2015 was a historic season in Mountain East Football. The three-year-old league sent two teams to the D2 football playoffs for the first time ever, and Shepherd became the first MEC/WVIAC team to reach the national championship game. You could say things are trending up in MEC Football.
If the preseason polls are any indication, Shepherd is predicted to repeat at MEC champions, followed by Charleston, which also qualified for the NCAA playoffs a year ago. Yet, all but two teams returning at least half of their starters from last season, so we could also see the gap narrowing between Shepherd, Charleston and the rest of the league.
So let's take a team-by-team capsule look at each of the 11 teams in the Mountain East Conference. Use your arrow keys or the arrow buttons above and below to navigate our MEC football previews.
| BR | TEAM | OVERALL RECORD | MEC RECORD | COACHES POLL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shepherd | 13-1 | 10-0 | 1st |
| 36 | Charleston | 10-2 | 9-1 | 2nd |
| 50 | Concord | 5-5 | 5-5 | 3rd |
| 66 | Glenville State | 7-4 | 6-4 | 4th |
| 83 | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 5-6 | 5-5 | 6th |
| 110 | Fairmont State | 6-4 | 6-4 | 5th |
| 113 | West Liberty | 5-6 | 5-5 | 7th |
| 116 | West Virginia State | 5-6 | 5-5 | 8th |
| 140 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 2-8 | 2-8 | 9th |
| 146 | Urbana | 2-9 | 1-9 | T-10th |
| 157 | Virginia-Wise | 1-10 | 1-9 | T-10th |
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RETURNING 2015 ALL-MEC TEAM SELECTIONS
1st Team Offense
QB: Jeff Ziemba, Sr., Shepherd
RB: Michael Anderson, Sr., West Virginia Wesleyan
WR: Joey Augustin, Sr., Charleston
WR: Billy Brown, Sr., Shepherd
OL: Zach Erb, Sr., Charleston
OL: Lavonte Hights, Jr., Shepherd
OL: Justin Johnson, Sr., Charleston
OL: Coleman Osborne, Sr., Concord
1st Team Defense
DL: Myles Humphrey, Jr., Shepherd
DL: James King, Sr., Charleston
DL: Darnell Vickers, Sr., West Liberty
LB: Zachary Blair, Sr., Virginia-Wise
LB: Dennis Gardeck, Jr., West Virginia State
LB: James Gupton, Jr., Shepherd
LB: Rhakeem Stallings, Sr., Charleston
LB: Marcus Umu, Sr., Glenville State
DB: Jacob Jean-Charles, Sr., Fairmont State
DB: Jeremiah Johnson, Jr., Concord
DB: Zaire Lewis, Jr., Charleston
DB: Tre Sullivan, Sr., Shepherd
1st Team Special Teams
P: Brett Benes, Sr., Charleston
KR/PR: C.J. Davis, Sr., Shepherd
2nd Team Offense
QB: Malik Grove, Jr., Notre Dame
RB: D.J. Greene, Soph., Notre Dame
RB: Jabre Lolley, Sr., Shepherd
WR: Dante Absher, Sr., Glenville State
WR: Fabian Guerra, Sr., Fairmont State
WR: Mitchell Shegos, Sr., Notre Dame
TE: Jamie Deason , Sr., Shepherd
OL: Rodney Carroll, Jr., Fairmont State
OL: Jacob Kingston, Sr., Shepherd
OL: Dalton Shannon, Sr., West Virginia State
OL: Paul Smith, Sr., Concord
2nd Team Defense
DL: Ian Andrews, Sr., Glenville State
DL: Claudy Mathieu, Jr., Notre Dame
DL: Quincy Redmon, Jr., Fairmont State
LB: Kevin Chapple, Sr., Urbana
LB: Marcus Porter, Jr., Fairmont State
LB: Octavius Thomas, Sr., Shepherd
DB: Adam Coles, Sr., Shepherd
DB: Earon Settles, Jr., Glenville State
DB: Chaudlier Shepherd, Jr., Concord
2nd Team Special Teams
P: Christan Morris, Soph., West Liberty
K: Kyle Kaplan, Sr., Notre Dame
