2017 All-MVFC Teams

[smallcollegefbfan]

http://valley-football.org/news/2017/11/26/football-2017-mvfc-all-conference-teams.aspx

2017 MVFC All-Conference Teams
South Dakota's Chris Streveler is the league's Offensive Player of the Year and Western Illinois' Brett Taylor has been voted the league's top defensive player in a vote of league coaches, sports information directors and media, as announced by the conference office. Jabril Cox of North Dakota State earned both the Freshman and the Newcomer of the Year honor, while coach Chris Klieman has been tabbed "Bruce Craddock" MVFC Coach of the Year.

Streveler is the first Coyote to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Year honors. Taylor is the first Western Illinois student-athlete to win the Defensive Player of the Year award since 2010 (LB Kyle Glazier). In addition to Taylor and Glazier, two other Leathernecks have won the league's top defensive honor including James Milton (1998) and Edgerton Hartwell (1999, 2000).

Cox is the first North Dakota State student-athlete to win the league's Newcomer of the Year award and also the Bison's first Freshman of the Year winner. Cox is the third in league history to sweep both honors, joining QB Sawyer Kollmorgen of UNI (2012) and RB Martin Ruiz of Youngstown State (2013). Klieman, meanwhile, joins Craig Bohl (2011, 2012, 2013) as North Dakota State head coaches to earn the MVFC's top coaching award.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Brett Taylor, Western Illinois
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State
‘BRUCE CRADDOCK’ VALLEY FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Chris Klieman, North Dakota State

FIRST TEAM
QB -- Chris Streveler, USD 6-3 215 Sr. Crystal Lake (Ill.) Marian Central Catholic / Minnesota
RB -- Tevin McCaster, YSU 5-10 195 Jr. New Castle (Pa.) High
James Robinson, ILS 5-10 215 So. Rockford (Ill.) Lutheran High
FB -- Connor Wentz, NDSU 6-3 250 Sr. Dunnellon (Fla.) High
WR-- Jaelon Acklin, WIU 6-2 190 Sr. Mountain View (Mo.) Liberty
Daurice Fountain, UNI 6-1 210 Sr. Madison (Wis.) James Madison Memorial High
Jake Wieneke, SDSU 6-4 215 Sr. Maple Grove (Minn.) High
TE -- Dallas Goedert, SDSU 6-5 260 Sr. Britton (S.D.) Britton-Hecla High
OL -- Stetson Dagel, USD 6-5 280 Sr. Cherokee (Iowa) Washington High
Jacob Judd, WIU 6-3 300 Sr. Clinton (Iowa) High
Austin Kuhnert, NDSU 6-4 304 Sr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Washington High
Jacob Ohnesorge, SDSU 6-3 295 Sr. Waunakee (Wis.) High
Justin Spencer, YSU 6-5 300 Sr. Indiana (Pa.) High
PK -- Sean Slattery, ILS 6-0 230 Sr. Rockford (Ill.) Boylan Central Cathloic
LS -- James Fisher, NDSU 6-2 225 Sr. Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson High

DL -- Darin Greenfield, USD 6-3 235 So. Sheldon (Iowa) High
Dalton Keene, ILS 6-4 275 Sr. Jacksonville (Ill.) High
Adam Reth, UNI 6-3 270 Sr. Manchester (Iowa) Manchester-West Delaware
Khalen Saunders, WIU 6-2 310 Jr. St. Louis (Mo.) Parkway Central
LB -- Nick DeLuca, NDSU 6-3 245 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Millard North High
Jared Farley, UNI 5-11 224 Sr. Cedar Falls (Iowa) High
Christian Rozeboom, SDSU 6-2 225 So. Sioux Center (Iowa) High
Brett Taylor, WIU 6-2 230 Sr. Macomb (Ill.) High
DB-- Jordan Brown, SDSU 6-1 190 Jr. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Paradise Valley High
Elijah Campbell, UNI 5-11 193 Sr. St. Paul (Minn.) St. Paul Central / Northern Illinois
Tre Dempsey, NDSU 5-10 184 Sr. Lakeland (Fla.) Lakeland High
Robbie Grimsley, NDSU 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson (Minn.) Hutchinson High
Davontae Harris, ILS 6-0 205 Sr. Wichita (Kan.) South High
P -- Lane Reazin, SIU 6-1 212 So. Mooreland (Okla.) Woodward High / Oklahoma State
RS -- Deion Holliman, MSU 5-9 192 Sr. Camden (Ark.) Fairview High

SECOND TEAM
QB -- Taryn Christion, SDSU 6-2 220 Jr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
RB -- Bruce Anderson, NDSU 5-11 216 Jr. Ruskin (Fla.) Newsome High
Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High
FB -- Kane Louscher, SDSU 6-2 245 Sr. Mason City (Iowa) Newman Catholic High
WR -- Malik Earl, MSU 6-3 217 Sr. Oklahoma City (Okla.) Santa Fe High
Spencer Schnell, ILS 5-9 180 Jr. Elkhart (Ind.) High
RJ Urzendowski, NDSU 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep High
TE -- Jacquet McClendon, INS 6-1 235 Sr. Evergreen Park (Ill.) Community High
OL -- Lee Carhart, UNI 6-3 301 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep
Vitas Hrynkiewicz, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Somerset (N.J.) Immaculata
Austin Olsen, SIU 6-5 320 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) Lincoln Way North High
Tanner Volson, NDSU 6-4 301 Jr. Balfour (N.D.) Drake-Anamoose High
Gavin Wiggins, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Philadelphia (Pa.) Roman Catholic
PK -- Chase Vinatieri, SDSU 6-1 210 So. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
LS -- Brandon Godsey, USD 6-0 220 Sr. Raymore (Mo.) Ray-Pec High

DL -- Colby Isbell, MSU 6-3 239 Sr. Rogers (Ark.) Heritage High
Rickey Neal, UNI 6-1 241 Jr. Racine (Wis.) Horlick High
Kellen Soulek, SDSU 6-5 315 Sr. Yankton (S.D.) Yankton High
Aaron Steidl, NDSU 6-2 288 Jr. Carlos (Minn.) Alexandria Jefferson High
LB -- Jabril Cox, NDSU 6-3 227 Fr. Kansas City (Mo.) Raytown South High
Armand Dellovade, YSU 6-0 215 Jr. Imperial (Pa.) West Allegheny
Angelo Garbutt, MSU 6-2 235 So. Carrollton (Texas) Hebron High / University of Iowa
Jonas Griffith, INS 6-4 220 So. Louisville (Ky.) Academy at Shawnee
DB -- Jeremy Chinn, SIU 6-2 202 So. Fishers (Ind.) High
Justin Fitzpatrick, WIU 6-1 200 Jr. O'Fallon (Mo.) Fort Zumwalt North
Andrew Gray, USD 6-2 215 Jr. New Lenox (Ill.) Lincoln Way West High
Billy Nicoe Hurst, YSU 6-0 190 Sr. San Pablo (Calif.) Vanden
Alec Kocour, ILS 6-0 205 Sr. Waukesha (Wis.) Catholic Memorial High
P -- Sam Kuhter, UNI 5-11 220 Sr. Toledo (Iowa) South Tama
RS -- Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High

[TheKingpin28]

Give me that 1st Team Defense to allow less than 70pts for the entire season.

That LB core might be the best the FCS has ever seen though. Taylor, DeLuca, Farley with Rozeboom on rotation would be a mean animal to face. All of those guys can play each position and dominate, but I'd probably put Taylor at the Mike, DeLuca at the Sam, and Farley at the Will, but if they went with 4LBs, I would put DeLuca as the spy and Rozeboom at the Will and Farley at the Sam. Hell if Rozeboom didn't play in the Valley, jump Cox up to the #1 team.

[dewey]

Interesting that Bruce Anderson got 2nd team all MVFC but nothing for Lance Dunn. MVFC.org doesn't even list Dunn on any of the statistics. Is Dunn not eligible since he got injured?

Dewey

[clenz]

He had 80 attempts on the season.

No chance he met the qualification level for it.

He'd have been third on UNI's team in carries. 4th on SDSUs roster. 3rd on YSUs. 4th on USD's roster.

Fair or not you need a qualification cut off, and I'm going to guess the number is 100 carries (I in no way have tried to look that up)

[Schism55]

Interesting that Bruce Anderson got 2nd team all MVFC but nothing for Lance Dunn. MVFC.org doesn't even list Dunn on any of the statistics. Is Dunn not eligible since he got injured?

Dewey
Is Lance playing again this season? Shame to get hurt the way he did given the game circumstances.

[Professor Chaos]

Is Lance playing again this season? Shame to get hurt the way he did given the game circumstances.
I'm hoping blindly that he shows up in uniform during warmups either this week or next week (provided the Bison win this week) and surprises everyone. The torn labrum he suffered had a low end recovery time of 6 weeks and that happened on 10/21 against WIU which will be 6 weeks ago next Saturday.

[dewey]

Here is a post Professor Chaos made over on Bisonville.

Selections by school. Total and then 1st team, 2nd team, HM in parenthesis.

NDSU 15 (6,5,4)
SDSU 12 (5,4,3)
WIU 11 (4,3,4)
UNI 10 (4,3,3)
YSU 10 (2,4,4)
IlSU 9 (4,2,3)
SIU 8 (1,2,5)
USD 8 (3,2,3)
MSU 7 (1,3,3)
InSU 5 (0,2,3)

Nice representation from the Bison. About the only guy I was a little disappointed to see left off would be Caleb Butler. He had a nice year with 37 tackles, 9 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, and 6 QB hurries.

Dewey

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

I'm hoping blindly that he shows up in uniform during warmups either this week or next week (provided the Bison win this week) and surprises everyone. The torn labrum he suffered had a low end recovery time of 6 weeks and that happened on 10/21 against WIU which will be 6 weeks ago next Saturday.


The play he was hurt on seemed pretty harmless. I thought Coach K said he was done for the year but hopefully that is wrong. It would be nice having Lance back.

[Professor Chaos]

The play he was hurt on seemed pretty harmless. I thought Coach K said he was done for the year but hopefully that is wrong. It would be nice having Lance back.
Yeah, he did. But my hope is that was a little gamesmanship by Klieman saying that Dunn was done for the regular season and if he comes back in the playoffs Klieman can just say something like "Well, I didn't know if we'd make it this far so he could've been done for the year with a 6 week minimum recovery at that time".

[ST_Lawson]

First off, congrats to all the guys who worked hard and were able to get themselves on the list. I wonder how many of these guys we'll end up see playing on Sundays next fall?...I can think of at least a few.

Also, because I was curious...here's the list of All-MVFC players who we can expect back next year:

FIRST TEAM
RB -- Tevin McCaster, YSU 5-10 195 Jr. New Castle (Pa.) High
James Robinson, ILS 5-10 215 So. Rockford (Ill.) Lutheran High

DL -- Darin Greenfield, USD 6-3 235 So. Sheldon (Iowa) High
Khalen Saunders, WIU 6-2 310 Jr. St. Louis (Mo.) Parkway Central
LB -- Christian Rozeboom, SDSU 6-2 225 So. Sioux Center (Iowa) High
DB-- Jordan Brown, SDSU 6-1 190 Jr. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Paradise Valley High
Robbie Grimsley, NDSU 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson (Minn.) Hutchinson High
P -- Lane Reazin, SIU 6-1 212 So. Mooreland (Okla.) Woodward High / Oklahoma State

SECOND TEAM
QB -- Taryn Christion, SDSU 6-2 220 Jr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
RB -- Bruce Anderson, NDSU 5-11 216 Jr. Ruskin (Fla.) Newsome High
Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High
WR -- Spencer Schnell, ILS 5-9 180 Jr. Elkhart (Ind.) High
OL -- Vitas Hrynkiewicz, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Somerset (N.J.) Immaculata
Tanner Volson, NDSU 6-4 301 Jr. Balfour (N.D.) Drake-Anamoose High
Gavin Wiggins, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Philadelphia (Pa.) Roman Catholic
PK -- Chase Vinatieri, SDSU 6-1 210 So. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High

DL -- Rickey Neal, UNI 6-1 241 Jr. Racine (Wis.) Horlick High
Aaron Steidl, NDSU 6-2 288 Jr. Carlos (Minn.) Alexandria Jefferson High
LB -- Jabril Cox, NDSU 6-3 227 Fr. Kansas City (Mo.) Raytown South High
Armand Dellovade, YSU 6-0 215 Jr. Imperial (Pa.) West Allegheny
Angelo Garbutt, MSU 6-2 235 So. Carrollton (Texas) Hebron High / University of Iowa
Jonas Griffith, INS 6-4 220 So. Louisville (Ky.) Academy at Shawnee
DB -- Jeremy Chinn, SIU 6-2 202 So. Fishers (Ind.) High
Justin Fitzpatrick, WIU 6-1 200 Jr. O'Fallon (Mo.) Fort Zumwalt North
Andrew Gray, USD 6-2 215 Jr. New Lenox (Ill.) Lincoln Way West High
RS -- Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High


I'm sure there'll be new guys stepping up next year, but just looking at who's coming back, I feel like next year could be a really big RB year for the MVFC. All but 1 of the 6 WRs and 2 TEs listed are seniors this year, but none of the 4 RBs listed is a senior. Next year, Tevin McCaster (YSU), James Robinson (ILSU), Bruce Anderson (NDSU), and Steve McShane (WIU) are all coming back...as are honorable mentions Marcus Weymiller (UNI) and Max Norris (WIU)...plus all the other young "up and comers" who have just started to have exceptional games. And last, but absolutely not least, the near-unstoppable Lance Dunn (NDSU) who, as previously mentioned, is only excluded from this list because of injury, and who's per game average (excluding the WIU game where he was injured) this season was almost exactly 100 ypg...will be back next year.

[ST_Lawson]

Here's the MVFC All-Newcomer team for this year as well:
OFFENSE
WR/RS Kody Case, USD 5-10 165 Fr. Lake City (Iowa) S. Central Calhoun
OL Tyler Ciurej, USD 6-4 310 Fr. Bellevue (Neb.) West High
OL Drew Himmelman, ILS 6-10 300 Fr. Geneseo (Ill.) High
QB Peyton Huslig, MSU 6-3 205 So. Andover (Kan.) Central High / Garden City (Kan.) CC
WR/RS Cade Johnson, SDSU 5-10 175 Fr. Papillion (Neb.) Bellevue High
WR Raphael Leonard, SIU 6-2 194 Jr. Starkville (Miss.) High / East Mississippi CC
RB Clint Ratkovich, WIU 6-1 210 Fr. Crete (Ill.) Crete-Monee High
OL Mason Scheidegger, USD 6-5 310 Fr. Fonda (Iowa) Newell Fonda High
RB Markel Smith, ILS 5-11 225 So. St. Louis (Mo.) St. John Vianney High / Central Missouri
TB Christian Turner, YSU 5-10 190 Fr. Cincinnati (Ohio) LaSalle High
WR Isaiah Weston, UNI 6-4 207 Fr. Albertville (Minn.) St. Michael-Albertville High

DEFENSE
LG Logan Backhaus, SDSU 6-4 205 Fr. Spirit Lake (Iowa) High
LB Keelon Brookins, UNI 5-11 206 Sr. St. Paul (Minn.) Tartan High / Wisconsin
LB Jabril Cox, NDSU 6-3 227 Fr. Kansas City (Mo.) Raytown South High
LB Angelo Garbutt, MSU 6-2 235 So. Carrollton (Texas) Hebron High / Iowa
CB Bryce Gibson, YSU 5-10 180 Fr. Johnstown (Pa.) Johnstown Area High
DB Tyrin Holloway, WIU 6-0 200 Sr. Humble (Texas) Atascocita High / Liberty
LB Tyree Horton, ILS 6-0 230 Jr. Miami (Fla.) South Dade High / TCU
DL Anthony Knighton, SIU 6-2 246 Fr. Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central High
DE Justus Reed, YSU 6-3 250 Jr. Clearwater (Fla.) Central Catholic High / Florida
DL Nathan Schultz, USD 6-4 270 Fr. Hartland (Wis.) Arrowhead Union High
P Brady Schutt, USD 6-1 205 Fr. Orange City (Iowa) MOC/Floyd Valley High

Also, do they not do a PK on the all-newcomer team? Or are there just not enough players who are eligible? I'd have to imagine that our (WIU's) PK Sam Crosa would be a likely pick for that. Sophomore this year, transferred from Bowling Green this season. He went 10 for 10 on FGs with 4 of 40+ yard range and a long of 45 this year.