Postseason honors continue to roll in for the South Dakota State University football team as three players were named Tuesday to the 2017 STATS FCS All-America Team.
Leading the Jackrabbit contingent was first-team tight end Dallas Goedert. A senior from Britton, Goedert finished the season as the team leader with 72 receptions and 1,111 receiving yards, while adding seven touchdown catches. His receiving total leads all Division I tight ends - FCS and FBS - this season.
Goedert has been a unanimous first-team All-America selection so far this season as has previously been honored by The Associated Press, Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association and Phil Steele Publications.
Also an All-American in 2016, Goedert has been selected to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl Jan. 27 in Mobile, Ala.
Second-team honors went to Jackrabbit offensive lineman Jacob Ohnesorge and linebacker Christian Rozeboom. Ohnesorge wrapped up a career in which he tied an SDSU record by starting 53 games - all at center - and anchored a Jackrabbit offensive unit that averaged 37.2 points and 438.6 yards of total offense per game. He earlier was announced as a first-team selection to the Associated Press All-America team and a second-team honoree by Phil Steele. He also was tabbed as the FCS recipient of the Rimington Award as the top center in his college football classification and has received an invitation to play in the Jan. 20 East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rozeboom, a sophomore from Sioux Center, Iowa, posted a team-best 127 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He registered 10 or more tackles in seven contests, while adding two interceptions, three fumble recoveries and a blocked kick. Rozeboom previously was honored as a second-team pick by Phil Steele and a third-team selection to the Associated Press All-America Team.
SDSU, coached by John Stiegelmeier, finished the 2017 season with a school-record 11 wins against three losses. The Jackrabbits qualified for the FCS playoffs for the sixth year in a row and reached the national semifinals for the first time.
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