{"id":81745,"date":"2021-07-13T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosportsprod.wpengine.com\/?p=81745"},"modified":"2022-04-19T11:01:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:01:51","slug":"fcs-football-2021-jersey-countdown-mason-mccormick-bzbz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-football-2021-jersey-countdown-mason-mccormick-bzbz\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 FCS Jersey Countdown: 60 \u2014 The Best Player Who Wears No. 60 Is SDSU&#8217;s Mason McCormick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCS<\/a>&nbsp;Jersey Countdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading up to Week 0 games on Aug. 28, HERO Sports is going to name the best returning FCS player by jersey number, 99-0. Due to rosters being updated at different times for teams across the country and to keep things consistent, jersey numbers are based on the&nbsp;2020 fall-2021 spring season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-football-2021-jersey-countdown-bzbz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 99-0 countdown central page can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: Jersey numbers are based on&nbsp;2020 fall-2021 spring&nbsp;rosters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">60: Mason McCormick, OL (So.) \u2014 South Dakota State<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jackrabbits had a stellar rushing attack in the spring en route to the national championship game. The offensive line played like the best unit in the FCS, and with the two-headed monster of running backs Pierre Strong Jr. and Isaiah Davis, the Jacks had the seventh-ranked rushing offense (231.7 YPG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At left guard was McCormick, arguably the top overall big man for SDSU. McCormick, who is 6-foot-4 and 310 pounds, was named a HERO Sports Sophomore All-American along with right tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-football-2021-jersey-countdown-garret-greenfield-bzbz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Garret Greenfield<\/a>. He was also named to the HERO Sports All-FCS team and added All-MVFC Second Team honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All five starters up front return this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a scary thought for defenses with Strong and Davis running behind that line. But with a new starting QB due to Mark Gronowski&#8217;s knee injury, teams will sell out to stop the run. The SDSU o-line will be leaned on to create holes and running lanes as the Jacks eye a return to Frisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This freshman RB on SDSU is SPECIAL.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/z4days?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@z4days<\/a> breaks an 85-yard TD run to put the Jacks ahead of Sam Houston 21-17 with 5:41 to play in the FCS Championship Game.<br><br>\ud83d\udcfa: ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N57kixQoxG\">pic.twitter.com\/N57kixQoxG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mikey McNuggets (@MikeLucasTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLucasTV\/status\/1394047966764281861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2021&nbsp;FCS&nbsp;Jersey Countdown. Leading up to Week 0 games on Aug. 28, HERO Sports is going to name the best returning FCS player by jersey number, 99-0. 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