MVFC All-Newcomer Team

[smallcollegefbfan]

http://www.valley-football.org/news/default/2015-16/8449/2015-valley-football-all-newcomer-team/

OFFENSE Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous Schools) RB/RS Bruce Anderson, North Dakota State 5-11 202 Fr. Ruskin (Fla.) Newsome High
QB Aaron Bailey, UNI 6-2 226 Jr. Bolingbrook (Ill.) High / Univ. of Illinois
QB Taryn Christion, South Dakota State 6-2 205 Fr. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Roosevelt High
RB Michael Fredrick, South Dakota 5-10 165 Fr. Miami (Fla.) Champagnat Catholic High
RB Roland Genesy, Indiana State 6-1 225 Jr. Memphis (Tenn.) Millington Central High / Glendale College
RB/RS Daquan Isom, Southern Illinois 5-8 172 Fr. Orlando (Fla.) Dr. Phillips High
WR Jimmy Jones, Southern Illinois 5-9 179 Fr. St. Louis (Mo.) Hazelwood East High
PK Zak Kennedy, Youngstown State 6-0 160 Fr. Youngstown (Ohio) Cardinal Mooney High
QB Sean McGuire, Western Illinois 6-3 220 Fr. Franklin (Wis.) High
PK Cam Pedersen, North Dakota State 6-1 170 Fr. Eau Claire (Wis.) Regis High
WR Darrius Shepherd, North Dakota State 5-11 180 Fr. Blue Springs (Mo.) High
QB Easton Stick, North Dakota State 6-2 215 Fr. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep High
OL Cal Twait, UNI 6-7 286 Fr. Manson (Iowa) Northwest Webster High


DEFENSE
FS LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State 6-0 195 Jr. Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer High / Univ. of Nebraska
TE/DE Brannon Barry, Illinois State 6-4 210 Fr. St. Charles (Ill.) East High
S Jared Beshore, Missouri State 6-0 198 Fr. Lamar (Mo.) High
LB Armand Dellovade, Youngstown State 6-0 210 Fr. Imperial (Pa.) West Allegheny High
S Robbie Grimsley, North Dakota State 6-0 181 Fr. Hutchinson (Minn.) High
LB Katrell Moss, Indiana State 5-11 220 Fr. Indianapolis (Ind.) Warren Central High
DB Xavier Rowe, Western Illinois 6-0 190 Fr. Oak Park (Ill.) Oak Park-River Forest High
DB Timothy Smith, Western Illinois 6-1 195 Fr. Chicago (Ill.) Morgan Park High
DE Andrew Van Ginkel, South Dakota 6-4 230 Fr. Rock Valley (Iowa) High
CB Jefferson Vea, Southern Illinois 6-2 185 Fr. Mount Dara (Fla.) High
LB Lee Wright, Youngstown State 6-1 215 So. York (S.C.) High / Appalachian State

[Professor Chaos]

Who needs more than 1 O-lineman when you have 2 kickers and 4 QBs? xlolx

[F'N Hawks]

Who needs more than 1 O-lineman when you have 2 kickers and 4 QBs? xlolx

No doubt. Kind of seems like they put any freshman who actually played on the team to fill it out. Might be a waste of time but whatever.

[JayJ79]

I've never understood the point of an all-"newcomer" team.

all-freshman, I get. But there is a big difference between a freshman in his first (or second, with a redshirt year) season out of high school, and someone transferring in as a junior or senior after having played for a few years at an FBS (or another FCS) school.

[ST_Lawson]

I've never understood the point of an all-"newcomer" team.

all-freshman, I get. But there is a big difference between a freshman in his first (or second, with a redshirt year) season out of high school, and someone transferring in as a junior or senior after having played for a few years at an FBS (or another FCS) school.

True...a "newcomer" could be like Aaron Stecker...started for 2 years at Wisconsin, was good there, but reduced to non-starting role with the emergence of eventual Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne, transferred to Western for final 2 years and proceeded to destroy Gateway (now MVFC) rushing records. I don't think he should be considered a "newcomer".

I think a "newcomer" should be either a freshman, redshirt freshman, or someone who transferred in from another school after starting less than...idk, maybe 1/2 the games in one season (or maybe not starting any games...not sure where that line would be). That would include a player like our QB Norvell, when he first came to Western (and was on the conference all-newcomer team that year) after redshirting a year at Cincinnati. I could also see it being someone who sat behind a starting player at a big FBS school for a year or two, maybe played a little as a backup, but didn't ever get a starting role or any significant playing time (would UNI's QB Bailey fit that...I don't think he started much, if any, games at Illinois when he was there).

[skinny_uncle]

Who needs more than 1 O-lineman when you have 2 kickers and 4 QBs? xlolx
6 guys in the secondary? Maybe we should have tried that.