2017 MVFC All-Conference Teams
South Dakota's Chris Streveler is the league's Offensive Player of the Year and Western Illinois' Brett Taylor has been voted the league's top defensive player in a vote of league coaches, sports information directors and media, as announced by the conference office. Jabril Cox of North Dakota State earned both the Freshman and the Newcomer of the Year honor, while coach Chris Klieman has been tabbed "Bruce Craddock" MVFC Coach of the Year.
Streveler is the first Coyote to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Year honors. Taylor is the first Western Illinois student-athlete to win the Defensive Player of the Year award since 2010 (LB Kyle Glazier). In addition to Taylor and Glazier, two other Leathernecks have won the league's top defensive honor including James Milton (1998) and Edgerton Hartwell (1999, 2000).
Cox is the first North Dakota State student-athlete to win the league's Newcomer of the Year award and also the Bison's first Freshman of the Year winner. Cox is the third in league history to sweep both honors, joining QB Sawyer Kollmorgen of UNI (2012) and RB Martin Ruiz of Youngstown State (2013). Klieman, meanwhile, joins Craig Bohl (2011, 2012, 2013) as North Dakota State head coaches to earn the MVFC's top coaching award.
2017 MVFC All-Conference Teams (PDF)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Brett Taylor, Western Illinois
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State
‘BRUCE CRADDOCK’ VALLEY FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Chris Klieman, North Dakota State
FIRST TEAM
QB -- Chris Streveler, USD 6-3 215 Sr. Crystal Lake (Ill.) Marian Central Catholic / Minnesota
RB -- Tevin McCaster, YSU 5-10 195 Jr. New Castle (Pa.) High
James Robinson, ILS 5-10 215 So. Rockford (Ill.) Lutheran High
FB -- Connor Wentz, NDSU 6-3 250 Sr. Dunnellon (Fla.) High
WR-- Jaelon Acklin, WIU 6-2 190 Sr. Mountain View (Mo.) Liberty
Daurice Fountain, UNI 6-1 210 Sr. Madison (Wis.) James Madison Memorial High
Jake Wieneke, SDSU 6-4 215 Sr. Maple Grove (Minn.) High
TE -- Dallas Goedert, SDSU 6-5 260 Sr. Britton (S.D.) Britton-Hecla High
OL -- Stetson Dagel, USD 6-5 280 Sr. Cherokee (Iowa) Washington High
Jacob Judd, WIU 6-3 300 Sr. Clinton (Iowa) High
Austin Kuhnert, NDSU 6-4 304 Sr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Washington High
Jacob Ohnesorge, SDSU 6-3 295 Sr. Waunakee (Wis.) High
Justin Spencer, YSU 6-5 300 Sr. Indiana (Pa.) High
PK -- Sean Slattery, ILS 6-0 230 Sr. Rockford (Ill.) Boylan Central Cathloic
LS -- James Fisher, NDSU 6-2 225 Sr. Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson High
DL -- Darin Greenfield, USD 6-3 235 So. Sheldon (Iowa) High
Dalton Keene, ILS 6-4 275 Sr. Jacksonville (Ill.) High
Adam Reth, UNI 6-3 270 Sr. Manchester (Iowa) Manchester-West Delaware
Khalen Saunders, WIU 6-2 310 Jr. St. Louis (Mo.) Parkway Central
LB -- Nick DeLuca, NDSU 6-3 245 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Millard North High
Jared Farley, UNI 5-11 224 Sr. Cedar Falls (Iowa) High
Christian Rozeboom, SDSU 6-2 225 So. Sioux Center (Iowa) High
Brett Taylor, WIU 6-2 230 Sr. Macomb (Ill.) High
DB-- Jordan Brown, SDSU 6-1 190 Jr. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Paradise Valley High
Elijah Campbell, UNI 5-11 193 Sr. St. Paul (Minn.) St. Paul Central / Northern Illinois
Tre Dempsey, NDSU 5-10 184 Sr. Lakeland (Fla.) Lakeland High
Robbie Grimsley, NDSU 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson (Minn.) Hutchinson High
Davontae Harris, ILS 6-0 205 Sr. Wichita (Kan.) South High
P -- Lane Reazin, SIU 6-1 212 So. Mooreland (Okla.) Woodward High / Oklahoma State
RS -- Deion Holliman, MSU 5-9 192 Sr. Camden (Ark.) Fairview High
SECOND TEAM
QB -- Taryn Christion, SDSU 6-2 220 Jr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
RB -- Bruce Anderson, NDSU 5-11 216 Jr. Ruskin (Fla.) Newsome High
Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High
FB -- Kane Louscher, SDSU 6-2 245 Sr. Mason City (Iowa) Newman Catholic High
WR -- Malik Earl, MSU 6-3 217 Sr. Oklahoma City (Okla.) Santa Fe High
Spencer Schnell, ILS 5-9 180 Jr. Elkhart (Ind.) High
RJ Urzendowski, NDSU 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep High
TE -- Jacquet McClendon, INS 6-1 235 Sr. Evergreen Park (Ill.) Community High
OL -- Lee Carhart, UNI 6-3 301 Sr. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep
Vitas Hrynkiewicz, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Somerset (N.J.) Immaculata
Austin Olsen, SIU 6-5 320 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) Lincoln Way North High
Tanner Volson, NDSU 6-4 301 Jr. Balfour (N.D.) Drake-Anamoose High
Gavin Wiggins, YSU 6-4 300 Jr. Philadelphia (Pa.) Roman Catholic
PK -- Chase Vinatieri, SDSU 6-1 210 So. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
LS -- Brandon Godsey, USD 6-0 220 Sr. Raymore (Mo.) Ray-Pec High
DL -- Colby Isbell, MSU 6-3 239 Sr. Rogers (Ark.) Heritage High
Rickey Neal, UNI 6-1 241 Jr. Racine (Wis.) Horlick High
Kellen Soulek, SDSU 6-5 315 Sr. Yankton (S.D.) Yankton High
Aaron Steidl, NDSU 6-2 288 Jr. Carlos (Minn.) Alexandria Jefferson High
LB -- Jabril Cox, NDSU 6-3 227 Fr. Kansas City (Mo.) Raytown South High
Armand Dellovade, YSU 6-0 215 Jr. Imperial (Pa.) West Allegheny
Angelo Garbutt, MSU 6-2 235 So. Carrollton (Texas) Hebron High / University of Iowa
Jonas Griffith, INS 6-4 220 So. Louisville (Ky.) Academy at Shawnee
DB -- Jeremy Chinn, SIU 6-2 202 So. Fishers (Ind.) High
Justin Fitzpatrick, WIU 6-1 200 Jr. O'Fallon (Mo.) Fort Zumwalt North
Andrew Gray, USD 6-2 215 Jr. New Lenox (Ill.) Lincoln Way West High
Billy Nicoe Hurst, YSU 6-0 190 Sr. San Pablo (Calif.) Vanden
Alec Kocour, ILS 6-0 205 Sr. Waukesha (Wis.) Catholic Memorial High
P -- Sam Kuhter, UNI 5-11 220 Sr. Toledo (Iowa) South Tama
RS -- Steve McShane, WIU 5-8 185 Jr. Freeport (Ill.) High
Honorable Mention
Illinois State: DL Adam Conley, OL Dean Helt, TE Tylor Petkovich • Indiana State: RB LeMonte Booker, P Thomas Bouldin, LB Katrell Moss • Missouri State: QB Peyton Huslig, DB Darius Joseph, OL Marquis Prophete • North Dakota State: OL Zack Johnson, PK Cam Pedersen, QB Easton Stick, DL Nate Tanguay • UNI: TE Briley Moore, DB Malcolm Washington, RB Marcus Weymiller • South Dakota: WR Shamar Jackson, LB Jim Litrenta, WR Brandt Van Roekel • South Dakota State: DB Chris Balster, OL Charlie Harmon, RB Brady Mengarelli • Southern Illinois: FB Hans Carmien, RS D.J. Davis, WR Darrell James, DL Anthony Knighton, DB Ryan Neal • Western Illinois: LT Josh Baldus, QB Sean McGuire, LB Quentin Moon, RB Max Norris • Youngstown State: DB Jalyn Powell, TE Kevin Rader, LS Steven Wethli, LB Lee Wright