Tuesday, Southern Utah and Weber State each received a representative on the STAT preseason All-American football team.
Southern Utah: 2nd team redshirt senior defensive lineman Lando Brown (4 sacks, 10 tackle for a loss last season)
Weber State: 2nd team senior offensive lineman Gavin Ortega.
The 1st team offense is as follows:
Monmouth redshirt senior quarterback Derek Robertson (completed 65.1 percent of his passes for 31 TD’s/6 INT’s last season for the Hawks)
Stony Brook graduate senior tailback Roland Dempster (1,332 rushing yards, 18 TD’s last season for the Wolves)
South Dakota redshirt junior tailback Charles Pierre Jr. (1,397 rushing yards, 17 TD’s, just under 7.1 yards per carry last season for the Coyotes)
Rhode Island redshirt junior receiver Marquis Buchanan (82 rec, 1,124 yards, 8 TD’s , 13.7 yards per reception last season for the Rams)
North Dakota State senior receiver Bryce Lance (75 rec, 1,071 yards, 17 TD’s, 14.3 yards per reception last season for the Bison)
Incarnate Word redshirt senior receiver Jalen Wathall (85 rec, 1,290 yards, 14 TD’s, 15.2 yards per reception last season for the Cardinals)
Dartmouth senior tight end Chris Corbo (32 rec, 315 yards, 7 TD’s last season for the Big Green)
Yale senior offensive lineman Michael Bennett
Montana State junior offensive lineman Titan Fleischmann
North Dakota State junior offensive lineman Trent Fraley
Dartmouth senior offensive lineman Delby Lemieux
Villanova redshirt senior offensive lineman Jake Picard
1st Team defense
Southern U. senior defensive lineman Ckelby Givens (12 sacks, 3 forced fumbles last season for the Jaguars)
Nicholls redshirt junior defensive lineman Rasheed Lovelace (interception, forced fumble last season for the Colonels)
Lehigh senior defensive lineman Matt Spatny (11.5 sacks last season for the Mountain Hawks)
Mercer sophomore defensive lineman Andrew Zock (7 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 14.5 tackles for a loss last season for the Bears)
Fordham graduate senior linebacker James Conway (2.5 tackles for a loss last season for the Rams)
Illinois State junior linebacker Tye Niekamp (3 sacks, 4 interceptions, 12 passes defensed last season for the Redbirds)
Rhode Island senior linebacker A.J. Pena (12.5 sacks, 22.5 tackles for a loss last season for the Rams)
Abilene Christian redshirt senior linebacker Will Shaffer (2 interceptions, 9.5 tackles for a loss last season for the Wildcats)
UC Davis senior cornerback Rex Connors (interception last season for the Aggies)
William & Mary senior cornerback Jalen Jones (2 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles last season for the Tribe)
Yale sophomore defensive back Abu Kamara (sack, 2 interceptions last season for the Bulldogs)
North Carolina-Central junior defensive back Malcolm Reed (2 interceptions, 11 defensed passes last season for the Eagles).











