Chris Livings named STATS FCS 3rd Team All-American

LAKE CHARLES – McNeese senior defensive end Chris Livings has been named FCS All-American by STATS, garnering third team honors.

It’s the second straight year a McNeese defender has garnered STATS honors following B.J. Blunt’s first team accolades in 2018.

The Lake Charles native who was this year’s Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned first team all-SLC honors, was one of 10 players from the league to be named to the three teams.

He’s also the 33rd selection in school history to garner STATS All-American honors and the 148th McNeese Football All-American overall.

Livings completed his senior campaign with a team-high 9.5 quarterback sacks, ranking him third in the conference. He recorded 12 tackles for a loss to go along with 52 total tackles, two pass break ups, five quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles.

He ended his career with 30 QB sacks, ranking second all-time in school history and just one away from the career record of 31. He also recorded 44 career tackles for a loss, ranking fourth all-time in school history.

The team boasted 100 players from 66 schools, with North Dakota State boasting a team-high six selections followed by James Madison with five.

The Big Sky and Missouri Valley conferences gained the most All-America selections with 16 each and CAA was third with 12.

2019 FCS STATS ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Case Cookus, senior, 6-4, 205, Northern Arizona; Trey Lance, freshman, 6-3, 221, North Dakota State; or Kevin Thomson, junior, 6-2, 200, Sacramento State
RB – Pete Guerriero, junior, 5-10, 190, Monmouth
RB – James Robinson, senior, 5-10, 220, Illinois State
WR – Juwan Green, senior, 6-0, 187, UAlbany
WR – Aaron Parker, senior, 6-3, 208, Rhode Island
WR – Samori Toure, junior, 6-3, 190, Montana
TE – Adam Trautman, senior, 6-6, 253, Dayton
OL – P.J. Burkhalter, junior, 6-3, 330, Nicholls
OL – Liam Fornadel, junior, 6-4, 308, James Madison
OL – Drew Himmelman, junior, 6-10, 315, Illinois State
OL – Kyle Murphy, senior, 6-4, 302, Rhode Island
OL – Dillon Radunz, junior, 6-6, 298, North Dakota State

DEFENSE
DL – Ron’Dell Carter, senior, 6-3, 269, James Madison
DL – John Daka, senior, 6-2, 227, James Madison
DL – Sully Laiche, senior, 6-2, 270, Nicholls
DL – Derrek Tuszka, senior, 6-5, 246, North Dakota State
LB – Cam Gill, senior, 6-3, 240, Wagner
LB – Zach Hall, senior, 6-0, 238, Southeast Missouri
LB – Dante Olson, senior, 6-3, 240, Montana
LB – Christian Rozeboom, senior, 6-2, 230, South Dakota State
DB – Anthony Adams, sophomore, 6-0, 180, Portland State
DB – Jeremy Chinn, senior, 6-3, 211, Southern Illinois
DB – Kordell Jackson, junior, 5-11, 163, Austin Peay
DB – Greg Liggs Jr., senior, 5-11, 198, Elon

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Luis Aguilar, junior, 6-1, 190, Northern Arizona
P – Alex Pechin, 5th, 6-0, 210, Bucknell
LS – Matthew O’Donoghue, junior, 6-1, 250, Montana
KR – Earnest Edwards, senior, 5-10, 175, Maine
PR – Montrell Washington, junior, 5-10, 170, Samford
AP – Chris Rowland, senior, 5-8, 180, Tennessee State

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Case Cookus, senior, 6-4, 205, Northern Arizona; Trey Lance, freshman, 6-3, 221, North Dakota State; or Kevin Thomson, junior, 6-2, 200, Sacramento State
RB – Jah-Maine Martin, junior, 5-10, 214, North Carolina A&T
RB – Alex Ramsey, junior, 6-0, 225, VMI
WR – Cade Johnson, junior, 5-10, 180, South Dakota State
WR – Kristian Wilkerson, senior, 6-1, 214, Southeast Missouri
WR – DeAngelo Wilson, junior, 5-8, 165, Austin Peay
TE – Charlie Taumoepeau, senior, 6-3, 245, Portland State
OL – Kyle Anderton, senior, 6-4, 302, Austin Peay
OL – Mitch Brott, senior, 6-6, 300, Montana State
OL – Dieter Eiselen, senior, 6-4, 300, Yale
OL – Blake Jeresaty, junior, 6-2, 290, Wofford
OL – Marcus Pettiford, senior, 6-4, 286, North Carolina A&T
OL – Alex Taylor, senior, 6-9, 310, South Carolina State

DEFENSE
DL – Eli Mencer, senior, 6-1, 229, UAlbany
DL – Aaron Patrick, senior, 6-4, 245, Eastern Kentucky
DL – Nasir Player, senior, 6-5, 271, ETSU
DL – Bryce Sterk, senior, 6-5, 261, Montana State
DL – Jonah Williams, senior 6-5, 275, Weber State
LB – Jeremiah Chambers, senior, 6-2, 224, Abilene Christian
LB – Jabril Cox, junior, 6-3, 233, North Dakota State
LB – Willie Eubanks, junior, 6-2, 215, The Citadel
LB – Jonas Griffith, senior, 6-4, 250, Indiana State
LB – Donnell Rodgers, senior, 6-1, 238, North Dakota
DB – Brandon Easterling, junior, 6-0, 203, Dayton
DB – Luther Kirk, senior, 6-2, 195, Illinois State
DB – Artevius Smith, senior, 5-10, 179, ETSU
DB – Isiah Swann, senior, 6-0, 195, Dartmouth

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Grayson Atkins, junior, 5-10, 188, Furman
P – Matt McRobert, junior, 6-2, 195, Sam Houston State
LS – Chandler Collins, senior, 6-4, 235, Missouri State
KR – Gamar Girdy Brito, senior, 5-9, 190, Houston Baptist
PR – Terry Williams, senior, 5-10, 165, UT Martin
AP – Javon Williams Jr., freshman, 6-1, 239, Southern Illinois

THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
*QB – Case Cookus, senior, 6-4, 205, Northern Arizona; Trey Lance, freshman, 6-3, 221, North Dakota State; or Kevin Thomson, junior, 6-2, 200, Sacramento State
RB – Jordan Bentley, senior, 6-1, 195, Alabama A&M
RB – Julius Chestnut, sophomore, 6-1, 215, Sacred Heart
RB – Ulonzo Gilliam, sophomore, 5-9, 185, UC Davis
WR – Michael Bandy, senior, 5-10, 190, San Diego
WR – J.P. Shohfi, senior, 6-1, 209, Yale
WR – Quan Shorts, senior, 6-2, 195, Northwestern State
TE – Matthew Gonzalez, senior, 6-3, 230, Robert Morris
TE – Ben Ellefson, senior, 6-3, 250, North Dakota State
OL – Spencer Blackburn, senior, 6-2, 290, Eastern Washington
OL – Liam Dobson, junior, 6-3, 340, Maine
OL – A.J. Farris, senior, 6-2, 285, Monmouth
OL – Zack Johnson, senior, 6-6, 315, North Dakota State
OL – Zach Larsen, senior, 6-1, 305, Southern Utah
OL – Connor Mignone, junior, 6-4, 290, Central Connecticut State

DEFENSE
DL – Chris Livings, senior, 6-2, 234, McNeese
DL – George Obinna, senior, 6-3, 240, Sacramento State
DL – Darius Royster, senior, 6-2, 215, North Carolina Central
DL – Elerson Smith, junior, 6-7, 245, Northern Iowa
DL – Nick Wheeler, senior, 6-2, 255, Colgate
LB – Bryson Armstrong, junior, 5-11, 212, Kennesaw State
LB – Dimitri Holloway, senior, 6-2, 217, James Madison
LB – Rico Kennedy, senior, 6-3, 235, Morgan State
LB – Da’Jon Lee, senior, 6-2, 245, Saint Francis
LB – Solomon Muhammad, senior, 6-1, 235, Alcorn State
LB – Keith Woetzel, senior, 6-0, 225, Lehigh
DB – Abu Daramy-Swaray, senior, 5-10, 190, Colgate
DB – Ferlando Jordan, sophomore, 6-0, 180, Southeastern Louisiana
DB – Robert Rochell, junior, 6-2, 176, Central Arkansas
DB – Adam Smith, senior, 6-0, 190, James Madison

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Storm Ruiz, senior, 5-10, 170, Stephen F. Austin
P – D.J. Arnson, junior, 6-0, 185, Northern Arizona
P – Chris Faddoul, junior, 5-11, 210, Florida A&M
LS – Ethan Ray, junior, 6-0, 185, Charleston Southern
KR – Jimmie Robinson, senior, 5-8, 175, Bethune-Cookman
PR – Mike Roussos, sophomore, 6-0, 195, Columbia
AP – JaVaughn Craig, senior, 6-2, 210, Austin Peay