2023 FCS Football Central SoCon All-Conference Team
The FCS Football Central SoCon All-Conference Team is here. 66 players from all nine programs comprised the All-Conference Team, announced Monday.
Furman leads the conference with 19 selections, including seven first-team selections. Chattanooga is second with 10 selections, while Western Carolina has nine selections.
Below are the FCS Football Central All-SoCon selections for the 2023 season.
2023 SoCon All-Conference Selections
Offensive Player of the Year: Ty James (Mercer; WR)
Defensive Player of the Year: Lance Wise Jr. (Mercer; DB)
First-Team Offense:
QB: Tyler Huff (Furman)
QB: Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina)
RB: Desmond Reid (Western Carolina)
RB: Jay Stanton (Samford)
WR: Ty James (Mercer)
WR: Jamoi Mayes (Chattanooga)
WR: Chandler Smith (Samford)
WR: Javin Whatley (Chattanooga)
TE: Aidan Twombly (VMI)
OL: Christian Coulter (Western Carolina)
OL: Jabari Brooks (Samford)
OL: Pearson Toomey (Furman)
OL: Tyler Smith (Western Carolina)
OL: Reid Williams (Chattanooga)
OL: Jacob Johanning (Furman)
AP: Devron Harper (Mercer)
First-Team Defense:
DL: Matt Sochovka (Furman)
DL: Jay Person (Chattanooga)
DL: Soloman Zubairu (Mercer)
DL: Ben Brewton (Chattanooga)
LB: Ken Standley (Mercer)
LB: Noah Martin (Samford)
LB: Eric Rankin (VMI)
LB: Braden Gilby (Furman)
LB: David Powers (Wofford)
DB: Lance Wise Jr. (Mercer)
DB: Kam Brown (Chattanooga)
DB: Travis Blackshear (Furman)
DB: Sheldon Arnold II (ETSU)
DB: Cally Chizik (Furman)
First-Team Special Teams:
K: Richard McCollum (Western Carolina)
P: Jack Culbreath (VMI)
KR: Ty King (Samford)
PR: Devron Harper (Mercer)
Second-Team Offense:
QB: Michael Hiers (Samford)
RB: Dominic Roberto (Furman)
RB: Hunter Rice (VMI)
WR: Censere Lee (Western Carolina)
WR: Sam Phillips (Chattanooga)
WR: David White (Western Carolina)
TE: Mason Pline (Furman)
OL: Luke Smith (ETSU)
OL: Fred Norman Jr. (Furman)
OL: Jason Swann (Wofford)
OL: John Thomas (Mercer)
OL: Wyatt Hughes (Furman)
AP: Branson Adams (Western Carolina)
Second-Team Defense:
DL: Jack Barton (Furman)
DL: Marlon Taylor (Chattanooga)
DL: Sirod Cook (Furman)
DL: Brandon Maina (Wofford)
DL: Luke Clark (Furman)
LB: Stephen Scott (ETSU)
LB: Evan DiMaggio (Furman)
LB: Kobe Joseph (Chattanooga)
LB: Marques Thomas (Mercer)
LB: Christian Dunn (VMI)
DB: Andreas Keaton (Western Carolina)
DB: Evan Eller (VMI)
DB: Chris Hope (ETSU)
DB: Hugh Ryan (Furman)
DB: Alex Oliver (VMI)
DB: Micah Robinson (Furman)
DB: Dominick Poole (The Citadel)
Second-Team Special Teams:
K: Ian Williams (Furman)
P: Nate Brackett (ETSU)
KR: Wayne Anderson Jr. (Furman)
PR: Chandler Smith (Samford)
