Donald Jackson III Earns New Preseason Honor
8/4/2015 8:32:00 AM | Football
Sam Houston senior offensive lineman Donald Jackson III Is one of four Southland Conference players listed on the College Sporting News 2015 Preseason Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team.
Wide receiver/return specialist Ed Eagan from Northwestern State, defensive end Jonathan Woodard of Central Arkansas and cornerback Harlan Miller from Southeastern Louisiana round out the league's selections in the Fabulous Fifty.
A three-year starter for the Bearkats, Jackson was named to three post-season All-America honor squads after Sam Houston's Southland Conference championship and playoff run to the FCS semifinals. The Kilgore product has been a first-team All-Southland selection two years in a row and is a preseason All-Southland first team honoree.
Ninety players will report Thursday for the opening of 2015 training camp for the Bearkats. The team opens the schedule Saturday Sept. 5 in Lubbock versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Season tickets for Sam Houston's six home games at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium plus the 90th “Battle of the Piney Woods” are on sale now online at www.gobearkats.com or at the SHSU Athletic Ticket Office now located on the west side of Bowers Stadium.
Beginning Thursday and running for the first week of Sam Houston practice, any fan who buys a season ticket will be eligible to win a special prize in a daily season ticket holder drawing.
The 2015 Preseason CSN Fabulous Fifty
OFFENSE:
QB Josh Robertson, Villanova, Sr.
QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State, Sr.
QB Tre Roberson, Illinois State, Sr.
RB Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State, Sr.
RB Dy'shawn Mobley, Eastern Kentucky, Sr.
RB Chase Edmonds, Fordham, Soph.
RB Khairi Dickson, Saint Francis, Sr.
FB Andrew Bonnet, North Dakota State, Sr.
FB Seth Fisher, Richmond, Sr.
AP Johnta Hebert, Prairie View A&M, Sr.
AP Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T, Jr.
WR Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington, Jr.
WR Darrin Peterson, Liberty, Sr.
WR Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State, Soph.
WR/KR Ed Eagan, Northwestern State, Sr.
WR Seth DeValve, Princeton, Sr.
TE Josh Cook, Idaho State, Jr.
TE Temarrick Hemingway, South Carolina State, Sr.
C Robert Booker, Missouri State, Sr.
G Jonathan Burgess, Liberty, Sr.
G JP Flynn, Montana State, Jr.
T Joe Haeg, North Dakota State, Sr.
T Donald Jackson III, Sam Houston State, Sr.
OL Garrett Clark, Southern Illinois, Sr.
OL Corey Levin, Chattanooga, Jr.
OL Bruce Johnson, Maine, Sr.
DEFENSE:
DE James Cowser, Southern Utah, Sr.
DE Jonathan Woodard, Central Arkansas, Sr.
DT Javon Harvgrave, South Carolina State, Sr.
DT O.J. Mau, Gardner-Webb, Sr.
DL Devaunte Sigler, Jacksonville State, Sr.
DL Victor Ochi, Stony Brook, Sr.
LB Don Cherry, Villanova, Sr.
LB Luke Rhodes, William & Mary, Sr.
LB Connor Underwood, Indiana State, Sr.
LB Darnell Sankey, Sacramento State, Sr.
LB Kourtney Berry, Alabama State, Jr.
LB Cory Magwood, Furman, Sr.
CB Jermaine Hough, Jacksonville State, Sr.
CB Harlan Miller, Southeastern Louisiana, Sr.
S Case DeAdrade, New Hampshire, Jr.
S Donald Payne, Stetson, Jr.
DB Deiondre' Hall, Northern Iowa, Sr.
DB Matt Smalley, Lafayette, Sr.
DB James Bradberry, Samford, Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
PK Michael Schmadeke, Northern Iowa, Sr.
KR Pokey Harris, Murray State, Sr.
PR Antonio Hamilton, South Carolina State, Sr.
P Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State, Sr.
LS Kameron Canaday, Portland State, Sr.
Founded in 2001, College Sporting News is the largest and oldest news service solely devoted to publishing original content and other information of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. CSN annually names national coach, offensive, and defensive honors, pre-season and post-season All-America teams, national weekly student-athletes honors, and maintains the Gridiron Power Index (GPI) ranking of teams which the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee had used as a tool for the selection of teams since 2008.
