Phil Steele Makes Two Big Announcements

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

Steele has announced that they will publish a FCS only magazine starting in 2011. This is great news!!

They also announced their All-America teams. Here they are:

PHIL STEELE ’S 2010 FCS POSTSEASON ALL -AMERICAN TEAM

1st TEAM OFFENSE
QB Pat Devlin, Delaware
RB Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington
RB Henry Harris, SE Missouri St
FB Eric Breitenstein, Wofford
WR Chris Summers, Liberty
WR Raymond Webber, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
WR Tysson Poots, Southern Utah
TE Andrew Kennedy, Columbia
C Sean Middleton, SE Missouri St
OG Brant Clouser, Villanova
OG Pat Illig, Wofford
OT Ben Ijalana, Villanova
OT Will Rackley, Lehigh

1st TEAM DEFENSE
DE Mario Kurn, San Diego
DT Brent Russell, Georgia Southern
DT Kenrick Ellis, Hampton
DE Ameet Pall, Wofford
LB JC Sherritt, Eastern Washington
LB Tyler Holmes, Massachusetts
LB Kyle Glazier, Western Illinois
LB Matt Evans, New Hampshire
CB Korey Lindsey, Southern Illinois
CB Trumaine Johnson, Montana
S Mark LeGree, Appalachian St
S Eugene Clifford, Tennessee St

1st TEAM SPECIALISTS
K Matt Bevins, Liberty
P David Miller, William & Mary

KR Larrone Moore, Delaware St PR Tavoy Moore, Idaho St
OFFENSIVE POY: RB Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington
DEFENSIVE POY: LB Tyler Holmes, Massachusetts
OL OF THE YEAR: OT Ben Ijalana, Villanova
SPECIAL TEAMS POY: RS Tavoy Moore, Idaho St
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: RB Andrew Pierce, Delaware

-- OFFENSE --
2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 3rd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 4th TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
QB DeAndre Presley, Appalachian St Scott Riddle, Elon Jeremy Moses, Stephen F. Austin
RB Nate Eachus, Colgate DeAngelo Branche, Norfolk St Darrius Gates, Indiana St
RB Frank Warren, Grambling St Kyle Minett, South Dakota St Mike Mayhew, North Carolina A&T
FB Vai Tafuna, Weber St Luke DeLuca, Penn Steve Platek, Drake
WR Lito Senatus, Western Illinois Marcus Harris, Murray St Norman White, Villanova
WR Brian Quick, Appalachian St Trey Peacock, Princeton Brandon Kaufman, Eastern Washington
WR Aaron Mellette, Elon Joel Bradford, Chattanooga Tim Benford, Tennessee Tech
TE David Duran, Coastal Carolina Shadrae King, Robert Morris Dean Rogers, UC Davis
C Ryan McKnight, South Dakota St Chris Powers, Eastern Washington Austin Zlab, Northern Iowa
OG Gino Gradkowski, Delaware JC Oram, Weber St DJ Hall, Texas St
OG Michael Booker, Northwestern St Rodney Austin, Elon Will Mitchell, Cal Poly
OT Mike Person, Montana St Curt Porter, Jacksonville St Corey Konycki, Robert Morris
OT David Arkin, Missouri St Daniel Kilgore, Appalachian St Tom Compton, South Dakota

-- DEFENSE --
2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 3rd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 4th TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
DE Ben Obaseki, Indiana St Brian McNally, New Hampshire Kenneth Charles, Stephen F. Austin
DT Martin Parker, Richmond Matthew Gratzek, North Dakota St Asa Chapman, Liberty
DT Ben Boothby, Northern Iowa Andre Caroll, Delaware St Andrew Soucy, Eastern Kentucky
DE Jabari Fletcher, Appalachian St Zack Nash, Sacramento St Brandon Peguese, Hampton
LB Eric McBride, Richmond DeJuan Fulghum, Texas Southern Mike Groome, Lehigh
LB Bryce Smith, Samford Kadarron Anderson, Furman Derek Rose, Northwestern St
LB DJ Smith, Appalachian St Antoine Wilkinson, Missouri St Josh Bey, UT Martin
LB Jabara Williams, Stephen F. Austin David Erby, South Carolina St Keith Pough, Howard
CB Dino Vasso, New Hampshire Moses Ellis, Prairie View A&M Anthony Walters, Delaware
CB Ryan Steed, Furman Justin Rogers, Richmond Laron Scott, Georgia Southern
S Matt Johnson, Eastern Washington Anthony Bratton, Delaware Anthony Bratton, Delaware
S Tyler Brock, Southeast Missouri St Erik Stoll, Montana James Vercammen, Dayton

-- SPECIAL TEAMS --
2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 3rd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 4th TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
K Blake Erickson, South Carolina St Jason Cunningham, Montana St Adrian Mora, Georgia Southern
P Cole Zwiefelhofer, South Dakota David Harrington, Idaho St Patrick Dolan, Nicholls St
KR Jeremy Caldwell, Eastern Kentucky Gralyn Crawford, Stephen F. Austin Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern
PR Dontrell Johnson, Murray St Shawn Abuhoff, Dartmouth Justin Rogers, Richmond

[danefan]

A real national magazine is a great idea. Lets hope it sells enough to keep it going.

I can't wait to see the CSN responses to this....

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

A real national magazine is a great idea. Lets hope it sells enough to keep it going.

I can't wait to see the CSN responses to this....

LOL! I did not post this on AGS because I will wait and see if someone else posts it. I think it is great Phil Steele is doing this!

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

A real national magazine is a great idea. Lets hope it sells enough to keep it going.

I can't wait to see the CSN responses to this....

LOL! I did not post this on AGS because I will wait and see if someone else posts it. I think it is great Phil Steele is doing this!

That's gonna be sweet. Let us know when it's available to order and I'll pick up a few for me and friends.

[bandl]

LOL! I did not post this on AGS because I will wait and see if someone else posts it. I think it is great Phil Steele is doing this!

That's gonna be sweet. Let us know when it's available to order and I'll pick up a few for me and friends.

Thanks in advance, Troy.

[HenZoneNation]

Man...these guys love them some Appy St.

[bandl]

Man...these guys love them some Appy St.

There are more players from Delaware than Appy State in these lists...

(if my 'control-F' function using 'Delaware' and 'Appalachian' is working correctly)

EDIT: Of course, by Delaware I mean both schools in that state

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

That's gonna be sweet. Let us know when it's available to order and I'll pick up a few for me and friends.

Thanks in advance, Troy.

Ok, just added you to the list of guys that I will take pics of the magazine articles and send them to.

I hope someone gets that.

[bluehenbillk]

I love that Phil Steele will do a FCS only mag - I'll buy one. I like the Devlin 1st team QB too, don't know if he necessarily merited 1st team - probably looking more on pro potential there than anything - but should definitely be on the list.

UD's defense still must really be some no-names, our DB's get the shaft, a 3rd & a 4th team....

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

I love that Phil Steele will do a FCS only mag - I'll buy one. I like the Devlin 1st team QB too, don't know if he necessarily merited 1st team - probably looking more on pro potential there than anything - but should definitely be on the list.

UD's defense still must really be some no-names, our DB's get the shaft, a 3rd & a 4th team....

Devlin is the best QB in the country. I don't see how he can't be on a first-team? I fully expect CSN to have him first-team as well.

To be honest I think that is the most love your secondary has gotten and I would agree with it. I don't think you guys have a stud draft pick or a guy who stands out from the rest but you have the best unit in the country. I think top to bottom it is tough to pick who the top two DBs are in your secondary. From what I saw on film I think they got the first and second team DB lists right for sure. Ryan Steed is a stud to keep an eye on. Depending on what his official measurements and 40 time are he could be a top 5 round pick in 2012.

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

Man...these guys love them some Appy St.

Actually I think they gave App less love on defense than anyone else. They did not have Smith or Fletcher on the first team and I fully agree there.

The only real love they gave to App that nobody else has is they have Kilgore and Quick on there but I expect both of them to get a shot in the NFL. They both had great years and to be honest are better players than Fletcher or Smith. Kilgore had a great year and really got the shaft in the Jacobs Blocking Trophy voting. Quick would have had 1200 plus yards and 15 TDs had they just thrown him the ball as much as they should have. If you ask SoCon coaches around the league they will even comment on how they are surprised and happy ASU does not use Quick more than they do. You also have to judge his blocking as Quick has become one of the most devastating blocking receivers in the SoCon as well.

[FargoBison]

Nice to see Matt Gratzek finally show up on an All-American team, best defensive player in the MVFC. When he came back from a midseason injury it completely changed our defense.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Nice to see Matt Gratzek finally show up on an All-American team, best defensive player in the MVFC. When he came back from a midseason injury it completely changed our defense.

Dudes a real stud for sure.

[bandl]

Is this an 2010 All-American list, or a NFL potential future draft pick list? Not sure what a players official meaurements and 40 time have to do with their performance on the field in 2010...

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Is this an 2010 All-American list, or a NFL potential future draft pick list? Not sure what a players official measurements and 40 time have to do with their performance on the field in 2010...

Agree with this. What the player is/has done here is what this should be about. There draft potential should be a different topic and those different considerations should be addressed in that fashion.

I don't understand why it gets mixed. Are they a true All American based on what they've done here? Good then they are an All American based on that and that alone.

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

Is this an 2010 All-American list, or a NFL potential future draft pick list? Not sure what a players official meaurements and 40 time have to do with their performance on the field in 2010...

Read what I said again. I was simply pointing out that depending on what his measurements and speed will be he could be a high draft pick because he is a great player. Steed held Brian Quick in check, shut down Alshon Jeffery when he faced him one on one, and simply continued to shut his side of the field down. I was just pointing that out to show just how good Steed might be.

And no this is definitely not an All-NFL Prospect list because the UNH CB has no shot at playing in the NFL but he is on there. It looks to me they picked the best players period not going strictly by one thing. They have the toughest matchups and most talented players who dominated when given the chance over guys just because they had some decent numbers. With that said, everyone on their list looks to have very good numbers.

Another example they clearly aren't going by NFL stock as much is because Brian Quick has the best NFL stock of any receiver on the list yet he is on the second team. Will Rackley is a projected 3rd round pick according to the ratings the NFL Scouting Combine sent out to teams, which believe it or not is higher than Ijalana got, and yet they picked Ijalana as the top lineman in FCS.

But to point out this apparent bias against NFL prospects I do hope that folks realize the best players in the world are playing in the NFL so if a FCS player is going to play in the NFL and he is productive in college I don't see how you could argue their listing on an All-America team. I think you have to have a good balance of the two. Look at their QBs. They have Moses and Presley on the list but yet neither of them have any shot at playing QB in the NFL. Just because I am pointing out a player has great NFL stock does not mean I think they put him on because of that but simply showing that the guy is better than your average All-American because they will play on Sundays.

[TheHerd]

Nice to see Matt Gratzek finally show up on an All-American team, best defensive player in the MVFC. When he came back from a midseason injury it completely changed our defense.

Dudes a real stud for sure.

Damn I wish he was a junior this year! Gratzek should have been on all the all american teams, its really good to see him get a little recognition. He has the potential to line up on Sundays and I believe he will get his chance, probably not drafted, but definitely a free agent contract. Congrats Matt. I think our punter Prelvits could have gotten on one of these teams as well.

[FargoBison]

Nice to see Matt Gratzek finally show up on an All-American team, best defensive player in the MVFC. When he came back from a midseason injury it completely changed our defense.

Dudes a real stud for sure.

Definitely, probably one of the players I enjoyed watching play for the Bison the most. Hopefully he get a shot to play on Sundays. This pic sums up Matt's playing style perfectly....

[bonarae]

A real national magazine is a great idea. Lets hope it sells enough to keep it going.

I can't wait to see the CSN responses to this....

LOL! I did not post this on AGS because I will wait and see if someone else posts it. I think it is great Phil Steele is doing this!

As of now, I will copy the list because no one has posted it there yet!

[AZGrizFan]

Thanks in advance, Troy.

Ok, just added you to the list of guys that I will take pics of the magazine articles and send them to.

I hope someone gets that.

I got it...and somehow it's not as funny this time around.

[UNHWildCats]

The jumble of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams was annoying to read. So I threw this together to help others... If people like it I can do similar ones for other organizations all american teams.