John Carroll's Greenwood, Mount Union's Burke and Heidelberg's Brooks Named to AFCA Division III Coaches’ All-America Team

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John Carroll's Greenwood, Mount Union's Burke and Heidelberg's Brooks Named to AFCA Division III Coaches’ All-America Team

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2014 AFCA Division III Coaches’ All-America Team
 

Offense

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
WR Rasheed Bailey 6-2 205 Sr. Delaware Valley (Pa.) Duke Greco Philadelphia, Pa. (Roxborough)
WR Aramis Greenwood 6-0 205 Sr. John Carroll (Ohio) Tom Arth Fairport Harbor, Ohio (Cleveland Glenville)
TE Eric Nelson 6-5 220 Sr. UMHB (Texas) Pete Fredenburg Canyon Lake, Texas (Canyon Lake)
OL Chris Brinkmeier 6-5 275 Sr. Wartburg (Iowa) Rick Willis Orangeville, Ill. (Orangeville)
OL Ali Marpet 6-4 310 Sr. Hobart (N.Y.) Mike Cragg Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. (Hastings)
OL Spencer Clark 6-0 270 Sr. Wheaton (Ill.) Mike Swider Waycross, Ga. (Ware County)
OL Joe Magardino 6-2 275 Sr. Trinity (Conn.) Jeff Devanney Chappaqua, N.Y. (Horace Greeley)
OL T.J. Woodrow 6-3 283 Sr. St. Thomas (Minn.) Glenn Caruso Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie)
QB Kevin Burke 5-11 190 Sr. Mount Union (Ohio) Vince Kehres Westlake, Ohio (St. Edward)
RB Jacques Alston 5-7 175 Sr. N.C. Wesleyan Jeff Filkovski Kenly, N.C. (North Johnston)
RB Cartel Brooks 5-9 195 Sr. Heidelberg (Ohio) Mike Hallett Mansfield, Ohio (Galion)

 

Defense

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
DL Alex Hoff 6-3 240 Jr. Linfield (Ore.) Joseph Smith Lebanon, Ore. (Lebanon)
DL Ryan Armstrong 6-1 285 Sr. Olivet (Mich.) Dan Pifer Rives Junction, Mich. (Leslie)
DL Cody Buresh 6-1 221 Sr. Wabash (Ind.) Erik Raeburn Holland, Mich. (Hamilton)
DL Nadim Raddar 5-11 260 Jr. Bethany (W.Va.) Bill Garvey Laurel, Md. (Old Mill)
LB *Sosthene Kapepula 6-3 221 Sr. Wesley (Del.) Mike Drass Olney, Md. (Sherwood)
LB Max Nacewicz 6-2 255 Sr. Springfield (Mass.) Mike DeLong Sandy Hook, Conn. (Newtown)
LB Tyler Jenkins 5-10 215 Sr. Rowan (N.J.) Jay Accorsi Woodbury, N.J. (Woodbury)
DB Jacob Edleman 6-0 190 Sr. Central (Iowa) Jeff McMartin Mechanicsville, Iowa (North Cedar)
DB C.J. Conway 6-2 200 Sr. Montclair St. (N.J.) Rick Giancola Folsom, N.J. (Hammonton)
DB *Satiir Stevenson 5-11 200 Sr. Guilford (N.C.) Chris Rusiewicz Roselle, N.J. (Abraham Clark)
DB Brady Grayvold 5-11 200 Sr. Wis.-Whitewater Lance Leipold Norway, Mich. (Norway)

 

Specialists

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
P Matt Kussmann 6-3 260 Sr. Illinois Wesleyan Norm Eash Bloomington, Ill. (Tri-Valley)
PK Andrew Franks 6-1 205 Sr. Rensselaer (N.Y.) Ralph Isernia Carmel, Calif. (Carmel)
AP Ira Jewitt 5-7 150 Sr. Louisiana College Dennis Dunn Shreveport, La. (Calvary Baptist)

*-2013 AFCA All-American

Selection Process: The AFCA’s Division III All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA’s nine districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.

Top Teams: Mount Union leads all schools with 21 players chosen to the AFCA Division III Coaches’ All-America Team a total of 23 times since 1972. The Purple Raiders are followed by Augustana (Ill.) (19/17), Wittenberg (19/17), Wisconsin-La Crosse (17/17), Washington & Jefferson (18/16), Linfield (17/16), Central (Iowa) (15/14), Montclair State (15/13), Wisconsin-Whitewater (14/12), Wesley (14/11), Emory & Henry (13/13), Ithaca (13/13), Springfield (13/12), Wheaton (13/12), Mary Hardin-Baylor (13/11), Widener (13/10), Salisbury (12/12), St. John’s (Minn.) (11/11), Frostburg State (11/10) and Wabash (10/10).