From the Southwestern Athletic Conference:
A total of nine Southwestern Athletic Conference student-athletes have been named to the 2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American Team.
Isaiah Land (FAMU), Jah’Marae Sheread (FAMU), Jordan Lewis (SU), Kemari Averett (B-CU), Isaiah Bolden (JSU), Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim (AAMU), Xavier Smith (FAMU), Mark Evans II (UAPB), and Travis Hunter (JSU) were each selected as members of the team.
Florida A&M’s Land and Sheread highlight the list of SWAC selections named to the Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American Team.
At the conclusion of regular season play, Land led the nation with 25.5 tackles for loss and 19 sacks. He also added three forced fumbles, two pass breakups, and one fumble recovery. He was named SWAC Defensive Player of the Week after setting a Rattlers’ record of five sacks versus South Carolina State. Land recorded a sack or tackles for loss in ten of the 11 games this past season and recorded two or more sacks in five games and did the same for tackles for loss in six games.
Sheread earned Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American First Team honors after leading the nation in yards per punt return with 19.9. He had 358 punt return yards and one punt return touchdown. Sheread has also been named to the Preseason Athlon Sports All-American Team.
All 15 FCS conferences and 57 schools are represented among the 105 All-Americans, which included 56 players who were postseason All-Americans previously.
A complete listing of Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American Team selections is listed below.
2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American First Team
Offense
QB – Xavier Shepherd, 6-0, 205, Junior, Kennesaw State
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
WR – Xavier Gipson, 5-9, 170, Senior, Stephen F. Austin
WR – Taylor Grimes, 5-11, 190, Senior, UIW
TE – Tucker Kraft, 6-5, 255, Junior, South Dakota State
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
DL – Devonnsha Maxwell, 6-3, 296, Senior, Chattanooga
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
LB – Ryan Greenhagen 6-1, 245, Graduate, Fordham
LB – Isaiah Land 6-4, 215, Senior, Florida A&M
LB – Patrick O’Connell, 6-2, 225, Redshirt-Senior, Montana
LB – Stone Snyder, 6-3, 240, Senior, VMI
DB – Anthony Adams, 6-0, 185, Senior, Portland State
DB – Justin Ford, 6-2, 190, Redshirt-Senior, Montana
DB – Ferlando Jordan, 6-0, 180, Redshirt-Senior, Southeastern Louisiana
DB – Kedrick Whitehead, 5-11, 195, Senior, Delaware
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
2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American 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
WR – Jakob Herres, 6-4, 225, Graduate, Richmond
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
OL – Alex Jensen, 6-7, 280, Senior, South Dakota
OL – Kyle Nunez, 6-2, 340, Graduate, 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
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, Graduate, 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, Graduate, 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 – Devon Harper, 5-9, 165, Junior, Mercer
AP – Jake Chisholm, 5-9, 191, Senior, Dayton
AP – Javon Williams Jr., 6-2, 245, Junior, Southern Illinois
2022 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American 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, Graduate, 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, Graduate, 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, Graduate, 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
