These are the guys who got things done in 2018, the FCS players who made the big plays and helped carry their teams to greatness. Nobody will ever be able to take the description “All American” from their resumes, as they’ve made this permanent list. Presenting, the 2018 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All America Team.
Postseason production through the FCS Semifinals on Dec. 14-15 were taken into account for the All America teams.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
NOTE: AP – All-Purpose; ATH- Dual-threat QB; RS- Return Specialist on Special teams;
| POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| QB | Jon Copeland | Incarnate Word |
| RB | Pierre Strong | South Dakota State |
| RB | Ulonzo Gilliam | UC Davis |
| WR | DeJuan Miller | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| WR | Caleb Snead | Campbell |
| WR | Kyndel Dean | James Madison |
| TE | Jordan Murray | Missouri State |
| OL | Jayvion Queen | Colgate |
| OL | Connor Wood | Montana State |
| OL | Kyle Nunez | Stony Brook |
| OL | Haden Haas | The Citadel |
| OL | Jake Parks | UC Davis |
| AP | Josh Davis | Weber State |
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
| POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| DL | Mickey Kane | Butler |
| DL | Mitchell Johnson | Eastern Washington |
| DL | Malik Hamm | Lafayette |
| DL | Krockett Krolikowski | South Dakota State |
| LB | Adrian Hope | Furman |
| LB | Ryan Greenhagen | Fordham |
| LB | Keonte Hampton | Jackson State |
| LB | Chris Kolarevic | Northern Iowa |
| DB | Dreylan Hines | Davidson |
| DB | Robby Hauck | Montana |
| DB | Christian Benford | Villanova |
| DB | Ronald Kent Jr. | Western Carolina |
| AP | Quay Holmes | ETSU |
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
| POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| PK | Skyler Davis | Elon |
| P | Matthew Campbell | The Citadel |
| RS | Dakota Caton | Indiana State |
| RS | Isaac Foster | Kennesaw State |
HONORABLE MENTION
| POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| QB | Jack Cook | Dayton |
| QB | Ty Brock | Sam Houston State |
| FB | Garnett Nicolas | Jacksonville |
| RB | Ramon Jefferson | Maine |
| RB | Juwon Farri | Monmouth |
| RB | Isaiah Ifanse | Montana State |
| WR | Dev Holmes | Albany |
| WR | Andrew Boston | Eastern Washington |
| WR | Xavier Smith | Florida A&M |
| WR | Andrew Edgar | Illinois State |
| TE | Jakob Herres | VMI |
| TE | Dalton Kincaid | San Diego |
| TE | Miles Joiner | Youngstown State |
| OL | Tremond Shorts | ETSU |
| OL | Connor Pettek | UC Davis |
| DL | Devonnsha Maxwell | Chattanooga |
| DL | John Singleton | Gardner-Webb |
| DL | Spencer Waege | North Dakota State |
| DL | Nelson Jordan | Samford |
| DL | Jordan Lewis | Southern U. |
| LB | Jarrett Nagy | Presbyterian |
| LB | Luke Giegling | Southern Illinois |
| LB | Brett Howell | VMI |
| DB | Yul Gowdy | Jacksonville State |
| DB | Mohammed Diakite | Penn |
| DB | Chris Beverly | The Citadel |
| DB | Colin Loftis | VMI |
| AP | David Durden | Mercer |
| P | Steve Dawson | Murray State |
| PK | Adam Lippy | N.C. Central |
| AP | Deion McShane | Northern Iowa |
| RS | Myles Ward | Northwestern State |
ALL AMERICA TEAMS
The 2018 HERO Sports FCS All-America Team (Dec. 19)
The 2018 HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-America Team (Dec. 18)
The 2018 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America Team (Dec. 17)
