Idaho earns most honors since rejoining Big Sky

Nov. 24—In a yr the place practically all the things has gone the Vandals’ approach, it is smart that they might accumulate essentially the most end-of-the-year honors since rejoining the Huge Sky Convention in 2018.

The convention introduced its annual awards Wednesday and it included 15 Idaho gamers, highlighted by quarterback Gevani McCoy incomes the freshman of the yr award.

McCoy was named one of many finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, which works to the most effective freshman within the Soccer Championship Subdivision, earlier this week. His profitable the highest Huge Sky freshman honor wasn’t a shock.

His stats again it up, as McCoy has thrown a conference-best 25 landing passes together with 2,376 passing yards.

Junior receiver Jermaine Jackson earned first-team honors as a receiver and a punt returner.

As a returner, he leads the Huge Sky with a median of 14.4 yards per return with one landing.

So far as receiving goes, Jackson has been electrical. He is third within the convention with 939 yards receiving on simply 60 receptions. He is first in yards per catch at 19.1.

Sophomore receiver Hayden Hatten additionally notched first-team honors.

He has had a profession yr, notching precisely 1,000 yards receiving, making him the primary UI receiver since Jeff Cotton in 2019 to perform the feat. Hatten additionally broke Idaho’s single-season landing reception document when he caught his fifteenth rating Saturday towards Idaho State.

Six Vandals earned second-team nods, with star linebackers Paul Moala and Fa’avae Fa’avae highlighting the group.

Fa’avae, a switch from Washington State, leads the staff with 99 tackles, including two pressured fumbles and two sacks. Moala, the Notre Dame switch, is fourth on the staff with 55 tackles and added 4 interceptions, a pressured fumble and two sacks.

Marcus Harris and Juliano Falaniko additionally earned second-team honors on protection.

On offense, freshman working again Anthony Woods was named to the second staff.

For a man that wasn’t checked out because the starter coming in, he certain put up the numbers. Woods has a team-high 814 dashing yards and two scores, averaging 5.7 yards per carry with two 100-yard video games.

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Kicker Ricardo Chavez earned a second-team spot as he’s second within the Huge Sky in field-goal share, having hit 15-of-19 makes an attempt (78.9 %) and nailing all 42 of his further factors.

Defensive backs Tommy and Sean McCormick, together with senior offensive lineman Logan Floyd, have been third-team picks.

Sean McCormick, Tommy’s brother, earned his spot as a particular teamer. He is been UI’s participant of the week in that specialty 4 occasions and has collected eight tackles.

Tommy McCormick has a team-high 5 turnovers and is third with 56 tackles.

Floyd has helped anchor a dashing assault that has tallied greater than 1,900 yards this season.

Three extra Vandals — senior offensive lineman Beau St. John, freshman offensive lineman Ayden Knapik and senior defensive finish Leo Tamba — have been honorable point out choices.

FIRST TEAM

Offense

QB — Miles Hastings, UC Davis. RB — Cameron Skattebo, Sacramento State; Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., UC Davis. FB — Derryk Snell, Montana State. WR — Hayden Hatten, Idaho; Pierre Williams, Sacramento State; Jermaine Jackson, Idaho. TE — Marshel Martin, Sacramento State. OL — Nick Amoah, UC Davis; Noah Atagi, Weber State; Tyson Pauling, Portland State; Jackson Slater, Sacramento State; Brandon Weldon, Sacramento State; Hunter Mayginnes, Montana.

Protection

DT — Sebastian Valdez, Montana State; Alex Gubner, Montana. DE — Brody Grebe, Montana State; Zach Kennedy, UC Davis. OLB — Marte Mapu, Sacramento State; Patrick O’Connell, Montana. ILB — Armon Bailey, Sacramento State; Callahan O’Reilly, Montana State; Winston Reid, Weber State. DB — Eddie Heckard, Weber State; Justin Ford, Montana; Robby Hauck, Montana; Maxwell Anderson, Weber State; Rex Connors, UC Davis.

Particular groups

Ok — Kyle Sentkowski, Sacramento State. P — Patrick Rohrbach, Montana. KR — Abraham Williams, Weber State. PR — Jackson. ST — Lan Larison, UC Davis. All-purpose — Asher O’Hara, Sacramento State.

Offensive participant of the yr — Skattebo.

Defensive participant of the yr — Mapu.

Newcomer of the yr — Sean Chambers, QB, Montana State.

Freshman of the yr — Gevani McCoy, QB, Idaho.

Coaches of the yr — Troy Taylor, Sacramento State; Brent Vigen, Montana State.

SECOND TEAM

Offense

QB — Tommy Mellott, Montana State. RB — Elijah Dotson, Northern Colorado; Anthony Woods, Idaho. WR — Xavier Guillory, Idaho State; Ty MacPherson, Weber State; Beau Kelly, Portland State. TE — McCallan Castles, UC Davis. OL — Nathan Mejia, Sacramento State; Rush Reimer, Montana State; Connor Pettek, UC Davis; Jordan Lutui, Weber State; Troy Stiefel, Sacramento State; Jordan Ford, UC Davis.

Protection

DT — Jett Stanley, Sacramento State; Kalisi Moli, Weber State. DE — Cosmas Kwete, Northern Arizona; Juliano Falaniko, Idaho. OLB — Ty Okada, Montana State; Paul Moala, Idaho. ILB — Fa’avae Fa’avae, Idaho; Elijah Anderson-Taylor, Northern Colorado. DB — Caleb Nelson, Sacramento State; Desmond Williams, Weber State; Morgan Vest, Northern Arizona; Devon King, UC Davis; Marcus Harris, Idaho.

Particular groups

Ok — Ricardo Chavez, Idaho. P — Nick Kokich, Jap Washington; KR — Malik Flowers, Montana. PR — Haze Hadley, Weber State; ST — Tyler Flink, Montana. All-purpose — Chambers.

THIRD TEAM

Offense

QB — McCoy; Jake Dunniway, Sacramento State. RB — Dontae McMillan, Weber State; Marcus Fulcher, Sacramento State. WR — Coleman Owen, Northern Arizona; Efton Chism III, Jap Washington; Willie Patterson, Montana State; Freddie Roberson, Jap Washington. TE — Josh Cuevas, Cal Poly. OL — Ethan Atagi, Weber State; Logan Floyd, Idaho; AJ Forbes, Montana; PJ Poutasi, Northern Arizona; JT Reed, Montana State; Brady Odom, Northern Colorado.

Protection

DT — EJ Ane, Portland State; Chubba Ma’ae, UC Davis. DE — Killian Rosko, Sacramento State; Eloi Kwete, Northern Arizona. OLB — David Meyer, Cal Poly. ILB — Teddye Buchanan, UC Davis; Charles Ike, Idaho State. DB — Tommy McCormick, Idaho; Marlon Jones Jr., Jap Washington; Xavier Bell, Portland State; Jehiel Budgett, UC Davis; Jordan Knapke, Northern Colorado.

Particular groups

Ok — Isaiah Gomez, UC Davis. P — Cal McGough, Sacramento State. KR — Marqui Johnson, Montana State. PR — Marcus Fulcher, Sacramento State. ST — Sean McCormick, Idaho. All-purpose — Junior Bergen, Montana.

HONORABLE MENTION

Offense

QB — Gunner Talkington, Jap Washington; Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado. RB — Damon Bankston, Weber State. WR — Chris Coleman, Cal Poly; Mitch Roberts, Montana; Hendrix Johnson, Northern Arizona; Mataio Talalemotu, Portland State. TE — Cole Grossman, Montana; Justin Malone, Weber State; Anthony Rodriguez, Portland State. OL — Wyatt Hansen, Jap Washington; Justus Perkins, Montana State; Beau St. John, Idaho; Ayden Knapik, Idaho.

Protection

DE — Joshua Jerome, Jap Washington; Elijah Ponder, Cal Poly; Leo Tamba, Idaho; VJ Malo, Portland State; Mitchell Johnson, Jap Washington. ILB — Levi Janacaro, Montana; Marcus Welnel, Montana; Nolan Askelson, Montana State. DB — Kamden Garrett, Weber State.

Particular groups

Ok — Blake Glessner, Montana State. P — Devin Bale, Northern Colorado. KR — Larison; Dotson. PR — Dotson. ST — Kurt Gallup, Northern Colorado. All-purpose — Dotson; Draycen Corridor, Northern Arizona; Emmanuel Daigbe, Portland State.

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