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North Dakota State University cornerback Marcus Williams was named to The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Preseason All-America first team.
Courtesy: Bob Nelson
Cornerback Marcus Williams Named to The Sports Network FCS Preseason All-America Team
Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: July 09, 2012
Release: July 09, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--North Dakota State University cornerback Marcus Williams was named to The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Preseason All-America first team released July 9.
Williams, a
5-foot-11, 195-pound junior from Minneapolis, Minn. (Hopkins H.S.), has
started in all 29 games played during his career and has at least one
pass defended in 24 of those contests. He has 11 career interceptions.
Williams was named as one of 10 FCS Defensive Backs to Watch by The Sports Network, which wrote, "Breaking up isn't hard to do ... at least not for Williams. He had seven interceptions and 15 pass breakups in an electrifying campaign for the FCS national champion Bison last season. A member of The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS All-America first team, Williams scored two touchdowns off his own interceptions, another off an interception-and-lateral from safety Colten Heagle and another off a kickoff return. He also finished the season with 53 tackles."
North Dakota State won the program’s first NCAA Division I Football Championship with a 17-6 win over Sam Houston State on Jan. 7 and also claimed the program's first Missouri Valley Football Conference title. The Bison were 14-1 overall and 7-1 in MVFC.
The Bison open the 2012 season against Robert Morris at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
| 2012 The Sports Network FCS Preseason All-America Team |
| First Team - Offense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| Brad Sorensen | Southern Utah | QB | Sr | 6-5 | 225 |
| Shakir Bell | Indiana State | RB | Jr | 5-7 | 185 |
| Timothy Flanders | Sam Houston State | RB | Jr | 5-9 | 210 |
| Terrance West | Towson | RB | So | 5-11 | 222 |
| Eric Breitenstein | Wofford | FB | Sr | 5-11 | 225 |
| Nicholas Edwards | Eastern Washington | WR | Sr | 6-3 | 200 |
| Aaron Mellette | Elon | WR | Sr | 6-4 | 212 |
| Ryan Spadola | Lehigh | WR | Sr | 6-3 | 205 |
| Colin Anderson | Furman | TE | Sr | 6-4 | 231 |
| Aaron Adams | Eastern Kentucky | T | Sr | 6-6 | 290 |
| Blake Matthews | Norfolk State | T | Sr | 6-4 | 315 |
| Malcolm Boyd | Liberty | G | Sr | 6-4 | 280 |
| Earl Watford | James Madison | G | Sr | 6-4 | 290 |
| Gavin Farr | Southern Utah | C | Jr | 6-3 | 300 |
| Richard Sincere | Sam Houston State | AP | Jr | 5-10 | 180 |
| Zach Brown | Portland State | PK | Sr | 6-1 | 200 |
| Kevin Fogg | Liberty | KR | Sr | 5-10 | 175 |
| First Team - Defense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| Ben Obaseki | Indiana State | DE | Sr | 6-3 | 235 |
| Blake Olijaro | San Diego | DE | Jr | 6-5 | 250 |
| Zach Minter | Montana State | DT | Sr | 6-1 | 285 |
| Brent Russell | Georgia Southern | DT | Sr | 6-2 | 291 |
| Matt Evans | New Hampshire | LB | Sr | 6-0 | 219 |
| Jeremy Kimbrough | Appalachian State | LB | Sr | 5-11 | 238 |
| Blake Pfeifer | SE Missouri State | LB | Jr | 6-1 | 225 |
| Keith Pough | Howard | LB | Sr | 6-3 | 235 |
| Demetrius McCray | Appalachian State | CB | Sr | 6-0 | 185 |
| Marcus Williams | North Dakota State | CB | Jr | 5-11 | 190 |
| Kejuan Riley | Alabama State | S | Sr | 6-2 | 208 |
| Darnell Taylor | Sam Houston State | S | Sr | 6-0 | 195 |
| Jonathan Plisco | Old Dominion | P | Sr | 6-0 | 220 |
| Darius Carey | McNeese State | PR | Sr | 6-0 | 185 |
| Second-Team Offense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| Casey Brockman | Murray State | QB | Sr | 6-2 | 215 |
| Jordan Brown | Bryant | RB | Sr | 5-9 | 185 |
| Matt Denham | Eastern Kentucky | RB | Sr | 5-11 | 181 |
| Andrew Pierce | Delaware | RB | Jr | 5-11 | 200 |
| Kendall Gaskins | Richmond | FB | Sr | 6-1 | 228 |
| Cordell Roberson | Stephen F. Austin | WR | Sr | 6-3 | 200 |
| Rodrick Rumble | Idaho State | WR | Sr | 6-2 | 201 |
| Norman White | Villanova | WR | Sr | 6-4 | 210 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | Harvard | TE | Sr | 6-3 | 240 |
| Evan Conrad | SE Missouri State | T | Sr | 6-3 | 305 |
| Alec Savoie | McNeese State | T | Sr | 6-7 | 332 |
| Chris Howley | Maine | G | Sr | 6-3 | 300 |
| Danny Kistler | Montana | G | Jr | 6-8 | 315 |
| Mike Sellers | The Citadel | C | Jr | 6-0 | 275 |
| Gralyn Crawford | Stephen F. Austin | AP | Sr | 5-11 | 175 |
| Tyler Sievertsen | Northern Iowa | PK | Jr | 6-2 | 185 |
| Fabian Truss | Samford | KR | Jr | 5-9 | 180 |
| Second-Team Defense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| Willie Jefferson | Stephen F. Austin | DE | Sr | 6-6 | 230 |
| Joseph LeBeau | Jackson State | DE | Sr | 6-1 | 245 |
| J.T. Cleveland | Sam Houston State | DT | Sr | 6-0 | 290 |
| Cody Larsen | Southern Utah | DT | Sr | 6-4 | 272 |
| Clarence Bumpas | Northern Colorado | LB | Sr | 6-2 | 244 |
| Wes Dothard | Chattanooga | LB | Jr | 6-1 | 235 |
| Jody Owens | Montana State | LB | Sr | 6-0 | 221 |
| Alvin Scioneaux | Wofford | LB | Sr | 6-2 | 214 |
| Charles James | Charleston Southern | CB | Sr | 5-10 | 175 |
| B.W. Webb | William & Mary | CB | Sr | 5-11 | 175 |
| Malcolm Bronson | McNeese State | S | Sr | 5-11 | 192 |
| Serge Kona | Duquesne | S | Sr | 5-10 | 215 |
| Patrick Murray | Fordham | P | Sr | 5-7 | 160 |
| Darius Drummond | South Carolina State | PR | Jr | 5-11 | 175 |
| Third-Team Offense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| DeNarius McGhee | Montana State | QB | Jr | 5-11 | 213 |
| Jamaine Cook | Youngstown State | RB | Sr | 5-9 | 205 |
| Washaun Ealey | Jacksonville State | RB | Sr | 5-11 | 215 |
| Miguel Maysonet | Stony Brook | RB | Sr | 5-10 | 205 |
| Jordan Neukirch | Illinois State | FB | Jr | 6-2 | 235 |
| Lanny Funsten | Davidson | WR | Sr | 6-2 | 185 |
| Brandon Kaufman | Eastern Washington | WR | Jr | 6-5 | 215 |
| Tyrone Walker | Illinois State | WR | Sr | 5-11 | 200 |
| David Duran | Coastal Carolina | TE | Sr | 6-5 | 250 |
| Patrick Ford | Eastern Kentucky | T | Sr | 6-6 | 306 |
| Terren Jones | Alabama State | T | Sr | 6-7 | 320 |
| Ricky Archer | New Hampshire | G | Jr | 6-2 | 280 |
| Zach Brackus | Southern Utah | G | Sr | 6-4 | 315 |
| Ray Wilburn | UC Davis | C | Sr | 6-2 | 280 |
| Dae'Quan Scott | James Madison | AP | Jr | 5-9 | 190 |
| Cameron Yaw | Samford | PK | Sr | 5-11 | 182 |
| Jordan Wells | SE Louisiana | KR | So | 5-11 | 195 |
| Third-Team Defense | |||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. |
| Frank Beltre | Towson | DE | Sr | 6-3 | 245 |
| Joshua Williams | Chattanooga | DE | Sr | 6-3 | 235 |
| Chris Burnette | Old Dominion | DT | Sr | 6-4 | 290 |
| Caraun Reid | Princeton | DT | Sr | 6-2 | 290 |
| Seth Allison | Central Arkansas | LB | Sr | 5-11 | 198 |
| Aaron Archie | Indiana State | LB | Sr | 6-0 | 235 |
| Stephon Robertson | James Madison | LB | Jr | 5-11 | 220 |
| Tyler Starr | North Dakota | LB | Jr | 6-5 | 236 |
| Jeremy Moore | Georgetown | CB | Sr | 5-11 | 175 |
| Daxton Swanson | Sam Houston State | CB | Jr | 5-11 | 185 |
| Jordan Dangerfield | Towson | S | Sr | 5-11 | 185 |
| Jestin Love | Central Arkansas | S | Jr | 6-0 | 204 |
| Sam Martin | Appalachian State | P | Sr | 6-1 | 205 |
| Sam Hoekstra | San Diego | PR | Jr | 5-10 | 180 |
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