Pierre Desir from Lindenwood is the best small school defender in the game. He walked away with the Cliff Harris Award to prove it.
Quarterbacks
Jimmy Garoppolo – Eastern Illinois
Jeff Matthews – Cornell
Dustin Vaughn – West Texas A&M
Brock Jensen – North Dakota State
Kory Faulkner – Southern Illinois / Jamal Londry-Jackson – Appalachian State
Running Backs *** If Terrence West of Towson leaves he will be 1st on this list
Tim Flanders – Sam Houston State
Zack Bauman – Northern Arizona
Fabian Truss – Samford
Jerick McKinion – Georgia Southern
Jaamal Berry – Murray State/Kyle Harnbridge – Saint Mary’s/Dom Williams – Wagner
Full Backs
Michael Lagrone – Idaho
Lyle Marsh – Penn
Travis Friend – Bucknell
Austen Wozniak – Indiana State
Jordan Neukirch – Illinois State
Wide Receivers
Jeff Janis – Saginaw Valley State
John Brown – Pittsburg State
Jeremy Butler – University of Tenn. Martin
Matt Hazel – Coastal Carolina
Erik Lora – Eastern Illinois/ Walter Powell – Murray State/Jordan Harris – Bryant/Lee Doss – Southern
Tight Ends *** A.C. Leonard of Tennessee State is second on this list (Junior)
Joe Don Duncan – Dixie State
Reggie Jordan – Missouri Western
Dezmond Beverly – Arkansas Pine Bluff
Justin Perillo – Maine
Cameron Brate – Harvard/James Oboh – Towson/Joe Hawkins – Morgan State
Offensive Tackles
Billy Turner – North Dakota State
Matt Hall – Belhaven
Danny Kister Jr. – Montana
Matt Feiler – Bloomsburg
Bryan Witzmann – South Dakota State/ Eric Pike – Towson/Kyle Bryant – Youngstown State
Offensive Guards
Dakota Dozier – Furman
Kadeem Edwards – Tennessee State
Gavin Farr – Southern Utah
Brian Clarke – Bloomsburg
Randall Harris – Towson
Offensive Centers
Matt Armstrong – Grand Valley State
Chris Elkins – Youngstown State
Harris Bivins – Murray State
Joshua Matthews – Howard
Doug Shaw – Towson/Ashton Miller – Eastern Washington/ Mike Sellers – Citadel
Defensive Ends *** Lynden Trail of Norfolk State would be 1st if he left early
Ethan Westbrooks – West Texas A&M
Zach Moore – Concordia (St. Paul)
Larry Webster – Bloomsburg
Terrence Fede – Marist
Robert Simpson – Mississippi Valley State/Adham Tallaat – Gallaudet/ Colton Underwood – Illinois State/Brad Daly – Montana
Defensive Tackles
Caraun Reid – Princeton
Lawrence Virgil – Valdosta State
Zach Kerr – Delaware
Antoine Lewis – Villanova
Jamie Meder – Ashland/Francis Bah – Liberty
Inside Linebackers
Stephon Robertson – James Madison
Wes Dothard – Tennessee Chattanooga
Brandon Denmark – Florida A&M
Grant Olsen – North Dakota State
Nate Dreilling – Pittsburg State
Outside Linebackers
Jordan Tripp – Montana
Tyler Starr – South Dakota
Deron Furr – Fort Valley State
Dorian Bell – Duquesne
DJ Roberts – Tennessee Martin/Howard Jones – Shepherd
Cornerbacks
Pierre Desir – Lindenwood
Qua Cox – Jackson State
Marcus Williams – North Dakota State
Walt Aikens – Liberty
Brandon Dixon – Northwest Missouri / Jordan Love –Towson /Devin Wallace – Virginia Union
Strong Safety
Dexter Moody – Albany State
Marvin Robinson – Ferris State
Jestin Love – Central Arkansas
Nick Williams – North Alabama
Joc Skinner – Bethel
Free Safety
Jack Moro – Saint Cloud State
Cam Loeffler – Jackson State
D.J. Key – Tennessee Chattanooga
Nick Beard – Eastern Illinois
Ben Ericksen – Illinois State
Michael Green – Lenoir Rhyne
Punters
Bobby Wenzig – Alabama State
Ray Early – Furman
Kevin Van Voris – West Texas A &M
Zack Pulkenin – Bemidji State
Andy Wilder – Northern Arizona
Kickers
Sergio Castillo – West Texas A&M
Nick Ferrara – Stony Brook
Colton Cook – Southern Utah
Eddie Carmara – Central Arka