Football | 1/18/2017 10:22:00 AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
PORTALES, NM — The 2016 season saw junior running back
Kamal Cass further entrench himself as one of the great players in Eastern New Mexico University football history. On Wednesday morning, Cass was named to the 2016 Don Hansen All-Super Region Four Team.
Cass paced the nation's second leading rushing attack with a LSC-high 1,191 yards along with 14 touchdowns. He found the end zone in nine of his 11 games, with multiple scores in five games. Cass rushed for 159 yards and two scores in the Greyhounds' victory at 12
th-ranked Midwestern State and had a career-high 232 yards against Western New Mexico. The junior running back also returned six kickoffs for 86 yards.
His performance enabled the Greyhounds to win three of its four games to close the regular season and reach the postseason for the second straight year.
Cass' Accolades:
2016 AFCA First Team All-American
2016 Don Hansen All-Super Region 4
2016 LSC Offensive Back of the Year
2016 First Team All-LSC
2016 Two-Time LSC Offensive Player of the Week
2015 First Team Don Hansen All-American
2015 First Team Don Hansen All-Super Region 4
2015 First Team All-LSC
2015 Two-Time LSC Offensive Player of the Week
DON HANSEN ALL-SUPER REGION 4 TEAM
First Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB Justin Dvorak 6-0 200 SR Colorado Mines Tomball, Texas
FB Torrey Thomas 6-4 215 SO Texas A&M-Kingsville Katy, Texas
RB Marty Carter 6-0 200 SO Grand Valley State East Chicago, Ind.
RB Austin Ekeler 5-9 195 SR Western State Eaton, Colo.
RB Bubba Jenkins 5-10 203 JR Southwest Baptist Springfield, Mo.
WR Trey Brock 6-3 212 SO Hillsdale Missouri City, Texas
WR Jason Moore 6-3 211 JR Findlay Oberlin, Ohio
WR Brody Oliver 6'3 195 SO Colorado Mines Elizabeth, Colo.
TE Adam Shaheen 6-6 277 JR Ashland Galena, Ohio
AP Keelan Cole 6-2 175 SR Kentucky Wesleyan Louisville, Ky.
C Aaron Cox 6-5 300 SR Grand Valley State Macomb, Mich.
OG Zach Douglass 6-2 297 SR Ashland Marshallville, Ohio
OG Hasan Shaar 6'5 320 SR Colorado Mines Castle Rock, Colo.
OT Jared Machorro 6-7 280 JR Texas A&M-Commerce Coldspring, Texas
OT Nate Theaker 6-6 303 GR Wayne State (Mich.) White Lake, Mich.
PK Ryan Sheehan 5-10 180 JR Colorado Mesa Chandler, Ariz.
First Team Defense
POS NAME HT HT WT YR HOMETOWN
DE Lucky Baar 6-2 250 SR McKendree Chicago, Ill.
DE Sydney Omameh 6-4 255 SR Grand Valley State Columbus, Ohio
DE Zach Sieler 6-6 275 SO Ferris State Pinckney, Mich.
DG/DT Tavita Faaiu 6-3 285 SR Texas A&M-Commerce San Francisco, Calif.
DG/DT Tanner Leach 6-3 265 SR Alderson Broaddus Marietta, Ohio
LB Anthony Darkangelo 6-0 235 SR Ferris State Brighton, Mich.
LB Rob Dury 6-2 220 SR Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind.
LB Michael Fisher 6-1 226 SR Northwood Rochester, Mich.
LB A.J. Wentland 6-4 240 SR McKendree Machesney Park, Ill.
S Drew Hebel 5-11 172 SO Black Hills State Broomfield, Colo.
S Matt McKoy 6-2 210 SR Saginaw Valley State Canton, Mich.
CB Billy Eakins 6-0 190 SR Ohio Dominican Pickerington, Ohio
CB Tavierre Thomas 5-11 195 JR Ferris State Detroit, Mich.
P Zach Smith 6-0 210 SR Chadron State Gering, Neb.
RS Deandre Black 6-0 180 JR Midwestern State Pittsburgh, Pa.
Second Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB Luis Perez 6-3 220 JR Texas A&M-Commerce Chula Vista, Calif.
QB Antonio Pipkin 6-3 225 SR Tiffin Gary, Ind.
FB Alex Sherbinow 6-0 225 JR Michigan Tech Marquette, Mich.
RB Romello Brown 5-11 248 SR Wayne State (Mich.) Westland, Mich.
RB
Kamal Cass 5-11 185 JR Eastern New Mexico Clovis, N.M.
RB Brandon Jones 5-11 205 SR Alderson Broaddus Williamsburg, Va.
RB Phydell Paris 5-10 214 JR Black Hills State Thornton, Colo.
WR Xavier Ayers 5-11 180 SR Western New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M.
WR Charles Holland 6-4 185 JR Tiffin Columbus, Ohio
WR Eric Poindexter 5-11 174 SR Quincy Newport News, Va.
TE Owen Schoenenberger 6-4 225 JR Quincy Evansville, Wisc.
TE Cooper Schroeder 6-3 205 SR Alderson Broaddus Canonsburg, Pa.
AP Braxton Graham 5-9 175 SO Missouri S&T Seneca, Mo.
AP Anthony Mullins 5-8 175 SR William Jewell Mesquite, Texas
C Jake Daughtery 6-2 298 JR Ferris State Big Rapids, Mich.
C Akoakoa Paleka-Kennedy 6-3 285 SR Midwestern State Hilo, Hawaii
OG Andrew Alten 6-2 307 JR Findlay Loveland, Ohio
OG Nathan Brady 6-3 285 FR Grand Valley State Tecumseh, Mich.
OG Stuart Sanchez 6-5 315 JR Texas A&M-Kingsville Corpus Christi, Texas
OT Devon Johnson 6-7 315 SO Ferris State Aurora, Ill.
OT Sammy Zeqiraj 6-5 327 JR Southwest Baptist Fort Worth, Texas
PK Kristov Martinez 5-6 135 SO Texas A&M-Commerce Edinburg, Texas
Second Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
DE Brandon Jones 6-3 250 SO Texas A&M-Kingsville Houston, Texas
DE Via Manuma 5-11 245 SR Southwest Baptist Pago Pago, American Samoa
DE Sam Reeves 5-8 224 FR Truman Eloy, Ariz.
DG/DT Darian Childers-Brown 6-2 265 SR Midwestern State Copperas Cove, Texas
DG/DT Vice Epenesa 6-6 310 SR Southwest Baptist Pago Pago, American Samoa
DG/DT Demetrius Farmer 6-2 275 JR Ohio Dominican Dover, Ohio
LB Derrick Bryant 5-10 215 SR Indianapolis South Holland, Ind.
LB Cody Burtscher 5-11 230 SR Tarleton State Glenn Rose, Texas
LB Shaun Hutchinson 5-11 173 SR Southwest Baptist Woodbine, Georgia
LB David Talley 6-2 230 SR Grand Valley State Southfield, Mich.
S Isaac Dozier Jr. 6-0 190 SO William Jewell St. Louis, Mo.
S Michael James 5-11 180 SR Alderson Broaddus Woodbridge, Va.
S D'Angelo Tucker 6-2 195 JR Southwest Baptist Olive Branch, Miss.
CB Adehkeem Brown 5-10 173 JR Quincy St. Louis, Mo.
CB Uriah Harris 6-0 180 SR Texas A&M-Commerce Frostproof, Fla.
CB Korey Rogan 5-11 186 SR Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind.
P John Kwiecinski 6-0 185 FR Northern Michigan Plymouth, Mich.
RS Shawn Hooks 5-8 165 JR Texas A&M-Commerce Dangerfield, Texas
RS Cody Paul 5-5 170 SR Chadron State Seal Beach, Calif.
Third Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB Myles Carr 6-2 210 JR Texas A&M-Kingsville Arcadia, Calif.
QB T.J. Edwards 5-11 178 SO Southwest Baptist Garland, Texas
QB Travis Tarnowski 5-11 218 JR Ashland Broadview Heights, Ohio
FB Briar Hancock 6-2 220 FR Quincy Paris, Mo.
RB Chauncey Bridges 5-9 186 JR Findlay Farmington Hills, MIch.
RB Drake Griffin 5-8 212 SR Fort Lewis Los Angeles, Calif.
RB Jake Mayon 5-9 195 SO Northern Michigan Plainfield, Ill.
WR Malik Higgins 5-10 179 SO Indianapolis Evansville, Ind.
WR Kendrick Payne 6-0 179 JR Southwest Baptist San Lorenzo, Calif.
WR Paris Woods 6-2 205 SR Northern Michigan Brooklyn Park, Minn.
TE Zach Boyd 6-4 248 JR Colorado State-Pueblo Fort Lupton, Colo.
TE Stehly Reden 6-5 250 JR Texas A&M-Kingsville Valley Center, Calif.
AP David Tann 5-10 215 SR Colorado Mesa Cedar Rapids, Iowa
C Erik Bearer 6-0 282 SR Alderson Broaddus Clear Brook, Virginia
OG Jaylon Kuykendall 6-0 280 FR Southwest Baptist San Diego, Calif.
OG Joel Onyia 6-4 305 SR Midwestern State Dallas, Texas
OG Tommy Richardson 6-4 299 JR Wayne State (Mich.) Troy, Mich.
OG Brad Wellman 6-2 287 SR Truman Quincy, Ill.
OT Justin Traxinger 6-7 310 SR Colorado Mines Longmont, Colo.
OT Austin Fleer 6-8 255 JR Colorado Mesa Aurora, Colo.
OT Bo Villarreal 6-6 300 SR Texas A&M-Kingsville San Antonio, Texas
PK Brad Schickel 5-8 150 JR Indianapolis Louisville, Ky.
PK Joel Schipper 5-11 185 SR Grand Valley State Grand Rapids, Mich.
Third Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
DE Markus Jones 6-2 265 SO Angelo State Crowley, Texas
DE Blake Nelson 5-11 230 JR Colorado Mesa Centennial, Colo.
DE Jeff Stephens 6-4 260 SR Alderson Broaddus Virginia Beach, Virginia
DE Alton Voss 6-3 240 SR Grand Valley State New Port Richey, Fla.
DG/DT Bright Ihegworo 6-1 250 FR Angelo State Sugar Land, Texas
DG/DT Darian Johnson 6-2 275 SR Quincy Freeport, Ill.
DG/DT Lucas Rice 6-2 275 SO Indianapolis Greenfield, Ind.
DG/DT Austin Yurko 5-10 250 SR Western State Thornton, Colo.
LB Brandon Payer 6-3 229 SO Colorado State-Pueblo Pine, Colo.
LB Luke Teague 6-0 220 JR Saint Joseph's Columbus, Ind.
S Donte Carey 6-1 200 SR Grand Valley State Grand Rapids, Mich.
S Dustin Rivas 5-11 180 JR Colorado Mesa Thornton, Colo.
CB Travell Brown 6-0 185 JR Kentucky Wesleyan Los Angeles, Calif.
CB Mygeish Dennis 5-9 182 JR Southwest Baptist Cedar Hill, Texas
P Tyler Vargas 5-10 154 FR Western New Mexico Ramona, Calif.
RS Daniel Wise 5-9 161 SR Colorado State-Pueblo Arlington, Texas
