McKnight, Minett tabbed as preseason All-Americans

[News from the FCS]

South Dakota State University football players Ryan McKnight and Kyle Minett have been selected to The Sports Network Preseason All-America Team. McKnight, a 6-foot-1, 295-pound senior from Sioux Falls, was named to the first team as a center. A first-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection in 2009, McKnight started all 12 games for the Jackrabbits' playoff-qualifying squad and was an integral part of an offense that averaged 27.8 points and 341.2 yards of total offense per game. A senior running back from Ruthton, Minn., Minett earned third-team recognition. Named to the Walter Payton Award watch list for the top offensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision earlier this month, Minett enters his senior season third among returning FCS backs and fourth on the SDSU career charts with 3,069 career rushing yards. A two-time second-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection, he has posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons, rushing for

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