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TEN JACKRABBITS NAMED TO ALL-MVFC SQUAD
12/1/2025 10:01:00 AM | Football
ST. LOUIS — Led by four first-team selections, a total of 10 South Dakota State football players were named Monday to the 2025 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Team. Selections were determined by a vote among the league's 10 head coaches, sports information directors and a select media panel.
Earning first-team recognition from the Jackrabbit offense were lineman Quinten Christensen and tight end Greyton Gannon. A junior from Wessington Springs, Christensen started all 12 regular season games at tackle, helping pave the way for SDSU to average 27.5 points and 372.8 yards of total offense.
Gannon, a junior from Eagle, Wisconsin, recorded 28 receptions for 305 yards and three touchdowns during the regular season. He caught at least one pass in 11 of the team's 12 games while ranking fourth on the squad for catches.
Representing the Jackrabbits on the first-team defense was senior lineman Kobe Clayborne. The senior from Sioux City, Iowa, played at both the tackle and end positions, totaling 37 tackles, including sharing the team lead with 8.0 tackles for loss and tying for second with four sacks. Clayborne was an honorable mention all-MVFC selection in 2024.
Closing out SDSU's first-team honorees was punter Max Pelham. A senior from Ankeny, Iowa, Pelham finished the regular season by averaging a league-best 48.7 yards over 38 attempts. Of his 38 punts, 18 traveled at least 50 yards and he landed 13 inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
Second-team all-MVFC honors went to a pair of Jackrabbit defensive players — linebacker Cullen McShane and safety Jalen B. Lee. McShane, a junior from Marquette, Iowa, registered a team-best 81 tackles during the regular season. In his first season as a starter, McShane recorded double figures in tackles three times, while adding 7.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble.
Lee shared the team lead with three interceptions and ranked third on the team with 54 tackles (35 solo) in 11 starts. He notched six or more tackles in each of the last five regular season games in which he played.
Rounding out the Jackrabbit contingent were four honorable mention selections, including wide receiver Alex Bullock and lineman Sam Hagen from the offensive side of the ball.
In his lone season with the Jackrabbits, Bullock emerged as the team's leading receiver with 63 receptions, 801 receiving yards and four touchdown catches in 12 games. The senior from Omaha caught five or more passes eight times and hit the century mark for receiving yards twice in a game.
Hagen, a senior from Fordville, North Dakota, started the first nine games of the season at right tackle before missing the month due to injury. With Hagen in the lineup the Jackrabbits topped the 200-yard mark for rushing three times in a game, including a season-best 240 yards in the season opener versus Sacramento State.
Linebacker Joe Ollman was an honorable mention selection to the defensive unit after a strong first season in the starting lineup. The junior from Mequon, Wisconsin, ranked second on the squad with 78 total tackles, including sharing the team lead with 8.0 tackles for loss and tying for second with four sacks. Ollman also accounted for five takeaways with three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and an interception.
Senior long snapper Kaydon Olivia closed out the list of Jackrabbit honorees with an honorable mention selection. He was perfect on snaps during the regular season as the Jackrabbits made all 37 PAT tries and 11-of-17 field goal attempts. In addition, SDSU has ranked among the Football Championship Subdivision leaders for net punting throughout the season. A senior from Schertz, Texas, Olivia was a second-team all-league selection in 2023.
The MVFC All-Newcomer Team will be announced Tuesday.
South Dakota State ended the regular season with an 8-4 overall record, including a 4-4 mark in the MVFC. The Jackrabbits earned an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs and defeated New Hampshire, 41-3, in opening-round action. SDSU is now scheduled to travel to Montana for second-round action at No. 3 Montana at noon Mountain Time (1 p.m. Central) on Saturday.
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Earning first-team recognition from the Jackrabbit offense were lineman Quinten Christensen and tight end Greyton Gannon. A junior from Wessington Springs, Christensen started all 12 regular season games at tackle, helping pave the way for SDSU to average 27.5 points and 372.8 yards of total offense.
Gannon, a junior from Eagle, Wisconsin, recorded 28 receptions for 305 yards and three touchdowns during the regular season. He caught at least one pass in 11 of the team's 12 games while ranking fourth on the squad for catches.
Representing the Jackrabbits on the first-team defense was senior lineman Kobe Clayborne. The senior from Sioux City, Iowa, played at both the tackle and end positions, totaling 37 tackles, including sharing the team lead with 8.0 tackles for loss and tying for second with four sacks. Clayborne was an honorable mention all-MVFC selection in 2024.
Closing out SDSU's first-team honorees was punter Max Pelham. A senior from Ankeny, Iowa, Pelham finished the regular season by averaging a league-best 48.7 yards over 38 attempts. Of his 38 punts, 18 traveled at least 50 yards and he landed 13 inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
Second-team all-MVFC honors went to a pair of Jackrabbit defensive players — linebacker Cullen McShane and safety Jalen B. Lee. McShane, a junior from Marquette, Iowa, registered a team-best 81 tackles during the regular season. In his first season as a starter, McShane recorded double figures in tackles three times, while adding 7.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble.
Lee shared the team lead with three interceptions and ranked third on the team with 54 tackles (35 solo) in 11 starts. He notched six or more tackles in each of the last five regular season games in which he played.
Rounding out the Jackrabbit contingent were four honorable mention selections, including wide receiver Alex Bullock and lineman Sam Hagen from the offensive side of the ball.
In his lone season with the Jackrabbits, Bullock emerged as the team's leading receiver with 63 receptions, 801 receiving yards and four touchdown catches in 12 games. The senior from Omaha caught five or more passes eight times and hit the century mark for receiving yards twice in a game.
Hagen, a senior from Fordville, North Dakota, started the first nine games of the season at right tackle before missing the month due to injury. With Hagen in the lineup the Jackrabbits topped the 200-yard mark for rushing three times in a game, including a season-best 240 yards in the season opener versus Sacramento State.
Linebacker Joe Ollman was an honorable mention selection to the defensive unit after a strong first season in the starting lineup. The junior from Mequon, Wisconsin, ranked second on the squad with 78 total tackles, including sharing the team lead with 8.0 tackles for loss and tying for second with four sacks. Ollman also accounted for five takeaways with three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and an interception.
Senior long snapper Kaydon Olivia closed out the list of Jackrabbit honorees with an honorable mention selection. He was perfect on snaps during the regular season as the Jackrabbits made all 37 PAT tries and 11-of-17 field goal attempts. In addition, SDSU has ranked among the Football Championship Subdivision leaders for net punting throughout the season. A senior from Schertz, Texas, Olivia was a second-team all-league selection in 2023.
The MVFC All-Newcomer Team will be announced Tuesday.
South Dakota State ended the regular season with an 8-4 overall record, including a 4-4 mark in the MVFC. The Jackrabbits earned an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs and defeated New Hampshire, 41-3, in opening-round action. SDSU is now scheduled to travel to Montana for second-round action at No. 3 Montana at noon Mountain Time (1 p.m. Central) on Saturday.
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