CollegeFootballNews.com Preview 2017: All-MAC Team & Top 30 Players
Who are the best and brightest stars of the MAC going into the 2017 season? Welcome to the CFN All-MAC Team & Top 30 Players.
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2017 All-MAC Team & Top 30 Players
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2017 CFN Preseason MAC Offensive Player of the Year
QB Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
Who was the most efficient quarterback in college football last year? Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield. Who was No. 2? It was Woodside, who led the nation with 45 touchdown passes averaging close to ten yards per throw.
While he’s not all that big, he’s got a great deep arm, spreads the ball around well, and helped the Rockets keep up in game after game as a consistent star. As the leader of – likely – the MAC’s best team, and with WMU’s Zach Terrell gone, this should be Woodside’s season.
2017 CFN Preseason MAC Defensive Player of the Year
LB Quentin Poling, Sr. Ohio
But watch out for Buffalo linebacker Khalil Hodge, among a slew of other linebackers and several great defensive backs. The 6-0, 235-pound Poling was a decent pass rusher with four sacks, and was a regular in the backfield to go along with 109 tackles. He’s been one of the MAC’s top defenders for the last few years. If Ohio is going to get back to the MAC title game, he’ll once again be one of the main reasons.
2017 CFN All-MAC Offense
QB – Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
RB – Jarvion Franklin, Sr. Western Michigan
RB – James Gilbert, Jr. Ball State
WR – Cody Thompson, Sr. Toledo
WR – Corey Willis, Sr. Central Michigan
TE – Tyler Conklin, Sr. Central Michigan
OL – John Keenoy, Jr. Western Michigan
OL – Tim McAuliffe, Sr. Bowling Green
OL – Chukwuma Okorafor, Sr. Western Michigan
OL – Max Scharping, Jr. Northern Illinois
OL – Luke Shively, Jr. Northern Illinois
2017 CFN All-MAC Defense
DE – Joe Ostman, Sr. Central Michigan
DT – Darius Copeland, Sr. Akron
DT – Jon Cunningham, Sr. Kent State
DE – Anthony Wimbush, Sr. Ball State
LB – Malik Fountain, Jr. Central Michigan
LB – Khalil Hodge, Jr. Buffalo
LB – Quentin Poling, Sr. Ohio
CB – Heath Harding, Sr. Miami Univ.
S – Javon Hagan, Soph. Ohio
S – Brandon Mayes, Sr. Northern Illinois
CB – Darius Phillips, Sr. Western Michigan
2017 CFN All-MAC Special Teams
PK – Louie Zervos, Soph. Ohio
P – Joe Davidson, Sr. Bowling Green
KR – Maurice Thomas, Jr. Miami Univ.
PR – Darius Phillips, Sr. Western Michigan
2017 CFN All-MAC Top 30 Players
1. QB Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
2. LB Quentin Poling, Sr. Ohio
3. RB James Gilbert, Jr. Ball State
4. QB Gus Ragland, Jr. Miami Univ.
5. OT Max Scharping, Jr. Northern Illinois
6. CB/KR Darius Phillips, Sr. Western Michigan
7. LB Khalil Hodge, Jr. Buffalo
8. CB Heath Harding, Sr. Miami Univ.
9. OT Chukwuma Okorafor, Sr. Western Michigan
10. WR Cody Thompson, Sr. Toledo
11. CB Shawun Lurry, Sr. Northern Illinois
12. RB Jarvion Franklin, Sr. Western Michigan
13. WR Corey Willis, Sr. Central Michigan
14. LB Malik Fountain, Jr. Central Michigan
15. S Javon Hagan, Soph. Ohio
16. CB Jerrell Foster, Sr. Kent State
17. RB Jamauri Bogan, Jr. Western Michigan
18. DE Joe Ostman, Sr. Central Michigan
19. LB Robert Spillane, Sr. Western Michigan
20. LB Ulysses Gilbert, Jr. Akron
21. WR Scott Miller, Jr. Bowling Green
22. LB Asantay Brown, Sr. Western Michigan
23. DE Anthony Wimbush, Sr. Ball State
24. LB Ja’Wuan Woodley, Sr. Toledo
25. LB Ishmael Hargrove, Sr. Buffalo
26. S Brandon Mayes, Sr. Northern Illinois
27. QB Brogan Roback, Sr. Eastern Michigan
28. CB Amari Coleman, Sr. Central Michigan
29. S Jason Beck, Sr. Eastern Michigan
30. LB Junior McMullen, Jr. Miami Univ.
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