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2006 I-AA Pre-Season Football All-America Team


First Team - Offense


Player School Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt.
Ricky Santos New Hampshi QB Jr. 6-2 215
Clifton Dawson Harvard RB Sr. 5-10 210
Arkee Whitlock Southern Illinois RB Sr. 5-9 200
Jerome Felton Furman FB Jr. 6-0 250
David Ball New Hampshire WR Sr. 6-3 185
Laurent Robinson Illinois State WR Sr. 6-2 195
Patrick Bugg Eastern Kentucky TE Sr. 6-5 215
Ryan Jewell Youngstown State C Sr. 6-4 295
Matt Alfred Eastern Washington G Jr. 6-3 290
Brennan Carvalho Portland State G Jr. 6-1 310
Matt Isenhour Appalachian State T Sr. 6-1 275
Ed McCarthy Yale T Sr. 6-5 300
Chris James Western Kentucky K Jr. 6-0 190
Craig Turner Southern Illinois RS Jr. 5-10 190


First Team - Defense

Player School Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt.
Martin Jackson Alcorn State DE Sr. 6-4 250
Marques Murrell Appalachian State DE Sr. 6-2 230
Tory Collins Northwestern State DT Sr. 6-3 280
Chris White Cal Poly DT Sr. 6-3 275
Justin Durant Hampton LB Sr. 6-2 235
Tyler Knight Miss. Valley State LB Sr. 6-0 210
Chad Nkang Elon LB Sr. 6-1 215
Clint Sellers Eastern Illinois LB Sr. 6-1 220
Tony LeZotte James Madison S Jr. 6-0 200
Corey Lynch Appalachian State S Jr. 6-0 200
Courtney Brown Cal Poly CB Sr. 6-2 205
Codera Jackson Youngstown State CB Sr. 5-10 180
David Simonhoff SE Missouri St. P Sr. 6-2 200

Second Team - Offense


Player School Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt.
Eric Sanders Northern Iowa QB Jr. 6-1 190
Alonzo Coleman Hampton RB Sr. 5-11 205
Omar Cuff Delaware RB Jr. 5-10 180
Broderick Cole Nicholls State FB Jr. 5-11 230
Tony Kays UC Davis WR Sr. 6-1 188
Henry Tolbert Grambling State WR Sr. 5-11 205
Daniel Bettis Appalachian State TE Sr. 6-3 245
Alex Miller Massachusetts C Sr. 6-2 300
Cody Morris William & Mary G Sr. 6-4 285
Jon Reuter Eastern Illinois G Sr. 6-4 285
Corey Davis James Madison T Sr. 6-4 325
Chad Rinehart Northern Iowa T Jr. 6-5 300
Rob Zarrilli Hofstra K Jr. 6-0 190
Shamen Washington North Dakota St. RS Jr. 5-6 150


Second Team - Defense


Player School Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt.
Tyrone McGriff Florida A&M DE Jr. 6-1 220
Mike Murphy Montana DE Sr. 6-3 240
Mike DeVito Maine DT Sr. 6-3 300
Kendal Langford Hampton DT Jr. 6-6 280
Zak DeOssie Brown LB Sr. 6-4 240
Kyle Shotwell Cal Poly LB Sr. 6-1 235
Cameron Siskowic Illinois State LB Sr. 6-2 225
Gian Villante Hofstra LB Jr. 6-1 225
Tristan Burge Eastern Illinois S Sr. 6-0 200
Keldrick Holman Stephen F. Austin S Sr. 6-0 195
Dominic Dixon Portland State CB Sr. 5-10 195
Corey Graham New Hampshire CB Sr. 6-0 190
Christian Koegel Massachusetts P Sr. 6-0 185


Honorable Mention (Offensive)
QB: Justin Rascati, James Madison (Sr., 6-2, 220); RB: Lex Hilliard, Montana (Sr., 6-0, 225), James Noble, Cal Poly (So., 5-6, 160); FB: Reuben Mays, Grambling State (Sr., 6-2, 245); WR: Michael Caputo, St. Francis (PA) (Sr., 5-11, 170), Tyrone Timmons, Mississippi Valley State (Sr., 6-3, 210); TE: Jonathan Allen, Norfolk State (Sr., 6-5, 235); C: Will Justice, Southern Illinois (Sr., 6-4, 290); G: Kerry Brown, Appalachian State (Jr., 6-6, 285), Tucker Peterson, New Hampshire (Sr., 6-3, 300); T: Rocky Hanni, Eastern Washington (Jr., 6-5, 290); Mike Saint Germain, Lafayette (Sr., 6-5, 290); K: Andrew Paterini, Hampton (Sr., 6-0, 195); RS: Nick Feldman, Morehead State (So., 5-9, 175)

Honorable Mention (Defensive)

DE: Royce Morgan, Lehigh (Sr., 6-1, 255), Roy Ravenell, Furman (Sr., 6-2, 270); DT: Mike Berg, Harvard (Sr., 6-2, 260), Mark Cristiani, Eastern Kentucky (Sr., 5-11, 275); LB: Colin Disch, Albany (Jr., 6-1, 220); Jamar Leath, Coastal Carolina (Sr., 6-2, 230), John Mohring, Georgia Southern (Sr., 6-1, 215), Pago Togafau, Idaho State (Sr., 5-10, 210); S: Russ Washington, Northwestern State (Sr., 5-9, 185), Jeremy Wiggins, Appalachian State (Sr., 5-9, 190); CB: Dre Dokes, Northern Iowa (Sr., 5-9, 160); Walter Musgrove, Texas State (Sr., 5-9, 190); P: Wesley Taylor, Florida A & M (Jr., 5-7, 170).



I'm glad we got Cal Poly off of our schedule.

One UM player on 2nd team and one on the honorable mention? And no Cats at all? Very disappointed in Matt Dougherty.

5 total representing the 'Sky

I am surprised to not see Hirst or Force listed anywhere

O'well, games are not won by preseason all american lists

GO CATS!!

catamaran wrote:5 total representing the 'Sky

Actually 7 total, and Appalachian State has 6 by themselves. Cal Poly has 4.

longhorn_22 wrote:One UM player on 2nd team and one on the honorable mention? And no Cats at all? Very disappointed in Matt Dougherty.

What's the surprise. Dougherty is a jackass who never gives the Cats any credit for anything. He's a pompous fool, I put absolutely zero regard in anything he has to say. I'm pretty sure he must be closely related to Doug Fullerton... only people with the same blood could be so completely clueless!

Just like the weekly poll, the ADs (in some institutions the SIDs have enough responsibility) vote for these teams.

Cat Grad wrote:Just like the weekly poll, the ADs (in some institutions the SIDs have enough responsibility) vote for these teams.

In this case it is one mans opinion- Matt Dougherty from the SportsNetwork.

Preseason guesses are nothing more than something to chat about, kind of like predicting the winner of the next presidential election.

Isnt Matt Dougherty the coach of FIU??? and the Ex-coach of UNC?

What is he doing covering college football?

Rip on Matt all you like (and yes, I'm dissappointed and surprised to see only 5 BSC players as well), but let's be honest. The guy knows more about I-AA football than the rest of us put together.

GrizinWashington wrote:Rip on Matt all you like (and yes, I'm dissappointed and surprised to see only 5 BSC players as well), but let's be honest. The guy knows more about I-AA football than the rest of us put together.

I didn't rip him, and yes he is on top of the list regarding knowledge of I-AA football, but who can keep track of who's the best of over 100 teams with a full preseason squad, 2 months before the first kickoff?

All you can base an individuals prediction on is stats from last year, current health, team potential, etc.

I pay little, if any attention to this kind of stuff. I read the article early this morning and didn't take the time to post it on BN (yes, if a 'Cat had been on the list I would probably have done so).

GOKATS wrote:

GrizinWashington wrote:Rip on Matt all you like (and yes, I'm dissappointed and surprised to see only 5 BSC players as well), but let's be honest. The guy knows more about I-AA football than the rest of us put together.

I didn't rip him, and yes he is on top of the list regarding knowledge of I-AA football, but who can keep track of who's the best of over 100 teams with a full preseason squad, 2 months before the first kickoff?

All you can base an individuals prediction on is stats from last year, current health, team potential, etc.

I pay little, if any attention to this kind of stuff. I read the article early this morning and didn't take the time to post it on BN (yes, if a 'Cat had been on the list I would probably have done so).

Just for the sake of argument does anyone know over maybe the last 4 or 5 years how many of The Sports Network pre-season All-Americans actually became All-Americans--at least maybe an average #/year?

GOKATS wrote:

GrizinWashington wrote:Rip on Matt all you like (and yes, I'm dissappointed and surprised to see only 5 BSC players as well), but let's be honest. The guy knows more about I-AA football than the rest of us put together.

I didn't rip him, and yes he is on top of the list regarding knowledge of I-AA football, but who can keep track of who's the best of over 100 teams with a full preseason squad, 2 months before the first kickoff?

All you can base an individuals prediction on is stats from last year, current health, team potential, etc.

I pay little, if any attention to this kind of stuff. I read the article early this morning and didn't take the time to post it on BN (yes, if a 'Cat had been on the list I would probably have done so).

You didn't Go, and I agree completely with your statement that it's only one person's opinion. Bozone got in a few low blows, though.

GrizinWashington wrote:You didn't Go, and I agree completely with your statement that it's only one person's opinion. Bozone got in a few low blows, though.

True enough, guilty as charged. I've never liked Matt Dougherty, he always seems to bend over backwards to kiss grizzly ass and never has anything good to say about MSU - as a Cat fan, he just rubs me the wrong way. I do appreciate all the work he does for I-AA as a classification, I wish there were more like him.

I'll blame my remarks on the medications!

BozoneCat wrote:

GrizinWashington wrote:You didn't Go, and I agree completely with your statement that it's only one person's opinion. Bozone got in a few low blows, though.

True enough, guilty as charged. I've never liked Matt Dougherty, he always seems to bend over backwards to kiss grizzly ass and never has anything good to say about MSU - as a Cat fan, he just rubs me the wrong way. I do appreciate all the work he does for I-AA as a classification, I wish there were more like him.

I'll blame my remarks on the medications!

Prescribed, I trust!!

GrizinWashington wrote:

BozoneCat wrote:I'll blame my remarks on the medications!

Prescribed, I trust!!

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