FCS: HERO Sports Freshman All-American Team (2019)

These are the guys who got things done in 2019, 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 2019 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All America Team.

What does HERO Sports do differently? We consider postseason performance leading up to the release of this honor, meaning the quarterfinals play into our decision-making. In fact, we added a player or two based on that, as they were on the fringe of making our teams prior to the quarters, then proved they belonged in the quarters. Also, we realized the FCS is full of skill-position talent and we try to reward it. That's our philosophy on the 126 teams and 13 conferences. Now, we also realize that the level of play differs from conference to conference, that also plays into the decision making.

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FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

NOTE: AP – All-Purpose; ATH- Dual-threat QB; RS- Return Specialist on Special teams; ST- Special teams standout; LS- Long Snapper

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
QB	Trey Lance	North Dakota State
QB	Jeff Undercuffler	Albany
RB	Will Knight	Delaware
RB	Ailym Ford	Chattanooga
RB	Javon Williams Jr.	Southern Illinois
OL	Johnathan Toole	The Citadel
OL	Beau Branyan	Southern Illinois
OL	Isaac Erbes	South Dakota
OL	Parker Ray	Central Arkansas
OL	Bucky Williams	Austin Peay
WR	Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim	Alabama A&M
WR	Tyler Hudson	Central Arkansas
WR	Xavier Gipson	Stephen F. Austin
TE	Marshel Martin	Sacramento State
AP	Niko Duffey	Alcorn State
AP	Devron Harper	Gardner-Webb
ATH	Hajj-Malik Campbell	Campbell

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POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
DL	Michael Mason	Wofford
DL	Jevon Leon	Sam Houston State
DL	DeMarko Craig	Youngstown State
LB	Nick Eaton	UC Davis
LB	Jacob Roberts	North Carolina A&T
LB	Jacob Dobbs	Holy Cross
LB	Tristan Wheeler	Richmond
DB	Omar Brown	Northern Iowa
DB	Cody Cline	Charleston Southern
DB	Eddie Heckard	Weber State
DB	Tra Fluellen	Houston Baptist

[divider]FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
P	George Eberle	William & Mary
PK	Matthew Cook	Northern Iowa
PR	Jaxon Janke	South Dakota State
KR	Aaron Dykes	Richmond
LS	Luke Wallis	Lamar

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POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
QB	John Bachus III	UT Martin
QB	Keegan Shoemaker	Lafayette
QB	Will McElvain	Northern Iowa
RB	DeeWil Barlee	Villanova
RB	Devin Abrams	Furman
RB	Aidan Bouguet	Harvard
RB	Jay Stanton	Samford
OL	Tyler Smith	Western Carolina
OL	Lucas Portes	Fordham
OL	Kian Rexroat-Potts	South Dakota
OL	Jeremiah James	Nicholls
OL	Evan Jumper	Furman
WR	Hendrix Johnson	Northern Arizona
WR	Tyrese Chambers	Sacred Heart
WR	Ayir Asante	Holy Cross
WR	Jaaron Hayek	Villanova
WR	Leroy Thomas	VMI
AP	Kevin Johnson	Norfolk State
DL	Mikhari Sibblis	Lehigh
DL	Jamarius Landers	UT Martin
DL	Quinton Hicks	South Dakota State
DB	Jaylon Jimmerson	UIW
DB	Gavin Pringle	Bucknell
DB	Jarius Monroe	Nicholls
DB	Clayton Isbell	Illinois State
DB	Terrell Smith	St. Francis
DB	Tre Weed	Eastern Washington
DB	Ryan Stapp	Abilene Christian
PK	Seth Harrison	Eastern Washington
KR	Nick Romano	Idaho
KR	Bronson Yoder	William & Mary
RS	Jaylon Johnson	Stetson
AP	Dylan Laube	New Hampshire
LB	Liam McIntyre	Long Island U.
LB	Marco Olivas	Lafayette
LB	Braden Gilby	Furman
LB	Jakari Starling	South Dakota

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2019 All-American Teams

2019 FCS All-American (all classes)

Freshman All-American

Sophomore All-American

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