Senior defensive tackle Caleb Sanders led the Jackrabbits with 6.5 sacks a season ago and ranked second with 13 tackles for loss among his 34 total tackles. A native of Solon, Iowa, Bock also intercepted two passes, forced two fumbles and blocked a kick in 2021. Junior linebacker Adam Bock returns after tallying a team-best 125 total tackles, including 9.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. On the defensive side of the ball, the Jackrabbits’ top three leaders in tackles for loss from last season all received first-team recognition. He has averaged nearly eight yards per carry through his first two seasons in a Jackrabbit uniform. A junior from Joplin, Missouri, Davis missed most of the 2021 regular season due to injury, but managed to finish second on the team with 701 rushing yards and seven touchdown after three consecutive 100-yard games in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Janke, a senior from Madison, posted team highs of 72 receptions and 1,165 receiving yards in 2021, while adding five touchdowns.Ī junior from Timber Lake, Kraft caught 65 passes for 780 yards and six touchdowns a season ago.Ĭompleting the list of first-team selections on offense was running back Isaiah Davis. Up front, offensive linemen Garret Greenfield and Mason McCormick were honored on the first team after helping pave the way for a Jackrabbit offense to average 36.1 points and 441.1 yards of total offense during the 2021 season.īoth of the Jackrabbits’ leading receivers from a year ago, wide receiver Jaxon Janke and tight end Tucker Kraft, also garnered first-team selections. Eight of the selections were first-team picks, including five on the offensive side of the ball. In addition, nine Jackrabbit players were honored on the MVFC Preseason Team. Since joining the MVFC at the start of the 2008 season, SDSU has been picked to finish second in the league standings on seven occasions and was tabbed as the favorite in 2021. Missouri State (355), Southern Illinois (306) and Northern Iowa (304) rounded out the top five. SDSU went on to reach the FCS semifinals for the fourth time in five years.ĭefending league and national champion North Dakota State earned the top spot in the poll with 446 points and 39 first-place votes, followed by the Jackrabbits with the other two first-place votes and 407 points. The Jackrabbits return 14 starters from last year’s squad that posted an 11-4 overall record, including a 5-3 mark in MVFC play, and reached the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. LOUIS – South Dakota State has been picked to finish second in the 2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference race, according to a preseason poll conducted among the league’s coaches, sports information directors and a select media panel that was announced Tuesday.
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