More recognition

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2022 was a great season for Division One College Football on New England. Holy Cross won the Patriot League for a fourth straight season, went undefeated and lost in the third round of the FCS Playoffs. Yale went from being picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League to winning the league outright. UNH won a share of the CAA and beat Fordham in the first round of the FCS Playoffs. Merrimack had the best season in school history. It was a season we will remember for a long time.

With that said, we are thrilled to honor the best players in the region with our second annual All-New England Teams. These were some of the best players in the country and they deserve to be recognized.

Here are 2022 All-New England Teams.

First Team

Offense

QB: Matthew Sluka, JR, Holy Cross

RB: Dylan Laube, JR, UNH

RB: Marques DeShields, SR, URI

WR: Zay Flowers, JR, Boston College

WR: Jalen Coker, JR, Holy Cross

TE: Tyler Neville, JR. Harvard

OL: A.J Cornelius, SOPH, URI

OL: Nick Correia, JR,,URI

OL: Christian Haynes, JR, UConn

OL: Nick Garigiulo, SR. Yale

OL: Patrick Flynn, SR, UNH

Defense

DL: Truman Jones, SR, Harvard

DL: Thor Griffin, JR, Harvard

DL: Shane Cokes, SR, Dartmouth

DL: Josiah Silver, SO, UNH

LB: Jackson Mitchell, JR, UConn

LB: Jack McGowan, SR, Harvard

LB: Joe Andresssen, SR, Bryant

DB: Jordan Jones, SR, URI

DB: Wande Owens, JR. Yale

DB: Tre Wortham, JR, UConn

DB: Jordan Mahoney, SOPH, UMass

Second Team

QB: Max Brosmer, JR, UNH

RB: Aiden Borguet, SR, Harvard

RB: Joshua Pitsenberger, FR, Yale

WR: Kym Wimberly, SR, Harvard

WR: Ed Lee, SR, URI

TE: Jackson Hawes, JR, Yale

OL: Jake Rizy, JR, Harvard

OL: Drew Kendall, SOPH, Boston College

OL: Kiran Amegadjie, JR, Yale

OL: Mason Williams, SR, Harvard

OL: Michael Gerace, SR, Maine

Defense

DL: Dylan Ruiz, SOPH, UNH

DL: Reid Nickerson, SR, Yale

DL: Dan Kuznetsov, SR, Holy Cross

DL: Marcus Cushnie, SR, UMass

LB: Jalen Mackie, SR, UMass

LB: Adrian Otero, SR, Maine

LB: Liam Anderson, SR, Holy Cross

DB: Masyn Lorick, SR, Stonehill

DB: Gary Rosemond Jr, SOPH, Merrimack

DB: Josh Ofilli, SR, Brown

DB: Alex Washington, SR, Harvard

Third Team

Offense

QB: Kasim Hill, SR, URI

RB: Nasir Smith, SR, CCSU

RB: Victor Rosa, FR, UConn

WR: Landon Ruggieri, SOPH, Bryant

WR: Wes Rockett, SR, Brown

TE: Shawn Bowman, SR, Maine

OL: Scott Elliott, SR, Harvard

OL: Hunter Folsom, SR, Brown

OL: Nicholas Schwitzgebel, JR, Dartmouth

OL: Joe Bastante, SR, Stonehill

OL: Donovan Allen, SR, Brown

Defense

DL: Marcus Valdez, SR, Boston College

DL: Nate Leskovec, SR, Harvard

DL: Niko Kvietkus, SR, UNH

DL: Kenny Dyson, SR, Bryant

LB: Marje Mulumba, JR, Stonehill

LB: Jake Fire, RS SR, URI

LB: Evan Stewart, SR, URI

DB: Elijah Jones, SR, Boston College

DB: Pop Bush, SR, UNH

DB: Jason Maitre, SR, Boston College

DB: John Smith, SR, Holy Cross

Special Teams

PK: Derek Ng, SR, Holy Cross

P: Patrick Haughney, SR, Holy Cross,

Special Teams Non-Specialist: Devin Haskins, SR, Holy Cross

RS: Dylan Laube, JR, UNH

Honorable Mention

QB: Zevi Eckhaus, SOPH, Bryant

QB: Marquez McCray, SR, Sacred Heart

RB: Malik Grant, SR, Sacred Heart

RB: Peter Oliver, RB, Holy Cross

RB: Ellis Merriweather, SR, UMass

RB: Jermaine Corbett, JR, Stonehill

WR: Joe Griffin, FR, Boston College

WR: Ayir Asante, SR, Holy Cross

WR: Mason Tipton, JR, Yale

TE: Jihad Edmond, SR, Bryant

TE: Caleb Warren, SR, URI

TE: Jace Henry, JR, Dartmouth

OL: C.J. Hanson, SR, Holy Cross

OL: Luke Newman, JR, Holy Cross

OL: Nick Olsofka, 5th YR, Holy Cross

OL: Jonathan Mendoza, JR, Yale

OL: David Satkowski, SR, Stonehill

OL: Eric Schon, JR, Holy Cross,

OL: Craig Wood, SR, CCSU

DL: Kevin Peprah, SR, Sacred Heart

DL: Carson Primrose, JR, Sacred Heart

DL: Jake Reichwein, SR, Holy Cross

LB: Hamilton Moore, JR, Yale

LB: Bryce Shaw, JR, UNH

LB: Rodney Samson, SR, Merrimack

DB: Cooper DeVeau, SR, Brown

DB: Khalil Dawsey, SR, Harvard

DB: Arsheen Jiles, JR, Sacred Heart

DB: Jahlil Brown, SR, CCSU

DB: Quinten Arello, SR, Dartmouth

Wow! DeMorat didn't make any team at all! How's that possible?   

Yes, I was fully aware of that and why the smiley emoji. In addition, I had another sentence that somehow got deleted saying that I was joking because it was a New England list and the Bronx hasn't found it's way to New England yet. My desktop has been funky lately. 

But thanks for the clarification in case anyone else missed the joke. 

Wow!

A quick perusal shows the following for the three All-New England teams (not counting Special Teams players):

Holy Cross     -    5 players recognized
Harvard         -    11 players recognized
Yale               -    6 players recognized
UNH              -    7 players recognized


Maybe this is further evidence that Chesney has put together a terrific TEAM, and not merely an assemblage of talented individuals. 


TEAMS WIN!!

Also, this is a football journal trying to put this together for ALL of the schools they cover and rely on for information, recruiting news, etc.
Do they also run a recruiting service that evaluates the NE talent? If so, they need to feed the beast that puts the food on the table.

So, the Crusaders beat Harvard; beat Yale; beat UNH. 

That means one of 3 things:

1. We beat them all with smoke and mirrors
2. We have less talented players, so we beat them with better coaching (yay, Bob!)
3. This/these guys/gals have no idea what they are talking about

Let me suggest that the answer is part 2 and part 3.  

Since Yale was IL champs, they might also believe this list is bogus considering the team they beat out has almost twice as many honorees. 

But good to see Matt Sluka #1 QB in New England. No doubt about that and the SDSU defense might think he's the best in the country at our level.

Totally off topic, anyone else see the Tulane-USC Cotton Bowl? An ending for the ages. Not a Tulane fan but holy cow as Phil Rizzuto used to say. 

And try this on for size:

First team OL honorees  -   URI, URI, UConn, Yale UNH
Second team OL honorees  -  Harvard, BC, Yale, Harvard, Maine
Third team OL honorees  -  Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Stonehill, Brown

How is (honorable mention honoree) Nick Olsofka named one of the five AFCA FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA honorees, but not among the top fifteen offensive linemen in New England???

I want some of whatever these authors are smoking.


For the record, the other 1st team All-America linemen are from Chatanooga, William & Mary, NDSU and SDSU.  

See my post above. The New England Football Journal listed FIFTEEN offensive lineman on its three All-New England teams - of which THIRTEEN were FCS players.

The AFCA and Walter Camp lists, however, each name Nick Olsofska as All-America - FIRST TEAM.

I'm open to a discussion of the NEFJ logic.


When my phone doesn't ring, I'll assume that it's them.

Fordham ranked 45th in FCS in number of interactions. No other PL school was ranked better than 80th out of 131.