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Jacks place five on preseason All-America squad
7/30/2019 11:01:00 AM | Football
CHICAGO — A Football Championship Subdivision-best five players from South Dakota State were honored Tuesday on the STATS FCS Preseason All-America Team.
Leading the Jackrabbit contingent was junior long snapper Bradey Sorenson. A Yankton native, Sorenson was perfect on all 149 of his snaps (56 punts, 21 field goal attempts and 72 extra-point tries) during the 2018 season, allowing SDSU to rank in the top 10 nationally for punt return defense and net punting. Â
Also from the special teams unit, senior kicker was a third-team selection. Vinatieri led the team in 2018 with 114 points, including making 14-of-21 field goal attempts that was highlighted by a school-record-tying 57-yarder. The Sioux Falls native broke his own single-season school record with 66 extra points (in 71 attempts). He enters his final season with 294 points via kicks, putting him 27 away from tying the career school record of 321 held by Parker Douglass (2004-07).
Two of SDSU's top offensive playmakers — wide receiver Cade Johnson and running back Pierre Strong, Jr. — were second-team honorees. A junior from Papillion, Nebraska, Johnson established a Jackrabbit single-season record with 17 touchdown catches as part of a 67-reception, 1,332-yard season in 2018. His four touchdown receptions in the Sept. 8 season opener against Montana State tied a single-game school record.
A sophomore from Little Rock, Arkansas, Strong emerged in the second half of the season to finish with team bests of 1,116 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. He averaged 9.5 yards per, hitting the 1,000-yard mark on his 100th attempt of the season. Stong was honored as the Missouri Valley Football Conference Freshman of the Year in 2018.
The lone defensive honoree for the Jackrabbits was senior linebacker Christian Rozeboom, who also earned second-team recognition. The Sioux Center, Iowa, native tallied a team-best 105 tackles during the 2018 season, including 10.5 tackles for loss, while adding two interceptions and a fumble recovery. Rozeboom reached double figures in tackles five times, including a season-high 14 in the Jackrabbits' playoff quarterfinal at Kennesaw State.
South Dakota State, coached by John Stiegelmeier, finished the 2018 season with a 10-3 record en route to their second consecutive appearance in the national semifinals and a No. 3 final ranking. The Jackrabbits will hold their first practice of the season Wednesday and open the 2019 campaign Aug. 29 at Minnesota.
Leading the Jackrabbit contingent was junior long snapper Bradey Sorenson. A Yankton native, Sorenson was perfect on all 149 of his snaps (56 punts, 21 field goal attempts and 72 extra-point tries) during the 2018 season, allowing SDSU to rank in the top 10 nationally for punt return defense and net punting. Â
Also from the special teams unit, senior kicker was a third-team selection. Vinatieri led the team in 2018 with 114 points, including making 14-of-21 field goal attempts that was highlighted by a school-record-tying 57-yarder. The Sioux Falls native broke his own single-season school record with 66 extra points (in 71 attempts). He enters his final season with 294 points via kicks, putting him 27 away from tying the career school record of 321 held by Parker Douglass (2004-07).
Two of SDSU's top offensive playmakers — wide receiver Cade Johnson and running back Pierre Strong, Jr. — were second-team honorees. A junior from Papillion, Nebraska, Johnson established a Jackrabbit single-season record with 17 touchdown catches as part of a 67-reception, 1,332-yard season in 2018. His four touchdown receptions in the Sept. 8 season opener against Montana State tied a single-game school record.
A sophomore from Little Rock, Arkansas, Strong emerged in the second half of the season to finish with team bests of 1,116 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. He averaged 9.5 yards per, hitting the 1,000-yard mark on his 100th attempt of the season. Stong was honored as the Missouri Valley Football Conference Freshman of the Year in 2018.
The lone defensive honoree for the Jackrabbits was senior linebacker Christian Rozeboom, who also earned second-team recognition. The Sioux Center, Iowa, native tallied a team-best 105 tackles during the 2018 season, including 10.5 tackles for loss, while adding two interceptions and a fumble recovery. Rozeboom reached double figures in tackles five times, including a season-high 14 in the Jackrabbits' playoff quarterfinal at Kennesaw State.
South Dakota State, coached by John Stiegelmeier, finished the 2018 season with a 10-3 record en route to their second consecutive appearance in the national semifinals and a No. 3 final ranking. The Jackrabbits will hold their first practice of the season Wednesday and open the 2019 campaign Aug. 29 at Minnesota.
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