The Bluebloods 2022 FCS All-American Team is officially here. The Bluebloods FCS All-American team has a representative from all 15 FCS conferences and 55 different schools are represented on the All-American team. North Dakota State leads the country with 6 All-American selections, while South Dakota State and Incarnate Word have the second most selections with 5 All-American selections.
Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr. was selected as the FCS Offensive Player of the Year after a historic season for the Cardinals. Scott set a new FCS record with 59 passing touchdowns this season, while also throwing for over 4,404 passing yards in the regular season.
Illinois State linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh was selected as the FCS Defensive Player of the Year after leading the country in tackles for loss per game and total sacks this season. Vandenburgh finished the 2022 season with 100 total tackles, 21.0 tackles for loss, and 14.0 sacks for the Redbirds.
2022 Bluebloods FCS All-American Team
FCS Offensive Player of the Year: Lindsey Scott Jr. (Incarnate Word; QB)
FCS Defensive Player of the Year: Zeke Vandenburgh (Illinois State; LB)
FCS Freshman of the Year: Gevani McCoy (Idaho; QB)
FCS Coach of the Year: Chris Hatcher (Samford)
1st Team Offense:
QB: Lindsey Scott Jr. (Incarnate Word)
RB: Geno Hess (Southeast Missouri State)
RB: Jaden Shirden (Monmouth)
FB: Hunter Luepke (North Dakota State)
WR: Hayden Hatten (Idaho)
WR: Darion Chafin (Incarnate Word)
WR: Fotis Kokosioulis (Fordham)
TE: Ryan Miller (Furman)
OL: Cody Mauch (North Dakota State)
OL: Colby Sorsdal (William & Mary)
OL: Ajani Cornelius (Rhode Island)
OL: McClendon Curtis (Chattanooga)
OL: Mason McCormick (South Dakota State)
OL: Mark Evans II (Arkansas Pine-Bluff)
1st Team Defense:
DL: David Walker (Central Arkansas)
DL: Reece Winkelman (South Dakota State)
DL: Devonnsha Maxwell (Chattanooga)
DL: Spencer Waege (North Dakota State)
LB: John Pius (William & Mary)
LB: Zeke Vandenburgh (Illinois State)
LB: Joe Andreessen (Bryant)
LB: Johnny Buchanan (Delaware)
DB: Maxwell Anderson (Weber State)
DB: Alijah Huzzie (East Tennessee State)
DB: Kameron Brown (Chattanooga)
DB: Marcus Hillman (Elon)
DB: Kedrick Whitehead (Delaware)
1st Team Special Teams:
K: Ethan Gettman (Bryant)
P: Jake Gerardi (Southern Utah)
KR: Abraham Williams (Weber State)
PR: Jarrod Barnes (Central Arkansas)
AP: Dylan Laube (New Hampshire)
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2nd Team Offense:
QB: Tim DeMorat (Fordham)
RB: Cameron Skattebo (Sacramento State)
RB: Jaleel McLaughlin (Youngstown State)
WR: Chandler Smith (Samford)
WR: Ty James (Mercer)
WR: Taylor Grimes (Incarnate Word)
WR: Joey Hobert (Utah Tech)
TE: Tucker Kraft (South Dakota State)
OL: Nash Jensen (North Dakota State)
OL: Luke Newman (Holy Cross)
OL: Nash Jones (Incarnate Word)
OL: Garrett Greenfield (South Dakota State)
OL: Matthan Hatchie (UT Martin)
OL: Mike McAllister (Youngstown State)
2nd Team Defense:
DL: Ty French (Gardner-Webb)
DL: Dylan Ruiz (New Hampshire)
DL: Jay Person (Chattanooga)
DL: Caleb Sanders (South Dakota State)
LB: Elijah Anderson-Taylor (Northern Colorado)
LB: Aubrey Miller (Jackson State)
LB: Todd Hill (Duquesne)
LB: BJ Davis (South Carolina State)
DB: Justin Ford (Montana)
DB: Khalil Baker (North Carolina Central)
DB: Michael Tutsie (North Dakota State)
DB: Markeith Montgomery (Kennesaw State)
DB: Benny Sapp III (Northern Iowa)
2nd Team Special Teams:
K: Skylar Davis (Elon)
P: Patrick Rohrbach (Montana)
KR: Malik Flowers (Montana)
PR: D’Ago Hunter (Towson)
AP: Matthew Sluka (Holy Cross)
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3rd Team Offense:
QB: Michael Hiers (Samford)
RB: ShunDerrick Powell (North Alabama)
RB: Bhayshul Tuten (North Carolina A&T)
WR: Joshua Tomas (Georgetown)
WR: Xavier Gipson (Stephen F. Austin)
WR: Andrew Armstrong (Texas A&M-Commerce)
WR: Xavier Smith (Florida A&M)
TE: Martin Marshel (Sacramento State)
OL: Anderson Tomlin (Furman)
OL: Brandon Weldon (Sacramento State)
OL: Pearson Toomey (Furman)
OL: Jake Kubas (North Dakota State)
OL: Charles Grant (William & Mary)
OL: Robert Mitchell (North Carolina Central)
3rd Team Defense:
DL: Josiah Silver (New Hampshire)
DL: Eric O’Neill (Long Island)
DL: Elijah Williams (Morgan State)
DL: Truman Jones (Harvard)
LB: Rodney Dansby (Houston Christian)
LB: Kelechi Anyalebechi (Incarnate Word)
LB: John Ford III (UT Martin)
LB: Colton Adams (Alabama State)
LB: Winston Reid (Weber State)
DB: TaMuarion Wilson (Central Arkansas)
DB: Rassie Littlejohn (Stetson)
DB: Rex Connors (UC Davis)
DB: Demetries Ford (Austin Peay)
DB: Noah Plack (Delaware)
3rd Team Special Teams:
K: Richard McCollum (Western Carolina)
P: David Gelb (Charleston Southern)
KR: Marqui Johnson (Montana State)
PR: Xavier Gipson (Stephen F. Austin)
AP: Devron Harper (Mercer)
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What does MSU do to get some respect for this season? All-American selections, heck even all Big Sky selections were not forth coming, even with conference titles and a semifinal appearance. Why do sites like yours and others think the lack of MSU talent exists, obviously you believe it resides with the other semifinalist teams? Why not the Cats? Last season MSU was heavily decorated and I realize that not every team each year will garner attention but this year seems lacking.
Maybe it is sour grapes on my end and it shouldn’t be because of another semifinals appearance, undefeated conference season and home win streak is intact. I will take comfort in these facts and not worry about some selections anymore, but need to know what the Cats could do to improve player performance?