2016 MVC All-Conference Team

[ronfitch]

First Team:
Karter Schult, DL, Sr.

Second Team:
Trevor Hanson, OL, Sr.
Robert Rathje, OL. Sr.
Jared Farley, LB. Jr.
Elijah Campbell, DB, So.
Malcolm Washington, DB, Jr.

Honorable Mention:
Michael Malloy, RB, Sr.
D'Shawn Dexter, LB, Sr.
Sam Kuhter, P, Jr.

Source:

http://www.valley-football.org/news/default/2016-17/9187/2016-missouri-valley-football-all-conference-team/

[achrist70]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Honestly is it embarrassing for our program to only have 1 player on the first team.

[BCPanther]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Maybe talent IS part of the problem.

What if Farley isn't the great recruiter we assume he is?

[PantherFan]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Honestly is it embarrassing for our program to only have 1 player on the first team.

The same number as Indiana State.

[panther1]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

A single first team? That's a first from recent memory. Where are we going as a program?

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Maybe talent IS part of the problem.

What if Farley isn't the great recruiter we assume he is?

Or people on a 5-6 team don't get recognized like people on a 8-3 or 9-2 team.

It's probably a bit of both...

[UNIdad]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Nice of UNI to give some other teams an opportunity to have more players recognized. Hope we have gotten that out of our system.

[ronfitch]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

A single first team? That's a first from recent memory. Where are we going as a program?

I think that is the correct question to ask ... imagine David Harris is asking the same question today.

Given the complete mystery that was the UNI offense this year ... having two OLs on the second team and one RB on the HM says a lot about Rathje, Hanson and Malloy, IMO.

Losing some really good seniors this year.

[claw]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Well, we placed quite a few on the newcomer team.

http://unipanthers.com/news/2016/11/...omer-team.aspx

The UNI football program had five student-athletes named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team today, proving that the future is bright for the Panthers.

Redshirt freshman Trevor Allen and true freshman Jalen Rima both earned spots on the offensive team while redshirt freshman Hezekiah Applegate and FBS transfers Elijah Campbell and Malcolm Washington were named to the defensive team. Campbell and Washington also earned All-MVFC second-team.

Allen and Rima both showed their versatility in their first year in the Purple and Old Gold, racking up a combined 1,116 all-purpose yards. They were two of just three players on the roster this season that had at least one rushing attempt, caught a pass and returned a kickoff.

As poorly as the season went I think we forget how young this team was by the end of the season. Go through the participation of the final game

Starters
5 of our 11 starters were freshman or sophomores on offense
10 Fountain, Daurice WR - TRUE JUNIOR
16 Cunningham, Logan WR - SENIOR
25 Allen, Trevor WR - FRESHMAN
42 Gaeta, Griffin TE - SENIOR
52 Appleman, Jacob RT - SOPHOMORE
69 Hanson, Trevor RG - SENIOR
31 Malloy, Michael RB - SENIOR
14 Dunne, Eli QB - SOPHOMORE
75 Twait, Cal LT - SOPHOMORE
74 Scott-Brown, J. LG - FRESHMAN
72 Rathje, Robert C - SENIOR

5 of our defensive starters were freshman or sophomores and just 3 seniors.

23 Allen, A.J. SS - SOPHOMORE
30 Dexter, D'Shawn LB - SENIOR
39 Ferch, Duncan LB - SOPHOMORE
46 Farley, Jared LB - JUNIOR
19 Campbell, E. FS - SOPHOMORE
64 Applegate, Hezekiah DT - FRESHMAN
98 Douglas, Bryce DT - SOPHOMORE
7 Neal, Rickey DE - SOPHOMORE
93 Schult, Karter DE - SENIOR
2 Washington, M. CB - JUNIOR
29 Whiting,Jamison CB - SENIOR

Go through player participation and it's a hell of a lot of freshman and sophomores. 7 freshman and 5 sophomores to be exact.

Emmett Lynch - SO
Rashadeem Gray - JR
Nikholi Jaghai - FR
J'Veyon Browning - JR
Blake Thomas - SO
Joe Friedrich - FR
Lee Carhart - JR
Preston Woods - JR
Chris Dobernecket - FR
Tyler Putney - SO
Marcus Weymiller - SO
Jaylin James - FR
Elias Nissen - SO
Briely Moore - FR
Jalen Rima - FR
Seth Thomas - FR

Roughly 22 featured players from this years team are freshman or sophomores. That's a pretty significant number. Add in juniors (not counting specialist) and we have about 30-33 players back next year from this year that saw playing time with roughly 27 of them having 2 or 3 years left.

That is not an insignificant number of minutes going to a pretty inexperienced squad this year. Add in the OL injury and transfer taking 2 returning starters off of the OL and it's pretty easy to see where some issues come from.

[panther-state]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

42 Gaeta, Griffin TE - SENIOR

What position is this supposed to be? I've never heard of it...

[BCPanther]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

What position is this supposed to be? I've never heard of it...

I believe it's an old, old wooden ship used during the civil war era.

[northwest iowa panther]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Just a rough count:

94 man roster = 44 fr , 20 soph., 15 jr., 19 sr.

[ronfitch]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

Going into next season with the WRs (Fountain, Rima and James) and RBs (Browning, Allen and I will add Weymiller to this group - after watching him pressed into Wildcat duty, it seems like he should be in this group) and Dunne at QB, it looks like the "skill" positions on offense are pretty solid. That is assuming a corner has been turned in regard to what offense to run.

OLine is a concern and has been for a few seasons. It would be nice to get some FBS transfers and CC transfers to help bolster the line, perhaps even a starter or two. Whatever offense is run, bigger and stronger and more depth is needed to compete with MVFC defenses.

With a Farley-led team, I am never worried about the defense. Lots of good, young players coming back as the core.

Special teams this year .... sigh. Looks like the kicking job is Drysdale's to lose. Kuhter had a lot of 50+ punts and dropped about a third inside the 20, but had a couple of ducks that hurt. Rima on returns .... just wow.

[BleedPurple]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

.....that is until a transfer dual-threat QB is brought in to compete. I can't remember a time there wasn't a quarterback controversy, what would we do without one?.......

[claw]

Re: 2016 MVC All-Conference Team

.....that is until a transfer dual-threat QB is brought in to compete. I can't remember a time there wasn't a quarterback controversy, what would we do without one?.......

Grace didn't have one...I don't think.
I also don't think there was one with Sawyer's freshman year. It was the sophomore year when he got his first concussion things started to get "competitiony"