Non Power 5 Draft Eligible All-American Team

By Craig Forrestal 

The BCS Championship isn’t too far away and that game headlines some big names that are eligible for the 2020 NFL Draft; most notably Joe Burrow. While the Power 5 has dominated the draft conversations to this point it is time to start looking at some of those players outside the Power 5 and I’ll start with the ones that have caught my eye. 

Below are the “All Non-Power 5” 1st, 2nd, 3rd  Teams and Honorable Mention, comprised of players from the FBS, FCS, D2 and D3 levels.

1st Team Offense:

• QB: Jordan Love/ Utah State
• RB: Darrynton Evans/ Appalachian State
• RB: James Robinson/ Illinois State
• WR: Antonio Gandy-Golden/ Liberty
• WR: Omar Bayless/ Arkansas State
• WR: James Proche/ Southern Methodist
• TE: Harrison Bryant/ Florida Atlantic 
• Flex: Adam Troutman/ Dayton (TE)
• OT: Ezra Cleveland/ Boise State
• OG: Netane Muti/ Fresno State
• C: Luke Juriga/ Western Michigan
• OG: Kohl Levao/ Hawaii
• OT: Robert Hunt/ Louisiana 

1st Team Defense:

• DE: Bryce Huff/ Memphis 
• DT: Garrett Marino/ UAB
• DT: Doug Costin/ Miami Ohio
• DE: Bryce Sterk/ Montana State
• DE/OLB Hybrid: Curtis Weaver/ Boise State
• LB: Dante Olson/ Montana 
• LB: Logan Wilson/ Wyoming
• LB: Brody Hoying/ Eastern Michigan 
• CB: Nevelle Clarke/ Central Florida 
• CB: Kindle Vildor/ Georgia Southern 
• S: Kyle Duggar/ Lenoir-Rhyne
• S: Jeremy Chinn/ Southern Illinois 

2nd Team Offense:

• QB: Mason Fine/ North Texas
• RB: Patrick Taylor Jr/ Memphis 
• RB: LeVante Bellamy/ Western Michigan 
• WR: Rico Bussey Jr/ North Texas
• WR: Josh Pearson/ Jacksonville State
• WR: Antonio Gibson/ Memphis 
• TE: Charlie Taumoepeau/ Portland State
• Flex: Chris Rowland/ Tennessee State (WR)
• OT: Evin Ksiezarczyk/ Buffalo
• OG: Kyle Murphy/ Rhode Island
• C: Zach Larsen/ Southern Utah 
• OG: Zack Johnson/ North Dakota State
• OT: Josh Jones/ Houston

2nd Team Defense:

• DE: Austin Edwards/ Ferris State (MI)
• DT: LaCale London/ Western Illinois 
• DT: Auzoyah Alufohai/ West Georgia
• DE: La’Darius Hamilton/ North Texas
• DE/OLB Hybrid: Nasir Player/ East Tennessee State
• LB: Akeem Davis-Gaither/ Appalachian State
• LB: Christian Roozeboom/ South Dakota State
• LB: Drake Spears/ Western Michigan 
• CB: TJ Carter/ Memphis 
• CB: Jaron Bryant/ Fresno State 
• S: Javon Hagan/ Ohio
• S: Marlon Bridges/ Jacksonville State

3rd Team Offense:

• QB: James Morgan/ Florida International 
• RB: Jordan Bentley/ Alabama A&M
• RB: Jonathan Ward/ Central Michigan
• WR: Aaron Parker/ Rhode Island
• WR: Juwan Green/ Albany
• WR: Kristian Wilkerson/ Southeast Missouri 
• TE: Josiah Deguara/ Cincinnati 
• Flex: Malcolm Perry/ Navy (QB/ATH)
• OT: Alex Taylor/ South Carolina State
• OG: Kevin Dotson/ Louisiana 
• C: Matt Hennessy/ Temple
• OG: Danny Pinter/ Ball State
• OT: Ben Bartch/ St. John’s (MN)

3rd Team Defense:

• DE: Aaron Patrick/ Eastern Kentucky 
• DT: Brendon Hayes/ Central Florida
• DT: Jackson Perry/ Dartmouth
• DE: Derrek Tuszka/ North Dakota State
• DE/OLB Hybrid: Alex Highsmith/ Charlotte 
• LB: Korie Rogers/ West Georgia
• LB: Sage Lewis/ Florida International 
• LB: Dominic Cizauskas/ Glenville State
• CB: L’Jarius Sneed/ Louisiana Tech
• CB: Amik Robertson/ Louisiana Tech 
• S: Luther Kirk/ Illinois State
• S: Brayden Konkol/ Montana State

Honorable Mention:

• Levi Brown-C-Marshall
• Broc Rutter-QB-North Central (IL)
• Justin Hill-WR-Mount Union (OH)
• D’Angelo Fulford-QB-Mount Union (OH)
• Marques Ford-DE/OLB Hybrid- Bethune-Cookman
• Cedric Byrd II-WR- Hawaii 
• Walter Fletcher-RB- Ball State
• Case Cookus-QB-Northern Arizona
• Jack Kramer-C- Bowling Green
• Marcus Norman-OT- South Florida
• Mitchell Wilcox-TE-South Florida
• Ron’Dell Carter-DE- James Madison