Football Post-Season Awards

[haggyland]

Dylan Kelly and Anton Juncaj both named among the 30 finalists for the 2023 Buck Buchanan Award (FCS national defensive player of the year); 4 total from CAA.

https://caasports.com/news/2023/11/21/four-caa-football-standouts-named-finalists-for-buchanan-award.aspx

[haggyland]

Reese Poffenbarger named among the 30 finalists for the 2023 Walter Payton Award (FCS national offensive player of the year); 5 total from CAA.

https://caasports.com/news/2023/11/21/football-caa-places-five-on-list-of-finalists-for-2023-payton-award.aspx

[UAalum72]

And in what would've been the longest of preseason longshots (at least around here) Greg Gattuso is one of 20 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year)

 https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/11/20-fcs-coaches-are-named-finalists-for-the-2023-eddie-robinson-award/

[haggyland]

Thank you...saw that.

Also Griffin Woodell named among the 22 finalists for the 2023 Jerry Rice Award (FCS national freshman of the year); 3 total from CAA.

https://caasports.com/news/2023/11/20/three-caa-football-freshmen-chosen-as-finalists-for-jerry-rice-award.aspx

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Any post-season awards we werent nominated for? 

Is there a lineman of the year or DB of the year?

Prediction:

Juncaj and Kelly - first Team AA

Amir Hall - 2nd Team AA

Simon - 3rd Team AA

If Poff beats out the UNH QB for CAA first team QB then I could see him getting 3rd TEAM AA or Honorable mention

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by BestDaneSinceHamlet

[haggyland]

35 minutes ago, UAalum72 said:

And in what would've been the longest of preseason longshots (at least around here) Greg Gattuso is one of 20 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year)

 https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/11/20-fcs-coaches-are-named-finalists-for-the-2023-eddie-robinson-award/

He never won the Colonial.

[haggyland]

CAA awards:

https://caasports.com/news/2023/11/21/monmouths-shirden-ualbanys-kelly-headline-2023-caa-football-all-conference-awards.aspx

1st Team Defense: Juncaj, Simon, Kelly, Hall, AND Walker, Jr.

Dylan Kelly 2023 CAA Defensive POY

Gattuso COY

Woodell ROY

 

2nd Team Offense: Poffenbarger, Easton, Hicks, Hutchinson (OL)

2nd Team Defense: Ori Jean-Charles, Pastula

3rd Team Offense: Marotta (OL), Opalko

Honorable Mentions: Renninger

 

Quite the impressive haul.

[haggyland]

With classes:

1st Team Defense: Juncaj (Sr.), Simon (Sr.), Kelly (Sr.), Hall (Jr.), AND Walker, Jr. (Sr.)

2nd Team Offense: Poffenbarger (So.), Easton (Sr.), Hicks (Gr.), Hutchinson (OL) (Sr.)

2nd Team Defense: Ori Jean-Charles (Gr.), Pastula (Sr.)

3rd Team Offense: Marotta (OL) (Sr.), Opalko (Jr.)

Honorable Mentions: Renninger (Gr.)

 

That's a lot of experience.  Better go on a run starting 12/2 and get the most of it.

[UAalum72]

31 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Any post-season awards we werent nominated for? 

Is there a lineman of the year or DB of the year?

Prediction:

Juncaj and Kelly - first Team AA

Simon - 3rd Team AA

If Poff beats out the UNH QB for CAA first team QB then I could see him getting 3rd TEAM AA or Honorable mention

 

Juncaj and Kelly  (but not Simon) are finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award (Defensive POY)

[DanesRGood]

Congrats to Gattuso for COY and Kelly and Woodell for their awards.  I was one who was hard on Gattuso but he shut me up this year.  Good for him and all of us fans!

[B9j2j6s]

Hope Kelly gets some NFL looks with his performance this year.

[cwdickens]

Great job Greg Gattuso, contract extension?

[Eli]

9 hours ago, cwdickens said:

Great job Greg Gattuso, contract extension?

BETTER NOT. He needs to win like this for 3 years in a row before he deserves another contract.

[jimbo]

56 minutes ago, Eli said:

BETTER NOT. He needs to win like this for 3 years in a row before he deserves another contract.

Extrapolating from the last extension to this year’s 🏆 and COY…..lifetime contract?? In all seriousness, besides the good acquisitions through the portal, I think the biggest difference by far is having the right guys as DC and OC and getting Bernard relegated to specials. And whoever recruited Woodall…🥇

[UAalum72]

2 minutes ago, jimbo said:

Extrapolating from the last extension to this year’s 🏆 and COY…..lifetime contract?? In all seriousness, besides the good acquisitions through the portal, I think the biggest difference by far is having the right guys as DC and OC and getting Bernard relegated to specials. And whoever recruited Woodall…🥇

Wait, hasn't he said they've had to be working on kickoff and return teams this year?