Athlon Sports 2017 Preseason FCS All-America Team

College basketball has its fabulous freshmen and super sophomores, but successful college football teams prefer to lean on the more experienced players.

All but four of the 27 players on the Athlon Sports FCS Preseason All-America team are seniors. Three of the exceptions are juniors.

The talent in the FCS is widespread as 19 schools and 10 conferences make the All-America team. Jacksonville State and South Dakota State lead the way with three selections each.

Athlon Sports' 2017 Preseason FCS All-America Team

	Offense		Defense		Speciailsts
QB	Jeremiah Briscoe Sam Houston State	DL	Pat Afriyie Colgate	K	Lane Clark Tennessee State
RB	Chase Edmonds Fordham	DL	Anthony Ellis Charleston Southern	P	Ian Berryman Western Carolina
RB	Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks Albany	DL	P.J. Hall Sam Houston State	KR	John Santiago North Dakota
FB	Joe Protheroe Cal Poly	DL	Darius Jackson Jacksonville State	PR	Khris Gardin NC A&T
WR	Justin Watson Penn	LB	Nick DeLuca North Dakota State
WR	Jake Wieneke South Dakota State	LB	Darius Leonard South Carolina State
TE	Dallas Goedert South Dakota State	LB	Brett Taylor Western Illinois
OL	Jacob Ohnesorge South Dakota State	DB	Marlon Bridges Jacksonville State
OL	Justin Lea Jacksonville State	DB	Tre Dempsey North Dakota State
OL	Brandon Parker NC A&T	DB	Cole Reyes North Dakota
OL	Timon Parris Stony Brook	DB	Rob Rolle Villanova
OL	Aaron Stinnie James Madison

— Written by Craig Haley, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Haley has covered the FCS level since 1999 and is the national writer for www.fcs.football. He appears frequently on radio shows and podcasts to discuss everything FCS. Follow him on Twitter @CraigHaley.

(Jeremiah Briscoe photo courtesy of Sam Houston State Athletics; Darius Jackson photo courtesy of Jacksonville State University Athletic Communications)