{"id":30339,"date":"2017-12-18T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosportsprod.wpengine.com\/news\/hero-sports-2017-fcs-freshman-all-america-teams-ajaj\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T18:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T02:18:13","slug":"hero-sports-2017-fcs-freshman-all-america-teams-ajaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/hero-sports-2017-fcs-freshman-all-america-teams-ajaj\/","title":{"rendered":"HERO Sports 2017 FCS Freshman All-America Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A year ago, they weren’t even playing college football. Some were still in high school, while others were redshirting and only seeing scout team action with their respective colleges. But this year? They were immediate big-impact players for Division I football programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at how things turned out for these freshmen, and keep in mind that HERO Sports does take into account the postseason when making these selections, and if we felt a certain position deserved an extra individual based on merit, we added that spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Team Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

POS<\/strong><\/th>PLAYER<\/strong><\/th>TEAM<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Gresch Jensen<\/a><\/td>Montana<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Davis Cheek<\/a><\/td>Elon<\/a>\u200b<\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Zane Dudek<\/a><\/td>Yale<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Kierre Crossley<\/a><\/td>Central Arkansas<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Pete Guerriero<\/a><\/td>Monmouth<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Connor Mignone<\/a><\/td>Central Connecticut<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Reed Kroeber<\/a><\/td>Furman<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Tyler Downs<\/a><\/td>Weber State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Drew Himmelman<\/a><\/td>Illinois St<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Tyler Ciurej<\/a><\/td>South Dakota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
WR<\/strong><\/td>Kortez Weeks<\/a><\/td>Elon<\/a>\u200b<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
WR<\/strong><\/td>Landen <\/a>Measom<\/a><\/td>Southern Utah<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
TE<\/strong><\/td>Adam Trautman<\/a><\/td>Dayton<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
AP<\/strong><\/td>Jeremiah Oatsvall<\/a><\/td>Austin Peay<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
AP<\/strong><\/td>Caylin Newton<\/a><\/td>Howard<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
First Team Defense<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
POS<\/strong><\/th>PLAYER<\/strong><\/th>TEAM<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DL<\/strong><\/td>Colby Ritten<\/a><\/td>Richmond<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DL<\/strong><\/td>Anthony Knighton<\/a><\/td>Southern Illinois<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DL<\/strong><\/td>Nathan Schultz<\/a><\/td>South Dakota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Bryson Armstrong<\/a><\/td>Kennesaw State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Jabril <\/a>Cox<\/a><\/td>North Dakota St<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Colby Reeder<\/a><\/td>Delaware<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Glenn Cunningham<\/a><\/td>Fordham<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Franklin (Mac) McCain III<\/a><\/td>N.C. A&T<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Xavior Williams<\/a><\/td>Northern Iowa<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Phillip Powell<\/a><\/td>South Dakota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>JJ Henderson<\/a><\/td>Stetson<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
AP<\/strong><\/td>Troy Andersen<\/a><\/td>Montana State<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
First Team ST<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
POS<\/strong><\/th>PLAYER<\/strong><\/th>TEAM<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
P<\/strong><\/td>Harry O\u2019Kelly<\/a><\/td>James Madison<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
PK<\/strong><\/td>Trey Tuttle<\/a><\/td>Weber State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RS<\/strong><\/td>Terrell Kennedy<\/a><\/td>Jackson State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RS<\/strong><\/td>Rashid Shaheed<\/a><\/td>Weber State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RS<\/strong><\/td>Cade Johnson<\/a><\/td>South Dakota State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
ST<\/strong><\/td>Anfernee Gurley<\/a><\/td>Eastern Washington<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
POS<\/strong><\/th>PLAYER<\/strong><\/th>TEAM<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
TE<\/strong><\/td>Trae Barry<\/a><\/td>Jacksonville State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Blake Bockrath<\/a><\/td>ETSU<\/a>\u200b<\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Andre Brackett<\/a><\/td>Bryant<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Grant Breneman<\/a><\/td>Colgate<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Chauncey Caldwell<\/a><\/td>N.C. Central<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Bryan Cook<\/a><\/td>Howard<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Marcus Cooper<\/a><\/td>SE Louisiana<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
PK<\/strong><\/td>Sam Drysdale<\/a><\/td>Northern Iowa<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Wesley Dugger<\/a><\/td>Davidson<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Bryce Gibson<\/a><\/td>Youngstown St.<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Paul Grattan<\/a><\/td>Villanova<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Jaron Grayer<\/a><\/td>Maine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Patrick Howell<\/a><\/td>Texas Southern<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Kordel Jackson<\/a><\/td>Austin Peay<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RS<\/strong><\/td>Peyton Logan<\/a><\/td>UT Martin<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Torrance Marable<\/a><\/td>Presbyterian<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Emilio Martinez<\/a><\/td>San Diego<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Eric McAllister<\/a><\/td>Robert Morris<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Zyon McCollum<\/a><\/td>Sam Houston State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Chris Mulvey<\/a><\/td>Maine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Simeon Page<\/a><\/td>Bucknell<\/a>\u200b<\/td><\/tr>
WR<\/strong><\/td>Jorge Portorreal<\/a><\/td>Lehigh<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Jake Rastas<\/a><\/td>North Dakota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Kaelan Riley<\/a><\/td>Mercer<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LB<\/strong><\/td>Demetri Royer<\/a><\/td>Charleston Southern<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
OL<\/strong><\/td>Mason Scheidegger<\/a><\/td>South Dakota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
DB<\/strong><\/td>Vincent Sellers<\/a><\/td>Tennessee State<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
QB<\/strong><\/td>Daniel Smith<\/a><\/td>Campbell<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
RB<\/strong><\/td>Ahmaad Tanner<\/a><\/td>Austin Peay

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