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Jacks, Coyote On All Valley

Jacks, Coyote On All Valley

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Five South Dakota State players and one from the University of South Dakota earned first team All Conference honors from the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Four of the Jackrabbits were named on offense and one on defense. The lone Coyote was named both as top punter and place kicker.

FIRST TEAM

QB —      Taryn Christion, South Dakota State                      6-2        215       So.             Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High

RB —      King Frazier, North Dakota State                            5-11      212       Sr.              Greenwood (Mo.) Lee’s Summit High

               Martin Ruiz, Youngstown State                              5-11      205       Sr.              Tampa (Fla.) Robinson High

FB —      Chase Morlock, North Dakota State                       6-0        223       Sr.              Moorhead (Minn.) High

WR–      Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois                                6-0        210       Sr.              Crete (Ill.) Crete Monee High

               Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State                         6-4        215       Jr.              Maple Grove (Minn.) High

TE —       Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State                       6-4        250       Jr.              Britton (S.D.) Britton-Hecla High

OL —      Brock Eisenhuth, Youngstown State                     6-5        350       Sr.              Johnstown (Pa.) High

               Zack Johnson, North Dakota State                         6-4        331       Sr.              Apple Valley (Minn.) Eastview High

               Landon Lechler, North Dakota State                      6-7        298       Sr.              Beach (N.D.) High

               Jacob Ohnesorge, South Dakota State                  6-3        285       Jr.              Waunakee (Wis.) High

               Mark Spelman, Illinois State                                    6-3        290       Sr.              Brookfield (Wis.) Marquette University

PK —      Miles Bergner, South Dakota                                  6-0        225       Sr.              Longmont (Colo.) High

LS —       Joshua Appel, Indiana State                                   6-2        250       Sr.              Normal (Ill.) West High

 

DL —      Greg Menard, North Dakota State                           6-2        239       Jr.              Lakeville (Minn.) Lakeville North High

               Avery Moss, Youngstown State                              6-3        265       Sr.              Tempe (Ariz.) Corona Del Sol High

               Derek Rivers, Youngstown State                            6-5        250       Sr.              Kinston (N.C.) High

               Karter Schult, Northern Iowa                                   6-4        269       Sr.              Tripoli (Iowa) High

LB —      Dylan Cole, Missouri State                                      6-1        240       Sr.              Rogersville (Mo.) Logan-Rogersville High

               Christian Rozeboom, South Dakota State             6-2        215       Fr.              Sioux Center (Iowa) High

               MJ Stumpf, North Dakota State                              6-2        220       Sr.              Harvey (N.D.) Harvey High

               Brett Taylor, Western Illinois                                  6-2        230       Jr.              Macomb (Ill.) High

DB–       LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State                    6-0        195       Sr.              Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer High

               Tre Dempsey, North Dakota State                          5-10      179       Jr.              Lakeland (Fla.) High

               Robbie Grimsley, North Dakota State                    6-0        183       So.             Hutchinson (Minn.) High

               Davontae Harris, Illinois State                                6-0        200       Jr.              Wichita (Kan.) South High

P —         Miles Bergner, South Dakota                                  6-0        225       Sr.              Longmont (Colo.) High

RS —      Deion Holliman, Missouri State                              5-9        188       Jr.              Camden (Ark.) Fairview High

 

 

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