2021 NFL Draft Diamonds Small School Preseason All-America Team

NFL Draft Diamonds Preseason All-America Team is a lot different than other sites and rightfully so. We considered FCS, Division 2, Division 3, and NAIA players for our list.
With COVID-19 putting a damper on football last year, some of these players will be returning for the first time in a long time. With a shortened Spring season for some schools, we wanted to list the players we are high on. There are many players that can go on a list, but this list was compiled by watching film. This is the first year we released an All-America Team and we will continue to do so.
Some of the top selections are Jerry Rice Award Winner Cam Ward, Walter Payton Award Winner Cole Kelley, and Buck Buchanan Award Winner Jordan Lewis. You can check out our Small School Watch List that has over 1000 prospects on it. As you can see below, we have interviewed almost every single player on the list. Big ups to our team at Draft Diamonds for their hard-work.
1st Team All Small School
- QB – Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
- RB – Pierre Strong, South Dakota State
- WR – Christian Watson, North Dakota State
- WR – Isaiah Weston, Northern Iowa
- WR – Jequez Ezzard, Sam Houston State
- TE – Noah Grindoff, North Dakota State
- OL – Trevor Penning, Northern Iowa
- OL – Liam Fornadel, James Madison
- OL – Wes Genant, South Dakota State
- OL – McClendon Curtis, UT- Chattanooga
- OL – Matt Waletzko, North Dakota
1st Team All Small School
- DE – Joshua Pryor, Bowie State
- DT – Mike Greene, James Madison
- DT – Sam Roberts, Northwest Missouri State
- DE – Isaiah Chambers, McNeese State
- LB – Jace Lewis, Montana
- LB – Tre Walker, Idaho
- LB – Troy Andersen, Montana State
- CB – Zyon McCullom, Sam Houston State
- S – Darion Slade, Campbell
- S – Markuese Bell, Florida A&M
- CB – Sam Webb, Missouri Western
1st Team Specialists
- K – Luis Aguilar, Northern Arizona
- P – Garret Wegner, North Dakota State
- LS – Matt O’Donoghue, Montana
2nd Team All Small School
- QB – Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
- RB – Percy Agyei-Obese, James Madison
- WR – Lujuan Winningham, Central Arkansas
- WR – Dai’Jean Dixon, Nicholls State
- WR – Jakob Herres, VMI
- TE – Josh Babicz, North Dakota State
- OL – Braxton Jones, Southern Utah
- OL – J’Atyre Carter, Southern
- OL – Colby Thomas, Sam Houston State
- OL – Brent Laing, Minnesota Duluth
- OL – Aron Johnson, South Dakota State
2nd Team All Small School
- DE – De’Shaan Dixon, Norfolk State
- DT – Jared Brinkman, Northern Iowa
- DT – Noah Elliss, Idaho
- DE – Malik Fisher, Villanova
- LB – Willie Eubanks, Citadel
- LB – Jack Cochrane, South Dakota
- LB – Jaxson Turner, North Dakota
- CB – Decobie Durant, South Carolina State
- S – Brandon Easterling, Dayton
- S – Michael Griffin II, South Dakota State
- CB – Ferlando Jordan, Southeastern Louisiana
2nd Team Specialists
- K – Ethan Ratke, James Madison
- P – Daniel Whelan – UC Davis
- LS – Brady Sorenson, South Dakota State
3rd Team All Small School
- QB – Cam Ward, Incarnate Word
- RB – Jah-Maine Martin, NC A&T
- WR – Dareke Young, Lenoir Rhyne
- WR – Tariq Bitson, Tarleton State
- WR – Avante Cox, Southern Illinois
- TE – Tanner Taula – Illinois State
- OL – Lewis Kidd, Montana State
- OL – Ty Whitworth, Weber State
- OL – Ben Bos, Weber State
- OL – Grant Smith, SD School of the Mines
- OL – Cordell Volson, North Dakota State
3rd Team All Small School
- DE – Jordan Lewis, Southern
- DT – Jared Schiess, Weber State
- DT – Logan Swanson, Augustana
- DE – DJ Coleman, Jacksonville State
- LB – Forrest Rhyne, Villanova
- LB – Drew Seers, Lindenwood
- LB – Tyler Dressler, Richmond
- CB – Darion McKenzie – Merrimack
- S – Jordan Canady, North Dakota
- S – Evan Horn, New Hampshire
- CB – Kordell Jackson, Austin Peay State
3rd Team All Small School
- K – Antonio Zita, Tennessee State
- P – Austin Bohn – Ottawa University (AZ)/Chris Faddoul – Florida A&M
- LS – Kyle Davis, James Madison

NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com