WACO, Texas – Five Southern Conference football student-athletes earned AFCA FCS Coaches’ All-America Team, the organization announced Friday.

The Citadel linebacker Willie Eubanks III, the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year and a STATS Buck Buchanan Award finalist, was a first-team selection on defense, while Furman’s Grayson Atkins earned a first-team special teams nod at placekicker.

Wofford offensive lineman Blake Jeresaty, the SoCon Jacobs Blocking Award winner, is a second-team AFCA selection on offense, as is VMI running back Alex Ramsey, who was a STATS Walter Payton Award finalist. Ramsey is VMI’s first AFCA All-American since Thomas Haskins in 1996.

ETSU defensive lineman Nasir Player was a second-team selection for the second straight season.

For the AFCA’s full release, click here.


2019 AFCA FCS Coaches’ All-America Team
First team
Defense
LB – Willie Eubanks III, Jr., The Citadel
Special teams
PK – Grayson Atkins, Jr., Furman

Second team
Offense
OL – Blake Jeresaty, Jr., Wofford
RB – Alex Ramsey, R-Jr., VMI
Defense
DL – Nasir Player, R-Sr., ETSU