MVFC All-Conference Teams

[Professor Chaos]

http://www.valley-football.org/news/default/2015-16/8448/2015-mvfc-all-conference-team/

FIRST TEAM

QB -- Mark Iannotti, Southern Illinois 6-2 220 Sr. Schaumburg (Ill.) High / Eastern Michigan
QB -- Tre Roberson, Illinois State 6-0 205 Sr. Indianapolis (Ind.) Lawrence Central High / Indiana
RB -- Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State 5-9 205 Sr. Victorville (Calif.) Oak Hills High
RB -- Nikko Watson, Western Illinois 6-0 250 Sr. Rock Island (Ill.) High
FB -- Andrew Bonnet, North Dakota State 6-3 250 Sr. Council Bluffs (Iowa) Underwood High
WR-- Anthony Warrum, Illinois State 6-2 190 Jr. Fishers (Ind.) Heritage Christian School
WR-- Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State 6-4 210 So. Maple Grove (Minn.) High
TE -- Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State 6-5 245 So. Britton (S.D.) Britton-Hecla High
OL -- Joe Haeg, North Dakota State 6-6 310 Sr. Lake Shore (Minn.) Brainerd High
OL -- Zack Johnson, North Dakota State 6-4 326 Jr. Apple Valley (Minn.) Eastview High
OL -- Jacob Rathmacher, UNI 6-4 297 Sr. Story City (Iowa) Roland-Story
OL -- Mark Spelman, Illinois State 6-3 280 Jr. Brookfield (Wis.) Marquette University High
OL -- Ethan Wirth, Southern Illinois 6-7 283 Sr. Williamston (Mich.) High / Toledo
PK -- Zak Kennedy, Youngstown State 6-0 160 Fr. Youngstown (Ohio) Cardinal Mooney
LS -- Joshua Appel, Indiana State 6-2 250 Jr. Normal (Ill.) West High

DL -- Greg Menard, North Dakota State 6-2 239 So. Lakeville (Minn.) Lakeville North High
DL -- Derek Rivers, Youngstown State 6-5 255 Jr. Kinston (N.C.) High
DL -- Karter Schult, UNI 6-2 265 Jr. Tripoli (Iowa) High
DL -- Andrew Van Ginkel, South Dakota 6-4 230 Fr. Rock Valley (Iowa) High
LB -- Dylan Cole, Missouri State 6-1 236 Jr. Rogersville (Mo.) Logan-Rogersville High
LB -- Nick DeLuca, North Dakota State 6-3 244 Jr. Omaha (Neb.) Millard North High
LB -- Brett McMakin, UNI 6-4 232 Jr. Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley West High
LB -- Pat Meehan, Illinois State 6-1 225 Sr. Frankfort (Ill.) Lincoln-Way East
DB-- LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State 6-0 195 Jr. Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer High / Nebraska
DB -- Deiondre' Hall, UNI 6--2 190 Sr. Blue Springs (Mo.) High
DB -- Tim Kilfoy, UNI 6-1 215 Sr. Davenport (Iowa) Assumption High
DB -- CJ Smith, North Dakota State 5-11 188 Sr. Savage (Minn.) Burnsville High
P -- Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State 5-10 196 Sr. Barrington (Ill.) High
RS -- Deion Holliman, Missouri State 5-9 181 So. Camden (Ark.) Fairview High

SECOND TEAM

QB -- Aaron Bailey, UNI 6-2 226 Jr. Bolingbrook (Ill.) High / Illinois
RB -- King Frazier, North Dakota State 5-11 213 Jr. Greenwood (Mo.) Lee's Summit High / Nebraska
RB -- Jody Webb, Youngstown State 5-9 180 Jr. Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer High
FB -- Brady Tibbits, Illinois State 5-10 240 Jr. Mineral Point (Wis.) High
WR -- Lance Lenoir, Jr., Western Illinois 6-0 200 Jr. Crete (Ill.) Crete Monee High
WR -- Billy Reed, Southern Illinois 6-1 203 Jr. Lockport (Ill.) Lockport Township
TE -- Luke Albers, North Dakota State 6-5 250 Sr. Iola (Wis.) Iola-Scandinavia High
TE -- Adam Fuehne, Southern Illinois 6-7 257 Sr. Damiansville (Ill.) Mater Dei Catholic
OL -- Kyle Avaloy, Illinois State 6-5 330 Jr. Lombard (Ill.) Glenbard South
OL -- Jacob Judd, Western Illinois 6-3 290 So. Clinton (Iowa) High
OL -- Jeremy Kelly, North Dakota State 6-6 300 Sr. Somerset (Wis.) High / Minnesota-Crookston
OL -- Jacob Ohnesorge, South Dakota State 6-3 280 So. Waunakee (Wis.) High
OL -- Robert Rathje, UNI 6-3 295 Jr. Van Horne (Iowa) Benton Community High
PK -- Miles Bergner, South Dakota 6-0 225 Jr. Longmont (Colo.) High
LS -- James Fisher, North Dakota State 6-2 213 So. Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson High

DL -- Isaac Ales, UNI 6-3 268 Sr. Muscatine (Iowa) High
DL -- Teddy Corwin, Illinois State 6-5 260 Sr. St. Louis (Mo.) DeSmet Jesuit High
DL -- Cole Langer, South Dakota State 6-2 285 Jr. Dell Rapids (S.D.) High
DL -- David Perkins, Illinois State 6-4 245 Sr. South Bend (Ind.) Washington High / Ohio State
LB -- Chase Allen, Southern Illinois 6-3 240 Jr. Belleville (Ill.) Belleville East High
LB -- T.J. Lally, South Dakota State 6-0 225 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) Marmion Academy
LB -- Brett Taylor, Western Illinois 6-2 230 So. Macomb (Ill.) High
LB -- Lee Wright, Youngstown State 6-1 215 So. York (S.C.) York Comprehensive
DB -- Makinton Dorleant, UNI 5-11 185 Sr. Naples (Fla.) Lely High
DB -- Jimmie Forsythe, South Dakota State 5-10 190 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Burke High
DB -- Kenny James, Southern Illinois 5-10 204 So. Columbia (Mo.) Rock Bridge High
DB -- Travis Starks, Indiana State 5-10 190 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) St. Rita of Cascia High
P -- Sam Kuhter, UNI 6-0 207 So. Toledo (Iowa) South Tama High
RS -- Daquan Isom, Southern Illinois 5-8 172 Fr. Orlando (Fla.) Dr. Phillips High

Honorable Mention Selections

QB: Trenton Norvell, WIU; Carson Wentz, NDSU; RB: Shane Kuhn, YSU (FB);Tyvis Smith, UNI; WR: Robert Tonyan, Jr., INS; RJ Urzendowski, NDSU; TE: Cam Jones, SDSU; Braden Lehman, UNI; OL: Derek Chancellor, USD; Jake Notario, SIU; Riley Shantz, MSU; Justin Spencer, YSU; Dakota Vermillion, INS; PK: Michael Schmadeke, UNI; LS: Trent Simpson; UNI; DL: James Barnes, MSU; Kris Harley, WIU; Eddy Holtschlag, WIU; Dalton Keene, ILS; Nate Tanguay, NDSU; LB: Jesse Bobbit, SDSU; Armand Dellovade; YSU; Alex Donnelly, ILS; Keyen Lage, USD; Kendall Walker, INS; Brandon Williams, SIU; DB: Je Ryan Butler, SDSU; Tyson Graham, USD; Alec Kocour, ILS; P: Miles Bergner, USD; Derek Mathewson, SIU; Chris Sullens, MSU; RS: Makinton Dorleant, UNI; Lance Lenoir, Jr., WIU

[Professor Chaos]

A lot of NDSU names on there but one I'm really surprised not to see is Brian Schaetz. Pretty big snub IMO.

[Bisonator98]

Well deserving! Congrats to all these players!

[bruinbison]

A lot of NDSU names on there but one I'm really surprised not to see is Brian Schaetz. Pretty big snub IMO.

Congrats to all!
Agree, Schaetz and Tanguay have been a force.
Was surprised to see King Frazier on the 2nd team.
Nice to see Zach Johnson rebound to this level after his injuries.
Love Menard's pass-rushing skills & how they have developed
over his first season playing full-time. Can't wait to see him
get after Gustafson. :)

[NDSUBowler]

Players by school

1st Team
NDSU - 7
ISUr - 5
UNI - 5
YSU - 3
SIU - 2
MSU - 2
SDSU - 2
ISUb - 1
WIU - 1
USD - 1

2nd Team
UNI - 5
SIU - 5
NDSU - 4
ISUr - 4
SDSU - 4
WIU - 3
YSU - 2
ISUb - 1
USD - 1
MSU - 0

Honorable Mention
UNI - 5
WIU - 4
USD - 4
SDSU - 4
NDSU - 3
ISUr - 3
YSU - 3
MSU - 3
SIU - 3
ISUb - 2

TOTALS:
UNI - 15
NDSU - 14
ISUr - 12
SDSU - 10
SIU - 10
WIU - 8
YSU - 8
USD - 6
MSU - 5
ISUb - 4

[ndsubison1]

Tanguay should be higher

[MrSnuffleupagus]

Well isn't Marshaun Coprich just the embodiment of NCAA college football...

[westnodak93bison]

Well isn't Marshaun Coprich just the embodiment of NCAA college football...
You mean Potrich?

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[ZHerd]

I am curious as to why people think Schaetz and Tanguay (especially Tanguay) were snubbed. Our run defense was not particularly special and neither are their numbers. I don't know how their numbers compare to other DT duos in conference, but it seemed like the Perry, Drevlow, Lueke combo was more consistently disruptive. I'm not saying their play hasn't been good but has it been all-conference?

[bruinbison]

I am curious as to why people think Schaetz and Tanguay (especially Tanguay) were snubbed. Our run defense was not particularly special and neither are their numbers. I don't know how their numbers compare to other DT duos in conference, but it seemed like the Perry, Drevlow, Lueke combo was more consistently disruptive. I'm not saying their play hasn't been good but has it been all-conference?

That is a pretty historic defensive unit you are making a comparison to.....:)

I'll leave the deep-dive #s to the #s people, so here is what I would say off
the top of my head without looking up #s.
How did that 1st team RB Nico Watson do against the Bison?
Did not play Coprich. The 2nd team RB, Jody Webb,
had a good day against NDSU, but my memory of that was
more of the damage was done outside the OT's. And, again, OTTOMH,
that was the Bison's biggest weakness, outside runs, especially off the
QB read-option. QB runs being the most damaging. So the running
plays were not aimed at Schaetz & Tanguay. Tanguay was honorable
mention All-Conference and I think Schaetz should have been at least that as well, especially with him being a senior.

[Professor Chaos]

I am curious as to why people think Schaetz and Tanguay (especially Tanguay) were snubbed. Our run defense was not particularly special and neither are their numbers. I don't know how their numbers compare to other DT duos in conference, but it seemed like the Perry, Drevlow, Lueke combo was more consistently disruptive. I'm not saying their play hasn't been good but has it been all-conference?
Personally, I thought Schaetz deserved mention over Tanguay. Mostly because Schaetz had 7.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks which is pretty good for an interior defensive lineman.

As far as the overall defense they did still finish 1st in the conference in rush yards allowed per game (2nd behind UNI if you include only conference games). I'm sure it's not broken down anywhere but I bet if you looked at opponents ypc inside the tackles compared to outside it would be an eye popping difference. Teams did not between the tackles well on the Bison all year primarily because those two DTs were incredibly solid.

[MAKBison]

I am curious as to why people think Schaetz and Tanguay (especially Tanguay) were snubbed. Our run defense was not particularly special and neither are their numbers. I don't know how their numbers compare to other DT duos in conference, but it seemed like the Perry, Drevlow, Lueke combo was more consistently disruptive. I'm not saying their play hasn't been good but has it been all-conference?

Wow, your comparison is to what some people believe is the best defense in FCS history.
I don't know what the numbers are compared to other teams this year but there's no way we should be basing ones ac status to teams/players from past years.

[ZHerd]

Personally, I thought Schaetz deserved mention over Tanguay. Mostly because Schaetz had 7.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks which is pretty good for an interior defensive lineman.

As far as the overall defense they did still finish 1st in the conference in rush yards allowed per game (2nd behind UNI if you include only conference games). I'm sure it's not broken down anywhere but I bet if you looked at opponents ypc inside the tackles compared to outside it would be an eye popping difference. Teams did not between the tackles well on the Bison all year primarily because those two DTs were incredibly solid.

Schaetz seemed to consistently make some plays each game. I'm not saying they don't deserve I just wanted to read people's reasons. I forget who selects this. Is it coaches...media?

[ZHerd]

Wow, your comparison is to what some people believe is the best defense in FCS history.
I don't know what the numbers are compared to other teams this year but there's no way we should be basing ones ac status to teams/players from past years.

I would rank them all conference based on comparing to other conference DTs but yes I do compare our guys to the previous D and the bar was definitely set high. I hope to see that kind of defense again

[MAKBison]

I would rank them all conference based on comparing to other conference DTs but yes I do compare our guys to the previous D and the bar was definitely set high. I hope to see that kind of defense again

Don't we all!

[Professor Chaos]

Schaetz seemed to consistently make some plays each game. I'm not saying they don't deserve I just wanted to read people's reasons. I forget who selects this. Is it coaches...media?
It's only media I believe. I know Izzo voted in it but he wasn't allowed to select any NDSU players. I'm assuming Kolpack voted in it as well under the same restrictions.

[ZHerd]

It's only media I believe. I know Izzo voted in it but he wasn't allowed to select any NDSU players. I'm assuming Kolpack voted in it as well under the same restrictions.

I know those guys care about their work and I think they do a good job but it would be interesting to see one put together by MVC coaches.

[bruinbison]

Congratulations to the following for being named to the
2015 MVFC All-Academic 1st Team.

DE Greg Menard, N. Dakota State 6-2 239 So. 3.90 Civil Engineering Lakeville (Minn.) Lakeville North

WR Zach Vraa, North Dakota State 6-2 202 Sr. 3.56 Sport Management Rosemount (Minn.) High

QB Carson Wentz, N. Dakota State 6-6 235 Sr. 4.00 Health & Physical Education Bismarck (N.D.) Bismarck Century


And named to the 2nd Team.....

RB Chase Morlock, N. Dakota State 6-0 221 Jr. 3.79 Exercise Science Moorhead (Minn.) High


On the Honorable Mention List is.....

 • North Dakota State: FB Andrew Bonnet 


35 total players were honored

http://www.valley-football.org/news/default/2015-16/8458/2015-mvfc-all-academic-team/

[Professor Chaos]

I know those guys care about their work and I think they do a good job but it would be interesting to see one put together by MVC coaches.
Turns out I was wrong and coaches do vote for these teams along with media. Klieman mentioned in his presser on Monday that he got a vote but couldn't vote for any of his own players. I agree though that it would be interesting to see a media team and a coaches team. I have a feeling the DTs like Schaetz and Tanguay would get a lot more credit from the opposing coaches who better understand how those guys impact a game beyond the stat sheet than they would from the media.