50 FCS Players Crack East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List

The FCS level continues to prove it belongs on the big stage. Fifty players from the Football Championship Subdivision earned spots on the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 list.

MVFC

Illinois State

• Jake Pope (OT)
• Daniel Sobkowicz (WR)

North Dakota State

• Logan Kopp (LB)
• Barika Kpeenu (RB)
• Bryce Lance (WR)

South Dakota

• Aidan Bouman (QB)
• Charles Pierre (RB)

South Dakota State

• Grahm Goering (WR)
• Sam Hagen (OT)
• Chase Mason (QB)

Southern Illinois

• Paul Geelen (P)

Youngstown State

• Dathan Hickey (CB)
• Max Tomczak (WR)

Big Sky

Idaho

• Nate Azzopardi (OG)

Montana

• Liam Brown (OT)
• Eli Gillman (RB)
• Michael Wortham (WR)

Montana State

• Taco Dowler (WR)
• Titan Fleischmann (OT)

UC Davis

• Rex Connors (SAF)

Weber State

• Gavin Ortega (OT)

Ivy League

Dartmouth

• Chris Corbo (TE)

Harvard

• Ty Bartrum (SAF)
• Jaden Craig (QB)

Penn

• Netinho Olivieri (OC)
• Jared Richardson (WR)

Yale

• Josh Pitsenbarger (RB)

Patriot League

Colgate

• Brady Hutchinson (WR)

Lehigh

• TJ Burke (DT)
• Mason Humphrey (WR)
• Langston Jones (OG)
• Matt Spatny (EDGE)

CAA

Elon

• Jeff Yurk (P)

Monmouth

• Derek Robertson (QB)

Villanova

• Stephane Voltaire (OT)

William & Mary

• Jalen Jones (CB)

MEAC

Howard

• Eden James (RB)
• Noah Miles (EDGE)

Morgan State

• Erick Hunter (LB)

Norfolk State

• Kevon King (RB)

Southland

East Texas A&M

• Ike Ojukwu (OG)

Incarnate Word

• Jalen Walthall (WR)

Southeastern Louisiana

• Kaleb Proctor (DT)

Stephen F. Austin

• Charles Demmings (CB)

SWAC

Florida A&M

• Ashton Grable (OT)

Jackson State

• Joanes Fortillen (WR)

Southern

• C'Kelby Givens (EDGE)

OVC-Big South

Lindenwood

• Steve Hall (RB)

Southeast Missouri State

• Justus Johnson (CB)

Pioneer League

San Diego

• Malachi Cooper (DT)