Craig Haley | STATS.com | December 18, 2018 Eight North Dakota State football players lead 2018 STATS FCS All-American team Eastern Washington Advances To FCS Finals Share National finalists, North Dakota State and the players invited to the unveiling of the Walter Payton and Buck Buchanan awards help to highlight the 2018 STATS FCS All-America Team, announced Tuesday. The two most prestigious player awards in the FCS will be announced at the STATS FCS Banquet and Presentation on Jan. 4 in Frisco, Texas — the eve of the national championship. Up for the Payton are senior quarterbacks Chandler Burks of Kennesaw State, Devlin Hodges of Samford and Easton Stick of North Dakota State. The award's results will determine the order on the All-America team. The #FCSChampionship Finals Are Set! pic.twitter.com/CPetWb9NP0— NCAA FCS Football (@NCAA_FCS) December 15, 2018 Junior linebackers Zach Hall of Southeast Missouri and Dante Olson of Montana and senior defensive end Derick Roberson of Sam Houston State are in contention for the Buchanan. The trio of standouts made the first team. North Dakota State, which seeks a second straight and record seventh FCS title on Jan. 5, placed an overwhelming eight players on the three teams. Besides Stick, center Tanner Volson and safety Robbie Grimsley made the first team, offensive tackle Zack Johnson and linebacker Jabril Cox the second team, and defensive end Greg Menard, punter Garret Wegner and Darrius Shepherd the third team. MORE: Schools with the most all-time FCS football national championships | Full history Eastern Washington, the other national finalist, had three selections: first-team place-kicker Roldan Alcobendas, second-team defensive lineman Jay-Tee Tiuli and third-team offensive lineman Spencer Blackburn. Three players earned first-team All-America honors for the second time. UC Davis wide receiver Keelan Doss repeated from last year, while Cal Poly fullback Joe Protheroe and Princeton quarterback John Lovett, chosen as an all-purpose player, also made the first team in 2016. MORE: Bracket, schedule, scores and how to watch the 2018 FCS playoffs The All-America Team includes 100 players from 61 schools and all 13 FCS conferences. The Missouri Valley Football Conference had the most selections with 17, while CAA Football (12), the Big Sky Conference (11) and the Southern Conference (11) also reached double figures. The All-America team included 19 players who were named either offensive or defensive player of the year in their respective conference. --- 2018 STATS FCS ALL-AMERICA TEAM *-Order of quarterbacks to be determined after the STATS FCS Awards Banquet on Jan. 4. FIRST TEAM OFFENSE *QB - Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State RB - Ryan Fulse, senior, 5-11, 195, Wagner RB - A.J. Hines, junior, 5-11, 225, Duquesne FB - Joe Protheroe, senior, 5-11, 230, Cal Poly WR - Michael Bandy, junior, 5-11, 190, San Diego WR - Keelan Doss, senior, 6-3, 210, UC Davis WR - Josh Pearson, junior, 6-4, 205, Jacksonville State TE - Donald Parham, senior, 6-8, 240, Stetson OL - B.J. Autry, senior, 6-5, 340, Jacksonville State OL - Drew Forbes, senior, 6-5, 305, Southeast Missouri OL - Iosua Opeta, senior, 6-4, 305, Weber State OL - Matt Pyke, senior, 6-2, 302, ETSU OL - Tanner Volson, senior, 6-4, 306, North Dakota State DEFENSE DL - Darryl Johnson Jr., junior, 6-5, 232, North Carolina A&T DL - Isaiah Mack, senior, 6-3, 305, Chattanooga DL - Derick Roberson, senior, 6-4, 250, Sam Houston State DL - Khalen Saunders, senior, 6-2, 310, Western Illinois LB - B.J. Blunt, senior, 6-1, 220, McNeese LB - Zach Hall, junior, 6-0, 230, Southeast Missouri LB - Dante Olson, junior, 6-3, 237, Montana LB - Sterling Sheffield, senior, 6-2, 240, Maine DB - Nasir Adderley, senior, 6-0, 200, Delaware DB - Robbie Grimsley, senior, 6-0, 194, North Dakota State DB - Jimmy Moreland, senior, 5-11, 175, James Madison DB - Isiah Swann, junior, 6-0, 190, Dartmouth SPECIAL TEAMS PK - Roldan Alcobendas, senior, 6-0, 180, Eastern Washington P - Alex Pechin, senior, 6-0, 200, Bucknell LS - Patrick Eby, senior, 6-3, 235, Columbia KR - Jean Constant, junior, 5-9, 177, Bryant PR - D'Angelo Amos, sophomore, 6-1, 180, James Madison AP - John Lovett, senior, 6-3, 225, Princeton North Dakota State heads to the FCS National Championship game --- SECOND TEAM OFFENSE *QB - Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State RB - James Robinson, junior, 5-10, 220, Illinois State RB - Marquis Terry, senior, 5-7, 180, Southeast Missouri FB - Andre Stoddard, senior, 5-10, 240, Wofford WR - Jazz Ferguson, junior, 6-5, 223, Northwestern State WR - Alexander Hollins, senior, 6-1, 170, Eastern Illinois WR - Jesper Horsted, senior, 6-4, 225, Princeton TE - Charlie Taumoepeau, junior, 6-3, 240, Portland State OL - J'Von Brown, junior, 6-3, 350, Central Connecticut State OL - Tytus Howard, senior 6-6, 311, Alabama State OL - Zack Johnson, junior, 6-6, 316, North Dakota State OL - Matt Kaskey, senior, 6-7, 325, Dartmouth OL - Oli Udoh, senior, 6-5, 336, Elon DEFENSE DL - Ahmad Gooden, senior, 6-2, 245, Samford DL - Sully Laiche, junior, 6-2, 270, Nicholls DL - Jay-Tee Tiuli, senior, 6-4, 315, Eastern Washington DL - Nick Wheeler, junior, 6-2, 255, Colgate LB - Jabril Cox, sophomore, 6-3, 231, North Dakota State LB - Cam Gill, junior, 6-3, 230, Wagner LB - Troy Reeder, senior, 6-3, 245, Delaware LB - Pete Swenson, senior, 6-3, 230, Western Illinois DB - Jordan Brown, senior, 6-1, 200, South Dakota State DB - Abu Daramy-Swaray, junior, 5-10, 190, Colgate DB - Manny Patterson, senior, 5-10, 180, Maine DB - Tyree Robinson, sophomore, 5-11, 184, ETSU SPECIAL TEAMS PK - Austin Errthum, senior, 5-10, 180, UNI P - Cade Coffey, sophomore, 6-1, 191, Idaho LS - Steven Wethli, senior, 6-0, 230, Youngstown State KR - Malik Wilson, senior, 5-11, 166, North Carolina A&T PR - Booker Chambers, senior, 5-9, 185, Mississippi Valley State AP - Tyrie Adams, junior, 6-2, 180, Western Carolina AP - Shane Simpson, junior, 5-9, 200, Towson --- THIRD TEAM OFFENSE *QB - Chandler Burks, senior, 5-10, 190, Kennesaw State; Devlin Hodges, senior, 6-1, 205, Samford; or Easton Stick, senior, 6-2, 221, North Dakota State RB - Ra'Quanne Dickens, senior, 5-10, 195, Incarnate Word RB - James Holland Jr., senior, 5-9, 210, Colgate RB - De'Shawn Waller, junior, 5-11, 210, Alcorn State FB - Cal Daniels, senior, 6-2, 255, Stony Brook WR - Juston Christian, senior, 6-0, 188, Marist WR - Cade Johnson, sophomore, 5-10, 180, South Dakota State WR - Kelvin McKnight, senior, 5-8, 186, Samford WR - Reggie White Jr., senior, 6-3, 210, Monmouth TE - Charles Scarff, TE, senior, 6-6, 270, Delaware OL - Spencer Blackburn, senior, 6-2, 285, Eastern Washington OL - Garrett Bowery, senior, 6-2, 303, Lamar OL - C.J. Collins, senior, 6-3, 255, Kennesaw State OL - Daniel Cooney, senior, 6-8, 315, San Diego OL - Micah Shaw, senior, 6-1, 264, North Carolina A&T OL - Cal Twait, senior, 6-5, 305, UNI DEFENSE DL - Solomon Brown, senior, 6-1, 235, Charleston Southern DL - Miles Brown, senior, 6-2, 320, Wofford DL - Rocco Di Leo, senior, 6-3, 285, Dartmouth DL - Greg Menard, senior, 6-2, 240, North Dakota State DL - Nasir Player, junior, 6-5, 271, ETSU LB - De'Arius Christmas, senior, 5-10, 220, Grambling State LB - Anthony Gore Jr., senior 6-0, 201, Kennesaw State LB - Jonas Griffith, junior, 6-4, 240, Indiana State LB - Warren Messer, senior, 5-11, 227, Elon LB - LeGrand Toia, senior, 6-2, 225, Weber State DB - Davon Jernigan, senior, 6-0, 208, Lamar DB - Hakeem Kinard, senior, 5-10, 200, Saint Francis DB - Davanta Reynolds, senior, 5-10, 200, North Carolina Central DB - Will Warner, junior, 6-3, 201, Drake SPECIAL TEAMS PK - Aidan O'Neill, junior, 6-1, 199, Towson P - Chris Faddoul, sophomore, 6-1, 182, Florida A&M P - Garret Wegner, sophomore, 6-0, 191, North Dakota State LS - Patrick Keefe, senior, 5-11, 195, The Citadel KR - Jimmie Robinson, senior, 5-8, 162, Bethune-Cookman PR - Darrius Shepherd, senior, 5-11, 188, North Dakota State AP - Troy Anderson, sophomore, 6-3, 215, Montana State MORE: 2019 FCS championship info | Get tickets FCS football: We picked the top-5 players all-time for Eastern Washington football Eastern Washington football has a storied history filled with accolades, including the 2010 FCS national championship and an FCS-leading seven major national award winners. 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