Who were the MAC’s best and brightest stars of the 2017 season? It’s the CFN All-MAC Team & Top 30 Players.
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All-MAC Offensive Player of the Year
QB Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
It wasn’t the 45 touchdown season of two years ago, but he still threw for more yards than anyone in the MAC by a mile, and he led the way to a conference championship. The veteran hit 65% of his passes for 3,758 yards and 28 touchdowns with five picks.
CFN All-MAC Defensive Player of the Year
DE Sutton Smith, Soph. Northern Illinois
The nation’s best pass rusher, the 6-0, 225 pound new star made 56 tackles and returned two fumbles for scores. Oh yeah … and he led the nation with 14 sacks and 28.5 tackles for loss.
2017 CFN MAC Coach of the Year
Terry Bowden, Akron
Without a whole bunch of talent to work with, he turned an okay team that won five games into the MAC East champion. The Zips might have been blown out by Toledo in the title game, but they beat Ohio in the game they had to have. And now he has Akron in a bowl game.
CFN All-MAC Offense
QB Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
RB Jarvion Franklin, Sr, WMU
RB Terry Swanson, Sr. Toledo
WR Anthony Johnson, Jr. Buffalo
WR Diontae Johnson, Soph. Toledo
TE Shane Wimann, Sr. Northern Illinois
OT Elijah Nkansah, Sr. Toledo
OT Max Scharping, Jr. Northern Illinois
OG Chukwuma Okorafor, Sr. WMU
OG Jimmy Leatiota, Jr. Eastern Michigan
C Jake Pruehs, Sr. Ohio
CFN All-MAC Defense
DE Sutton Smith, Soph. NIU
DT Ikeem Allen, Sr. Miami Univ.
DT Jon Cunningham, Sr. Kent State
DE Anthony Wimbush, Sr. Ball State
LB Ulysses Gilbert III, Jr. Akron
LB Khalil Hodge, Jr. Buffalo
LB Quentin Poling, Sr. Ohio
CB Amari Coleman, Sr. Central Michigan
S Josh Cox, Sr. Central Michigan
S Brody Hoying, Soph. Eastern Michigan
CB Darius Phillips, Sr. Western Michigan
CFN All-MAC Special Teams
PK Jameson Vest, Jr. Toledo
P Joseph Davidson, Sr. Bowling Green
KR Darius Phillips, Sr. Western Michigan
PR Danzel McKinley-Lewis, Soph. Toledo
2017 CFN MAC Top 30 Players
1. DE Sutton Smith, Soph. NIU
2. QB Logan Woodside, Sr. Toledo
3. LB Khalil Hodge, Jr. Buffalo
4. QB Nathan Rourke, Soph. Ohio
5. DE Anthony Wimbush, Sr. Ball State
6. RB Terry Swanson, Sr. Toledo
7. DE Joe Ostman, Sr. Central Michigan
8. CB/KR Darius Phillips, Sr. WMU
9. RB Jarvion Franklin, Sr, WMU
10. OG Chukwuma Okorafor, Sr. WMU
11. QB Tyree Jackson, Soph. Buffalo
12. LB Ulysses Gilbert III, Jr. Akron
13. QB Shane Morris, Sr. Central Michigan
14. WR Anthony Johnson, Jr. Buffalo
15. S Josh Cox, Sr. Central Michigan
16. LB Quentin Poling, Sr. Ohio
17. WR Diontae Johnson, Soph. Toledo
18. DE Maxx Crosby, Soph. Eastern Michigan
19. DE Olasunkanmi Adeniyi, Jr. Toledo
20. LB Robert Spillane, Sr. Western Michigan
21. OT Max Scharping, Jr. Northern Illinois
22. LB Jim Jones, Jr. Kent State
23. CB Amari Coleman, Sr. Central Michigan
24. S Brody Hoying, Soph. Eastern Michigan
25. CB Brand Ellis, Sr. Ohio
26. WR Sergio Bailey, Sr. Eastern Michigan
27. DE Demone Harris, Sr. Buffalo
28. S Javon Hagan, Soph. Ohio
29. OT Elijah Nkansah, Sr. Toledo
30. S Alvin Davis, Soph. Akron
