FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State had
four players named to the HERO Sports FCS All-America Team announced Friday,
Dec. 30. Left guard Zack Johnson was named to the first team, safety Tre
Dempsey and defensive end Greg Menard made the second team, and linebacker MJ
Stumpf was named third team.
It is the sixth All-America first team award of the year for Johnson, who will play in the East-West Shrine Game in January. It is the third All-America award for Dempsey and the second for Menard this year. Stumpf is a first-time All-American.
Earlier in the week, NDSU safety Robbie Grimsley was named to the HERO Sports FCS all-sophomore team and running back Lance Dunn was an honorable mention.
North Dakota State finished 12-2 overall with an appearance in the FCS semifinals and won a share of its sixth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship with a 7-1 league record.
It is the sixth All-America first team award of the year for Johnson, who will play in the East-West Shrine Game in January. It is the third All-America award for Dempsey and the second for Menard this year. Stumpf is a first-time All-American.
Earlier in the week, NDSU safety Robbie Grimsley was named to the HERO Sports FCS all-sophomore team and running back Lance Dunn was an honorable mention.
North Dakota State finished 12-2 overall with an appearance in the FCS semifinals and won a share of its sixth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship with a 7-1 league record.
University of North Dakota’s DB Cole
Reyes and Kick returner John Santiago were also named to the second team, while DB Deion Harris was on the third team.
2016 HERO SPORTS FCS ALL-AMERICA TEAM
FIRST TEAM
DB – Dee Delaney, The Citadel
DB – Rob Rolle, Villanova
DB – Donald Payne, Stetson
DB – Casey DeAndrade, New Hampshire
DB – Tyler Williams, Central Arkansas
DL – Tanoh Kpassagnon, Villanova
DL – Karter Schult, Northern Iowa
DL – Keionta Davis, Chattanooga
DL – Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern
DL – Derek Rivers, Youngstown State
LB – Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth
LB – Dylan Cole, Missouri State
LB – Christian Kuntz, Duquesne
LB – Austin Calitro, Villanova
ATH – Lorenzo Jerome, Saint Francis
ATH – Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville State
OL – Max Rich, Harvard
OL – Zack Johnson, North Dakota State
OL – Mitchell Kirsch, James Madison
OL – Erik Austell, Charleston Southern
OL – Jessamen Dunker, Tennessee State
OL – Julie'n Davenport, Bucknell
QB – Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington
QB – Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State
RB – Chase Edmonds, Fordham
RB – Khalid Abdullah, James Madison
RB – Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T
TE – Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State
WR – Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington
WR – Brian Brown, Richmond
WR – Karel Hamilton, Samford
P – Miles Bergner, South Dakota
PK – Griffin Trau, Richmond
PK/P – David Marvin, Wofford
RS – Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern
RS – Rashard Davis, James Madison
SECOND TEAM
DB – Cole Reyes, North Dakota
DB – Tre Dempsey, North Dakota State
DB – Taylor Reynolds, James Madison
DB – Brendan Langley, Lamar
DB – LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State
DL – Greg Menard, North Dakota State
DL – Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State
DL – P.J. Hall, Sam Houston State
DL – Keontre Anderson, Jackson State
DL – Pat Afriyie, Colgate
LB – Darius Leonard, South Carolina State
LB – Brett Taylor, Western Illinois
LB – Chad Geter, Gardner-Webb
LB – Omar Howard, Richmond
LB – Nakevion Leslie, Chattanooga
ATH – Yedidiah Louis, Sam Houston State
ATH – Devante Kincade, Grambling State
FB – Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly
OL – Isaiah Pinson, The Citadel
OL – Larry Allen, Harvard
OL – Casey Dunn, Jacksonville State
OL – Anton Wahrby, Wofford
OL – Bridge Blount, Sam Houston State
OL – Aaron Stinnie, James Madison
QB – Bryan Schor, James Madison
QB – Devlin Hodges, Samford
RB – Lorenzo Long, Wofford
RB – Jody Webb, Youngstown State
RB – Lenard Tillery, Southern
TE – Eric Saubert, Drake
WR – Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State
WR – Troy Pelletier, Lehigh
WR – Kamron Lewis, Saint Francis
WR – Shaq Hill, Eastern Washington
P – Jake Ryder, Towson
RS – John Santiago, North Dakota
PK – Lane Clark, Tennessee State
THIRD TEAM
DB – Mike Basile, Monmouth
DB – Deion Harris, North Dakota
DB – Raven Greene, James Madison
DB – Troy McGowens, Charleston Southern
DB – Xavier Coleman, Portland State
DL – Ebenezer Ogundeko, Tennessee State
DL – Jonathan Petersen, San Diego
DL – Samson Ebukam, Eastern Washington
DL – Winston Craig, Richmond
DL – Avery Moss, Youngstown State
LB – Garrett Dolan, Houston Baptist
LB – MJ Stumpf, North Dakota State
LB – Solomon Leaeno, Saint Francis
LB – Darien Anderson, Alcorn State
ATH – Dalton Crossan, New Hampshire
ATH – Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois
ATH – John Lovett, Princeton
ATH – Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb
OL – Justin Lea, Jacksonville State
OL – Brandon Parker, North Carolina A&T
OL – Jacob Ohnesorge, South Dakota State
OL – Mark Spelman, Illinois State
OL – Matt Fisher, Cal Poly
OL – J.P. Flynn, Montana State
QB – Taryn Christion, South Dakota State
QB – Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh
RB – Jonah Hodges, San Diego
RB – Derrick Craine, Chattanooga
RB – Mike Holloway, Charleston Southern
TE/HB – Anthony Firkser, Harvard
WR – Chad Williams, Grambling State
WR – Justin Watson, Penn
WR – Kendrick Bourne, Eastern Washington
P – Tate Lewis, Southern Utah
PK – Eric Medina, Texas Southern
RS – Willie Quinn, Southern
2016 HERO SPORTS FCS ALL-AMERICA TEAM
FIRST TEAM
DB – Dee Delaney, The Citadel
DB – Rob Rolle, Villanova
DB – Donald Payne, Stetson
DB – Casey DeAndrade, New Hampshire
DB – Tyler Williams, Central Arkansas
DL – Tanoh Kpassagnon, Villanova
DL – Karter Schult, Northern Iowa
DL – Keionta Davis, Chattanooga
DL – Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern
DL – Derek Rivers, Youngstown State
LB – Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth
LB – Dylan Cole, Missouri State
LB – Christian Kuntz, Duquesne
LB – Austin Calitro, Villanova
ATH – Lorenzo Jerome, Saint Francis
ATH – Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville State
OL – Max Rich, Harvard
OL – Zack Johnson, North Dakota State
OL – Mitchell Kirsch, James Madison
OL – Erik Austell, Charleston Southern
OL – Jessamen Dunker, Tennessee State
OL – Julie'n Davenport, Bucknell
QB – Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington
QB – Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State
RB – Chase Edmonds, Fordham
RB – Khalid Abdullah, James Madison
RB – Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T
TE – Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State
WR – Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington
WR – Brian Brown, Richmond
WR – Karel Hamilton, Samford
P – Miles Bergner, South Dakota
PK – Griffin Trau, Richmond
PK/P – David Marvin, Wofford
RS – Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern
RS – Rashard Davis, James Madison
SECOND TEAM
DB – Cole Reyes, North Dakota
DB – Tre Dempsey, North Dakota State
DB – Taylor Reynolds, James Madison
DB – Brendan Langley, Lamar
DB – LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State
DL – Greg Menard, North Dakota State
DL – Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State
DL – P.J. Hall, Sam Houston State
DL – Keontre Anderson, Jackson State
DL – Pat Afriyie, Colgate
LB – Darius Leonard, South Carolina State
LB – Brett Taylor, Western Illinois
LB – Chad Geter, Gardner-Webb
LB – Omar Howard, Richmond
LB – Nakevion Leslie, Chattanooga
ATH – Yedidiah Louis, Sam Houston State
ATH – Devante Kincade, Grambling State
FB – Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly
OL – Isaiah Pinson, The Citadel
OL – Larry Allen, Harvard
OL – Casey Dunn, Jacksonville State
OL – Anton Wahrby, Wofford
OL – Bridge Blount, Sam Houston State
OL – Aaron Stinnie, James Madison
QB – Bryan Schor, James Madison
QB – Devlin Hodges, Samford
RB – Lorenzo Long, Wofford
RB – Jody Webb, Youngstown State
RB – Lenard Tillery, Southern
TE – Eric Saubert, Drake
WR – Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State
WR – Troy Pelletier, Lehigh
WR – Kamron Lewis, Saint Francis
WR – Shaq Hill, Eastern Washington
P – Jake Ryder, Towson
RS – John Santiago, North Dakota
PK – Lane Clark, Tennessee State
THIRD TEAM
DB – Mike Basile, Monmouth
DB – Deion Harris, North Dakota
DB – Raven Greene, James Madison
DB – Troy McGowens, Charleston Southern
DB – Xavier Coleman, Portland State
DL – Ebenezer Ogundeko, Tennessee State
DL – Jonathan Petersen, San Diego
DL – Samson Ebukam, Eastern Washington
DL – Winston Craig, Richmond
DL – Avery Moss, Youngstown State
LB – Garrett Dolan, Houston Baptist
LB – MJ Stumpf, North Dakota State
LB – Solomon Leaeno, Saint Francis
LB – Darien Anderson, Alcorn State
ATH – Dalton Crossan, New Hampshire
ATH – Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois
ATH – John Lovett, Princeton
ATH – Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb
OL – Justin Lea, Jacksonville State
OL – Brandon Parker, North Carolina A&T
OL – Jacob Ohnesorge, South Dakota State
OL – Mark Spelman, Illinois State
OL – Matt Fisher, Cal Poly
OL – J.P. Flynn, Montana State
QB – Taryn Christion, South Dakota State
QB – Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh
RB – Jonah Hodges, San Diego
RB – Derrick Craine, Chattanooga
RB – Mike Holloway, Charleston Southern
TE/HB – Anthony Firkser, Harvard
WR – Chad Williams, Grambling State
WR – Justin Watson, Penn
WR – Kendrick Bourne, Eastern Washington
P – Tate Lewis, Southern Utah
PK – Eric Medina, Texas Southern
RS – Willie Quinn, Southern
