Big Sky Players Rack Up Phil Steele All-American Honors
OGDEN, Utah (August 10, 2018) – The Phil Steele 2018 Preseason FCS All-American and All-Big Sky Teams were announced today by the
online magazine. Twenty-five Big Sky players landed on the All-American team.
According to Phil Steele, the Big Sky has three of the four top tight ends in all of FCS with UC Davis’ Wes Preece listed at first team, Charlie Taumoepeau of Portland State on the second team, and Southern Utah’s Logan Parker on the fourth team.
Weber State placed five players on the various All-American squads, while the Wildcats and UC Davis had two members each on the first team. Five offensive lineman and five linebackers were named throughout the team, including the o-lineman taking three of the five possible spots on the first team.
The online magazine named UC Davis senior wide receiver Keelan Doss as the league's preseason offensive player of the year. Senior linebacker Josh Buss was named the league's preseason defensive player of the year. To see the complete list of Phil Steel All-Big Sky honorees
click here.
Phil Steele 2018 Preseason FCS All-American Teams
First Team
WR – Keelan Doss, UC Davis
TE – Wes Preece, UC Davis
OL – Noah Johnson, Idaho
OL – Zach Larsen, Southern Utah
OL – Iosua Opeta, Weber State
LB – Josh Buss, Montana
K – Trey Tuttle, Weber State
Second Team
QB – Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington
TE – Charlie Taumoepeau, Portland State
KR – Rashid Shaheed, Weber State
Third Team
QB – Case Cookus, Northern Arizona
WR – Emmanuel Butler, Northern Arizona
WR – Mitch Gueller, Idaho State
OL – Marquez Tucker, Southern Utah
DL – Jay-Tee Tiuli, Eastern Washington
LB – LeGrand Toia, Weber State
LB – Kaden Elliss, Idaho
P – Cade Coffey, Idaho
Fourth Team
WR – Andre Lindsey, Sacramento State
TE – Logan Parker, Southern Utah
OL – Spencer Blackburn, Eastern Washington
DL – George Obinna, Sacramento State
LB - Landon Stice, Weber State
LB - Chinedu Ahanonu, Southern Utah
DB – Wes Sutton, Northern Arizona