2024 Elite 100 Watch List

August 14th, 2024 2:00pm

The D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List was selected by the staff of D2Football.com with the input of numerous sitting head coaches as well as professional football scouting veteran Josh Buchanan. The players listed in this release represent the official watch list for the D2Football.com 2024 Elite 100 Team, which will be announced at the conclusion of the season. The team includes first and second team selections for offense, defense and special teams along with 25 "Squad" players for offense and defense. Squad players are equivilent to "honorable mention" selections in similar national recognition lists.

First Team Offense
QB	Zach Zebrowski	Central Missouri
RB	Blake Delacruz	Harding
RB	Jada Byers	Virginia Union
WR	Max McLeod	Colorado Mines
WR	Tyler Kahmann	Emporia State
TE	Sam Pitz	Minnesota Duluth
OL	Marshall Foerner	Minnesota State
OL	Gabe Clark	Central Missouri
OL	Colton Grier	Southern Arkansas
OL	Gabe Brown	Grand Valley
OL	Bryce George	Ferris State

First Team Defense
DL	Andre Jefferson	Lenoir-Rhyne
DL	Marquise Fleming	Wingate
DL	Maven Kretche	Minnesota State
DL	Marcus Hansen	Bemidji State
LB	Micah Cretsinger	Saginaw Valley
LB	Garrett Cox	IUP
LB	Anthony Cardamone	Grand Valley
DB	Tanner Volk	Central Washington
DB	Melvin Smith Jr.	Southern Arkansas
DB	Peyton Buckley	Augustana
DB	Daniel Bone III	CSU Pueblo

First Team Special Teams
K	Logan Turner	Southwest Baptist
P	Blake Doud	Colorado Mines
AP	Braden Jay	Harding

Second Team Offense
QB	Sammy Edwards	Valdosta State
RB	Kendel Givens	Ouachita Baptist
RB	Chavon Wright	Charleston
WR	Gage Florence	MSU Moorhead
WR	Erick Willis III	California PA
TE	Eddie Burgess	Upper Iowa
OL	Aiden Williams	Minnesota Duluth
OL	Slade Edwards	Central Washington
OL	Noah Plsek	Angelo State
OL	Bruno Onwuazor	Virginia State
OL	Jake Gannon	Bemidji State

Second Team Defense
DL	Jamae Blank	UNC Pembroke
DL	Dre Hall	Harding
DL	Gary Lewis	Henderson State
DL	Jake Fisher	Northwest Missouri
LB	Jack Barkley	Pittsburg State
LB	Kendall Lightfoot	Western Colorado
LB	JT Cavender	West Texas A&M
DB	Major Williams	Carson-Newman
DB	Darius Bruce	IUP
DB	Andrew Pitts	Angelo State
DB	Josiah Johnson	Ouachita Baptist

Second Team Special Teams
K	Bradley Larson	Angelo State
P	Michael Shine	Mississippi College
AP	Yogi Flager	McKendree

SQUAD Offense
QB	Brayden Long	Slippery Rock
QB	Jack Strand	MSU Moorhead
QB	Andrew Edwards	Henderson State
QB	Carson Gulker	Ferris State
RB	Tyler Flanagan	Central Washington
RB	Idris Lawrence	Slippery Rock
RB	Kelvin Smith	Delta State
RB	Jariq Scales	Southern Arkansas
RB	Marcellous Hawkins	Central Missouri
WR	Malachi Langley	Lincoln (PA)
WR	Jeremiah Taylor	Shepherd
WR	Tyrese Hunt Thompson	Ferris State
WR	Reggie Ratzlaff	CSU Pueblo
WR	Connor Flannigan	Ouachita Baptist
WR	Rashawn Harvey	Slippery Rock
WR	Jeremiah Cooley	UT Permian Basin
TE	Deontay Campbell	Missouri Southern
AP	DeAree Rogers	Lenior Rhyne
OL	Jett Janssen	Wayne State (Ne)
OL	Jaelon Brown	Delta State
OL	Sherman Deaton	Emporia State
OL	Ty Lucas	Shepherd
OL	Adam Kase	Kutztown
OL	Nic Van De Graaf	Colorado Mines
OL	Yoesph Carter	Findlay

SQUAD Defense
DL	Geemontae Peck	Davenport
DL	Hunter O'Connor	Chadron State
DL	Stephen Hoffman	Bemidji State
DL	Frank Mulipola	UT Permian Basin
DL	Byron Puryear	West Florida
DL	Niles King	Grand Valley
DL	Vershaud Richardson	Arkansas Tech
LB	Will Breland	West Florida
LB	Domonique Davis	Central State
LB	John Johnson	Fort Hays State
LB	Cam Hollobaugh	Walsh
LB	Alex Kowalczyk	Wayne State (Ne)
LB	Dexter Fitzpatrick	Mars Hill
LB	Haden Wallace	Augustana
LB	Brandon Rawls	Saginaw Valley
LB	Trevon Stanford	West Alabama
DB	Devin Pringle	Grand Valley
DB	Josh Stokes	Slippery Rock
DB	Mikael King	Tuskegee
DB	Jackson Zimmerman	Colorado Mines
DB	Cahleel Smith	Northwest Missouri
DB	CJ Brown	Kutztown
DB	Michael Brown	Indianapolis
DB	Giye Jenkins	New Haven
DB	Jordan Rogers	Pittsburg State