South Dakota State lands 15, South Dakota 10, on Missouri Valley Football All-Conference team
League champion North Dakota State led the way with seven first team selections to the Missouri Valley Football All-Conference team, announced Monday by the league after a vote of league coaches and media.
Missouri State quarterback Jason Shelley was named offensive player of the year and newcomer of the year, Northern Iowa defensive tackle Jared Brinkman was named defensive player of the year (repeating the honor from the spring season), Youngstown State quarterback Demetriac Crenshaw earned freshman of the year and NDSU’s Matt Entz was named coach of the year.
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South Dakota State placed four on the all-conference first team, eight on the second team and saw three earn honorable mention, while South Dakota had two first team selections, three second team picks and five honorable mentions.
Here’s the complete team:
First team
QB – Jason Shelley, MSU
RB – Pierre Strong, SDSU
RB – Jaleel McLaughlin, YSU
FB – Hunter Luepke, NDSU
WR – Dennis Houston, WIU
WR – Tyrone Scott, MSU
WR – Christian Watson, NDSU
TE – Tucker Kraft, SDSU
OL – Zeveyon Furcron, SIU
OL – Cody Mauch, NDSU
OL – Trevor Penning, UNI
OL – Cordell Volson, NDSU
OL – Matt Waletzko, UND
DL – Jared Brinkman, UNI
DL – Kevin Ellis, MSU
DL – Inoke Moala, ISU
DL – Brayden Thomas, NDSU
LB – Adam Bock, SDSU
LB – Logan Backhaus, SDSU
LB – Jack Cochrane, USD
LB – Spencer Cuvelier, UNI
DB – Montrae Braswell, MSU
DB – Benny Sapp, UNI
DB – Qua Brown, SIU
DB – Darius Joinder, WIU
DB – Michael Tutsie, NDSU
P – Grant Burkett, MSU
K – Matthew Cook, UNI
RS – Montrae Braswell, MSU
LS – Dalton Godfrey, USD
AP – Christian Watson, NDSU
Second team
QB – Connor Sampson, WIU
RB – Otis Weah, UND
RB – Javon Williams, SIU
FB – Tim McCloyn, ILSU
WR – Jaxon Janke, SDSU
WR – Landon Lenoir, SIU
WR – Isaiah Weston, UNI
TE – Josh Babicz, NDSU
OL – Landon Beebe, MSU
OL – Wes Genant, SDSU
OL – Alex Jensen, USD
OL – Aron Johnson, SDSU
OL – Mason McCormick, SDSU
DL – Eric Johnson, MSU
DL – Anthony Knighton, SIU
DL – Caleb Sanders, SDSU
DL – Reece Winkelman, SDSU
LB – Jasir Cox, NDSU
LB – Jackson Hankey, NDSU
LB – Brynce Notree, SIU
LB – Tylar Wiltz, MSU
DB – Don Gardner, SDSU
DB – Evan Holm, UND
DB – Clayton Isbell, ILSU
DB – Elijah Reed, USD
DB – Michael Lawson, WIU
P – Brady Schutt, USD
K – Jose Pizano, MSU
LS – Bradey Sorenson, SDSU
RS – Jayden Price, NDSU
AP – Isaiah Weston, UNI
Honorable mention
ILS – Zeke Vandenburgh, Trey Goerge, JT Bohliken, Cole Mueller; ISU – JJ Henderson, Waytt Harwood, Dante Hendrix; MSU – Kyriq McDonald, Titus Wall, Xavier Lane; UND – Jordan Canady, Devon Krzanowski, Jaxson Turner; NDSU – Eli Mostaert, Lane Tucker, Noah Gindorff; UNI – Omar Brown, Bradrick Shaw, Deion McShane; USD – Carter Bell, Jacob Matthew, Travis Theis, Wesley Eliodor, Brett Samson; SDSU – Cole Frahm, Chris Oladokun, Zach Heins; SIU – PJ Jules, Nic Baker, Avante Cox; WIU – Hunter Mason, Greg Benton, Tony Tate; YSU – Grant Dixon, Jaison Williams, Colt McFadden
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: South Dakota State lands 15, South Dakota 10 on MVFC All-Conference team
