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National Powers Highlight 2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team
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National Powers Highlight 2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team

Defending FCS champion North Dakota State and fellow Missouri Valley Conference member South Dakota State lead the way with six selections each on the Stats Perform 2022 FCS Preseason All-America Team, announced on Monday.

Included are NDSU senior fullback Hunter Luepke, who’s been a first-team selection on each of the past two Stats Perform postseason All-America squads, and SDSU tight end Tucker Kraft, also a returning first-team selection who as a junior is considered one of the leading 2023 NFL Draft prospects in the NCAA’s Division I subdivision.

All 15 FCS conferences and 57 schools are represented among the 105 All-Americans, which included 56 players who were postseason All-Americans previously.

2022 STATS PERFORM FCS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Previous Season(s) as First-Team Postseason All-American Listed in Parentheses

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE

QB – Xavier Shepherd, 6-0, 205, junior, Kennesaw State (2021 All-Purpose)

RB – Isaiah Davis, 6-1, 220, junior, South Dakota State

RB – Isaiah Ifanse, 5-10, 202, senior, Montana State

FB – Hunter Luepke, 6-1, 236, senior, North Dakota State (2020, 2021)

WR – Xavier Gipson, 5-9, 170, senior, Stephen F. Austin (2021)

WR – Taylor Grimes, 5-11, 190, senior, UIW

TE – Tucker Kraft, 6-5, 255, junior, South Dakota State (2021)

OL – Michael Corbi, 6-6, 335, senior, Villanova

OL – McClendon Curtis, 6-6, 328, senior, Chattanooga

OL – Matthan Hatchie, 6-2, 310, senior, UT Martin

OL – Cody Mauch, 6-6, 303, senior, North Dakota State

OL – Mason McCormick, 6-4, 310, senior, South Dakota State

DEFENSE

DL – Nate Lynn, 6-3, 255, junior, William & Mary (2021)

DL – Devonnsha Maxwell, 6-3, 296, senior, Chattanooga (2021)

DL – Josiah Silver, 6-2, 234, sophomore, New Hampshire

DL – Spencer Waege, 6-5, 278, senior, North Dakota State

LB – Jacob Dobbs, 6-0, 232, senior, Holy Cross (2021)

LB – Ryan Greenhagen 6-1, 245, grad, Fordham

LB – Isaiah Land 6-4, 215, senior, Florida A&M (2021)

LB – Patrick O’Connell, 6-2, 225, redshirt senior, Montana (2021)

LB – Stone Snyder, 6-3, 240, senior, VMI (2020)

DB – Anthony Adams, 6-0, 185, senior, Portland State (2019)

DB – Justin Ford, 6-2, 190, redshirt senior, Montana (2021)

DB – Ferlando Jordan, 6-0, 180, redshirt senior, Southeastern Louisiana

DB – Kedrick Whitehead, 5-11, 195, senior, Delaware (2020)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK – Matthew Cook, 5-11, 180, junior, Northern Iowa

P – Grant Burkett, 6-1, 191, sophomore, Missouri State

LS – Robert Soderholm, 6-1, 230, senior, VMI

KR – Malik Flowers, 6-2, 200, redshirt senior, Montana

PR – Jah’Marae Sheread, 5-7, 175, redshirt senior, Florida A&M

AP – Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., 5-9, 189, senior, UC Davis

AP – Jacob Saylors, 5-11, 195, senior, ETSU

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE

QB – Jason Shelley, 5-11, 197, senior, Missouri State

RB – Juwon Farri, 5-10, 195, redshirt senior, Monmouth

RB – Malik Grant, junior, 5-9, 200, senior, Sacred Heart

RB – Jaleel McLaughlin, 5-9, 195, senior, Youngstown State

WR – Avante Cox, 5-10, 170, senior, Southern Illinois (2020)

WR – Jakob Herres, 6-4, 225, grad, Richmond (2020)

TE – Kemari Averett, 6-6, 260, senior, Bethune-Cookman

TE – Ryan Miller, 6-2, 221, redshirt senior, Furman

OL – Noah Atagi, 6-4, 325, junior, Weber State

OL – Garret Greenfield, 6-6, 295, senior, South Dakota State (2020)

OL – Alex Jensen, 6-7, 280, senior, South Dakota

OL – Kyle Nunez, 6-2, 340, grad, Stony Brook

OL – Anderson Tomlin, 6-5, 296, redshirt senior, Furman

DEFENSE

DL – Brevin Allen, 6-4, 265, senior, Campbell

DL – Malik Hamm, 6-3, 260, senior, Lafayette

DL – Jeblonski Green, 6-3, 265, redshirt junior, South Carolina State

DL – Jordan Lewis, 6-3, 195, junior, Southern (2020)

DL – Clay Patterson, 6-3, 267, junior, Yale

DL – B.J. Thompson, 6-6, 210, senior, Stephen F. Austin

LB – Kelechi Anyalebechi, 6-0, 240, grad, UIW

LB – Adam Bock, 6-1, 215, sophomore, South Dakota State

LB – Spencer Cuvelier, 6-3, 245, redshirt senior, Northern Iowa

LB – David Hoage, 6-3, 250, junior, Northern Colorado

LB – Titus Leo, 6-4, 245, grad, Wagner

LB – Tristan Wheeler, 6-2, 228, redshirt junior, Richmond

DB – Zy Alexander, 6-3, 185, sophomore, Southeastern Louisiana

DB – Montrae Braswell, 6-0, 190, junior, Missouri State

DB – Robby Hauck, 5-10, 185, redshirt senior, Montana

DB – Michael Tutsie, 5-11, 193, senior, North Dakota State

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK – Kyle Sentkowski, 6-0, 209, senior, Sacramento State

P – Max Quick, 5-10, 185, junior, Stephen F. Austin

LS – Dalton Godfrey, 6-2, 230, senior, South Dakota

KR – Isaiah Bolden, 6-2, 205, senior, Jackson State

PR – Devron Harper, 5-9, 165, junior, Mercer (2020)

AP – Jake Chisholm, 5-9, 191, senior, Dayton

AP – Javon Williams Jr., 6-2, 245, junior, Southern Illinois (2020)

THIRD TEAM

OFFENSE

QB – Trae Self, 6-4, 190, senior Stephen F. Austin

RB – Ailym Ford, 5-9, 213, junior, Chattanooga

RB – Geno Hess, 5-8, 209, senior, Southeast Missouri

RB – Ty Son Lawton, 5-10, 215, senior, Stony Brook

WR – Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, 6-1, 190, senior, Alabama A&M

WR – Jaxon Janke, 6-3, 210, senior, South Dakota State

WR – Xavier Smith, 5-10, 170, grad, Florida A&M

TE – Marshel Martin, 6-2, 209, junior, Sacramento State

OL – Nick Correia, 6-6, 330, redshirt junior, Rhode Island

OL – Mark Evans II, 6-4, 295, senior, Arkansas-Pine Bluff

OL – Levi Nesler, 6-1, 318, redshirt senior, Murray State

OL – Jake Parks, 6-3, 285, senior, UC Davis

OL – Evan Roussel, 6-2, 290, sophomore, Nicholls

DEFENSE

DL – Ty French, 6-3, 230, junior, Gardner-Webb

DL – Jonathan Hammond, 6-2, 227, junior, Davidson

DL – Logan Jessup, 6-3, 255, junior, Central Arkansas

DL – VJ Malo, 6-1, 270, senior, Portland State

DL – Kevin Peprah, 6-2, 235, senior, Sacred Heart

DL – Markel Perry, 6-2, 220, redshirt senior, Sam Houston

LB – Ty Boeck, 6-1, 218, senior, Chattanooga

LB – John Ford II, 6-3, 230, grad, UT Martin

LB – Matthew Jackson, 6-2, 205, redshirt senior, Eastern Kentucky

LB – James Kaczor, 6-0, 212, senior, North Dakota State

LB – Trevor Williams, 5-9, 205, senior, Sam Houston

DB – Cole Coleman, 5-10, 193, senior, Elon

DB – Eddie Heckard, 5-10, 190, junior, Weber State

DB – Travis Hunter, 6-1, 165, freshman, Jackson State

DB – Deven Sims, 6-2, 200, redshirt senior, UT Martin

DB – Lance Wise, 5-8, 185, junior, Mercer

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK – Chris Campos, 5-10, 220, redshirt sophomore, Stephen F. Austin

P – Ryan Kost, 6-2, 200, grad, Monmouth

LS – Brian McNamara, 5-9, 190, senior, Sacred Heart

KR – Calvin Jones, 5-10, 175, sophomore, Western Carolina

PR – Jayden Price, 6-0, 197, senior, North Dakota State

AP – Narii Gaither, 5-10, 181, senior, Gardner-Webb

AP – Darius Hale, 5-11, 225, sophomore, Central Arkansas

AP – Tommy Mellott, 6-0, 195, sophomore, Montana State

Graphic design by Matt Sisneros. Video compiled by Graham Bell.