FARMINGTON, Utah (Dec. 14, 2021) - The 2021 HERO Sports All-American Football Teams were released on Tuesday, with the Big Sky landing 39 spots across the five teams announced by the publication.
Montana earned 11 All-American selections to lead all Big Sky schools, as Eastern Washington finished with six and Montana State earned five to round out the top three teams. The Griz also had a league-high five spots on the All-American First Team on Tuesday.
Of the Big Sky's eight All-American First Team selections, five of those were on the defensive side of the ball as Daniel Hardy (Montana State), Josiah Erickson (Sacramento State), Patrick O'Connell (Montana), Troy Andersen (Montana State) and Justin Ford (Montana) all snagged first-team honors. Eric Barriere (Eastern Washington) was tabbed as the quarterback for the All-American First Team, while Braxton Jones (Southern Utah) represented the offensive line and FCS Punter of the Year Brian Buschini (Montana) rounded out the group of eight first-team honorees.
The 2021 HERO Sports All-America teams were compiled by editor Sam Herder. For the full release from HERO Sports, click
here.
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2021 HERO Sports All-American Teams (Big Sky honorees)
First Team All-American
QB: Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
OL: Braxton Jones, Southern Utah
DL: Daniel Hardy, Montana State
DL: Josiah Erickson, Sacramento State
LB: Patrick O'Connell, Montana
LB: Troy Andersen, Montana State
DB: Justin Ford, Montana
P: Brian Buschini, Montana
Second Team All-American
RB: Isaiah Ifanse, Montana State
OL: Lewis Kidd, Montana State
LB: Tre Walker, Idaho
DB: Anthony Adams, Portland State
P: Daniel Whelan, UC Davis
LS: Matthew O'Donoghue, Montana
RS: Malik Flowers, Montana
Third Team All-American
FB: Logan Kendall, Idaho
WR: Talolo Limu-Jones, Eastern Washington
OL: Tristen Taylor, Eastern Washington
DL: Chase Benson, Montana State
LB: Jace Lewis, Montana
DB: Jordan Perryman, UC Davis
DB: Robby Hauck, Montana
K: Kevin Macias, Montana
RS: Rashid Shaheed, Weber State
Sophomore All-American Team
WR: Freddie Roberson, Eastern Washington
WR: Terez Traynor, Idaho
TE: Marshel Martin, Sacramento State
TE: McCallan Castles, UC Davis
OL: Noah Atagi, Weber State
DL: Joshua Jerome, Eastern Washington
DL: Alex Gubner, Montana
LB: David Hoage, Northern Colorado
DB: Eddie Heckard, Weber State
Freshman All-American Team
RB: Kevin Daniels, NAU
WR: Efton Chism III, Eastern Washington
TE: Cole Grossman, Montana
DB: Kobe Singleton, Southern Utah
P: Brian Buschini, Montana
RS: Lan Larison, UC Davis