The NAIA All American first team in football includes four players from the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
They represent Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Morningside and Doane.
2017 AFCA NAIA Coaches’ All-America Team – First Team
OFFENSE
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
QB Tanner Trosin 6-0 180 R-Sr. Southern Oregon Charlie Hall Folsom, Calif. (Folsom)
RB Ejay Johnson 5-9 195 Sr. Benedictine (Kan.) Larry Wilcox O’Fallon, Ill. (O’Fallon)
WR Hayden Adams 6-1 190 Sr. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Ross Cimpl Villa Park, Ill. (Willowbrook)
WR Caleb Thomas 5-9 170 Fr. Graceland (Iowa) Marc Kolb Miami Gardens, Fla. (Flanagan)
WR LaQuvionte Gonzalez 5-11 175 Sr. Southeastern (Fla.) Keith Barefield Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill)
TE Trenton Poe-Evans 6-3 202 So. Kansas Wesleyan Matt Drinkall Needles, Calif. (Needles)
OL Chris Emter 6-4 302 Sr. Carroll (Mont.) Mike Van Diest Livingston, Mont. (Park)
OL Zac Lawson 6-3 300 Sr. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Chris Oliver Bloomfield, Ky. (Nelson County)
C *Xavier Carter 5-11 240 Sr. Reinhardt (Ga.) James Miller Snellville, Ga. (Shiloh)
OL Jacob Cook 6-0 305 Sr. Dordt (Iowa) Joel Penner Council Bluffs, Iowa (Lewis Central)
OL *Dajshon Oliver 6-4 315 Sr. Warner (Fla.) Rod Shafer Tampa, Fla. (Chamberlain)
DEFENSE
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
DL Jamarae Finnie 6-3 300 Sr. Langston (Okla.) Quinton Morgan Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln)
DL *Evan Sprayberry 6-2 210 Jr. Tabor (Kan.) Mike Gardner Moore, Okla. (Moore)
DL *Josh Kock 6-0 260 Sr. Baker (Kan.) Mike Grossner Concordia, Mo. (Concordia)
DL Chris Overton 6-1 230 Sr. St. Ambrose (Iowa) Mike Magistrelli Springfield, Ill. (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
LB Caden McDonald 5-11 210 Sr. Morningside (Iowa) Steve Ryan Logan, Iowa (Logan-Magnolia)
LB Michal Arenas 6-0 215 R-Sr. Eastern Oregon Tim Camp Winnemucca, Nev. (Lowry)
LB Thomas Sease 6-3 205 Sr. Dickinson St. (N.D.) Pete Stanton Bismarck, N.D. (Bismarck)
DB Darius Price 6-2 215 Sr. Siena Heights (Mich.) Matt Kohn Saginaw, Mich. (Saginaw)
DB Tomunci Whitfield 5-10 180 Sr. Southwestern (Kan.) Brad Griffin Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill)
DB Cole Wiseman 5-11 175 Sr. Doane (Neb.) Matt Franzen Sutton, Neb. (Sutton)
DB Keenan Fagan 5-11 190 Jr. Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Jason Petrino Lake Tapps, Wash. (Lake Tapps)
SPECIALISTS
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
P *Derek Brush 6-3 200 Sr. Arizona Christian Jeff Bowen Whittier, Calif. (Whittier Christian)
PK Daniel Martinez 5-11 200 Sr. Wayland Baptist (Texas) Butch Henderson San Salvador, El Salvador (Bryan Adams)
AP Justin Green 5-10 196 Jr. St. Francis (Ind.) Kevin Donley Griffith, Ind. (Griffith)
*-2016 AFCA All-