If you want to throw the ball over the yard, Hodges is your man

[Gangtackle11]

It’s hard to take these teams seriously. Rivals the coaches poll IMHO. xpeacex

[Schism55]

Burks is a great player and he has a boat load of touchdowns, but I don't see why he's on here.

I think Stick should be first team, and Hodges second team.

Basically, if you want to win big games you go for Stick. If you want to throw interceptions all over the yard, Hodges is your man

FYP xthumbsupx

[MR. CHICKEN]

It’s hard to take these teams seriously. Rivals the coaches poll IMHO. xpeacex


.......UH.........’CAUSE NO NOVIAN’S........OUTTAH THREE LEVELS............xconfusedx........ BRAWK!

[geaux_sioux]

So in 14 games Greg Menard has 33 tackles 10 tfl and 8 sacks. Meanwhile, through 11 games Mason Bennett had 42 tackles 15 tfl and 9 sacks. Throw in the fact that UND plays a 3-4 and I don’t see how you can justify Menard over Bennett for AA status.

[Redbird 4th & short]

So in 14 games Greg Menard has 33 tackles 10 tfl and 8 sacks. Meanwhile, through 11 games Mason Bennett had 42 tackles 15 tfl and 9 sacks. Throw in the fact that UND plays a 3-4 and I don’t see how you can justify Menard over Bennett for AA status.
I wonder how many plays was Menard on the field for versus Bennett. NDSU had no tacklers in top 20 in MVFC .. ISUb had 4 guys in top 19, several other teams had 3 guys in top 19 .. all before NDSU's top tackler. Why ... because they get off the field sooner than anyone else. Not to mention their starters are being pulled many games by 4th qtr. Imagine what that does to individual defender stats when playing for a top defense who gets off the field and a top offense who chews up clock ? I don't think you punish NDSU for less stats in that situation. Bennett might have had the better season, but defensive stats are so misleading for this reason.

NDSU defense is ranked 5th in FCS, but arguably the top defense adjusted for SOS. UND is ranked 51 in total defense, so figure maybe top 30 adjusted for SOS.

[cx500d]

So in 14 games Greg Menard has 33 tackles 10 tfl and 8 sacks. Meanwhile, through 11 games Mason Bennett had 42 tackles 15 tfl and 9 sacks. Throw in the fact that UND plays a 3-4 and I don’t see how you can justify Menard over Bennett for AA status.


Effective winner on a TEAM vs ineffective individual loser

[TheValleyRaider]

Great for Holland, Wheeler, and Daramy-Swaray xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx

But no TJ Holl xconfusedx

[geaux_sioux]

Effective winner on a TEAM vs ineffective individual loser

Ineffective players don’t get double teamed. Bennett was doubled basically all year and still put up those numbers.

[Bisonoline]

So in 14 games Greg Menard has 33 tackles 10 tfl and 8 sacks. Meanwhile, through 11 games Mason Bennett had 42 tackles 15 tfl and 9 sacks. Throw in the fact that UND plays a 3-4 and I don’t see how you can justify Menard over Bennett for AA status.

SOS

[kalm]

No first teamers for EWU on o and d (nice to se Alcobendas as PK). Only two total, and they’re both lineman. I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.

[geaux_sioux]

SOS

Then Darryl Johnson shouldn’t be on the list from NC A&T, his stats aren’t much better and the SOS is 93 compared to 43 for UND.

[TheKingpin28]

Then Darryl Johnson shouldn’t be on the list from NC A&T, his stats aren’t much better and the SOS is 93 compared to 43 for UND.If he wasn't hiding in the weight room all of the damn time, maybe someone would have noticed him.

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[Professor]

I thought Malik Wilson from A&T should have been 1st team kick returner

[X-Factor]

I wonder how many plays was Menard on the field for versus Bennett. NDSU had no tacklers in top 20 in MVFC .. ISUb had 4 guys in top 19, several other teams had 3 guys in top 19 .. all before NDSU's top tackler. Why ... because they get off the field sooner than anyone else. Not to mention their starters are being pulled many games by 4th qtr. Imagine what that does to individual defender stats when playing for a top defense who gets off the field and a top offense who chews up clock ? I don't think you punish NDSU for less stats in that situation. Bennett might have had the better season, but defensive stats are so misleading for this reason.

NDSU defense is ranked 5th in FCS, but arguably the top defense adjusted for SOS. UND is ranked 51 in total defense, so figure maybe top 30 adjusted for SOS.

Nailed it! This is a HUGE reason why total tackles/sacks/int/etc is a bull**** meaningless stat.

Another reason is that NDSU rotates 5-6 guys at defensive end. It keeps players fresh and healthy. So Menard gets fewer snaps because 1) he is on a defense that gets off the field and gives ball to a clock eating offense 2) in blowout wins the coaches rest the starters and 3) he shares playing time with other very capable backups. Case in point, one of our backup defensive ends was preseason MVFC. That is what depth will do.

[DEX]

Then Darryl Johnson shouldn’t be on the list from NC A&T, his stats aren’t much better and the SOS is 93 compared to 43 for UND.


Darryl is deserving of first team honors. I'm sure he was picked largely on his effort vs #6 JSU and fbs, ECU.