CGS 2018 ROSTERS ANNOUNCED
4th Annual College Gridiron Showcase & Symposium
Returns to DFW-area January 6 – 10 in Addison, Texas
For Immediate Release [UPDATED ROSTER 1/3/18]
Addison, January 1, 2018 – For the fourth year in a row, the College Gridiron Showcase & Symposium will return to the Dallas-Fort Worth-area. With its unique format – a showcase with a controlled scrimmage rather than a game reliant on playing time and play calling – no other premiere college football all-star event gives participants as many quality opportunities to display their talent.
Today, CGS announced its current rosters for their All-Star and Select Groups.
Highlighting the All-Star Group are the following:
ALL-STAR OFFENSE
QUARTERBACKS
- Chad Kanoff, Princeton – Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year; unanimous first-team All-Ivy League quarterback
- Devante Kincade, Grambling – SWAC Offensive Player of the Year; first-team All-SWAC
- Richard Lagow, Indiana – 2017 Johnny Unitas Award, the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award and the Senior Bowl Watch Lists; 2016 All-B1G Honorable Mention
- Dalton Sturm, Texas at San Antonio – 2017 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list
RUNNING BACKS
- Vic Enwere, Cal – 43 games; 17 career TDs
- Kendrick Foster, Illinois – Academic All-Big Ten; Doak Walker Award watch list
- Robert Martin, Rutgers – Rutgers Career Rushing Yards – 10th All-Time
- Terry Swanson, Toledo – First-team All-MAC; First in the MAC with 109.9 yards per game
- Nick Wilson, Arizona – 2x All-Pac-12 honorable mention
WIDE RECEIVERS
- Jaelon Acklin, Western Illinois – First-Team All-MVFC
- Alonge Brooks, South Dakota – 2016 MVFC All-Newcomer Team
- Wyatt Demps, Nevada, Reno – Second-Team All-Mountain West
- Marcus Johnson, Slippery Rock – D-II All-American
- Garrett Johnson, Kentucky
- Chris Lacy, Oklahoma State – 3x Academic All-Big 12
- De’Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska – Second-Team All-American
- Caleb Scott, Vanderbilt – SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Kent Shelby II, McNeese State – All-SLC Honorable Mention
- Trent Sherfield, Vanderbilt – 2017 Biletnikoff Award candidate
- Vyncint Smith, Limestone – Second-Team All-South Atlantic Conference
- Jalen Tolliver, Arkansas at Monticello – D-II All-American
- Malik Earl, Missouri State
- Eldridge Massington, UCLA
TIGHT ENDS
- Stephen Baggett, East Carolina
- Andrew Caskin, William and Mary – Third-team All-CAA; 2017 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
- Benjamin Johnson, Kansas – Second-Team All-Big 12
- Nathaniel Wozniak, Minnesota – Gophers Outstanding Offensive Player
- Ryan Yurachek, Marshall – First-Team All-CUSA
CENTERS & GUARDS
- Cam Dillard, North Carolina
- Alexander Thompson, Monmouth – Second-Team All-American; 2x First-Team All-Big South; First-Team All-ECAC
- Jaypee Philbert Jr., Arkansas State – Third-Team All-Sun Belt
- Fred Lauina, Oregon State
- Alex Light, Richmond – First-Team All-CAA
- Adam Ploudre, Missouri
- Matthew Diaz, Wagner – First-Team All-NEC
- Darius James, Auburn
- Aaron Stinnie, James Madison – First Team All-American; First-Team All-CAA
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
- Leon Johnson, Temple – AAC All-Academic Team
- David Knevel, Nebraska – Academic All-Big Ten
- Ty McCulley, Colorado State Pueblo – First-Team All-RMAC
- Elijah Nkansah, Toledo – First-team All-MAC
- Trenton Scott, Grambling State – First-Team All-SWAC
- Justin Spencer, Youngstown State – First-Team All-MVFC
- Logan Tuley-Tillman, Michigan/UTEP
ALL-STAR DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE TACKLES
- Daniel Ekuale, Washington State
- Sebastian Joseph, Rutgers – 2x Academic All-Big Ten
- Dee Liner, Arkansas State – All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
- Christopher Okoye, Ferris State – First-Team All-GLIAC
- Draper Riley, Southern Mississippi – All-CUSA Honorable Mention
- Kellen Soulek, South Dakota State
DEFENSIVE ENDS
- Deldrick Canty, Louisiana Tech – 2x All-Conference USA Honorable Mention;
- Gaelin Elmore, Minnesota/East Carolina – 2x Academic All-Big Ten
- Michael Love, South Florida
- Myles Nash, Rutgers
- Michael Vidal, Mount Union – D-III All-American; First-Team All-OAC
- Antonio Simmons, Georgia Tech
- Akeem Coleman, Idaho
- Danny Ezechukwu, Purdue
LINEBACKERS
- Matthew Adams, Houston – AAC All-Academic Team
- Alvin Jones, UTEP – 2016 Second Team All-CUSA; 2x All-CAU Honorable Mention
- Ty Schwab, Boston College – Third-Team All-ACC
- Emmanuel Ellerbee, Rice – 2x First-Team All-CUSA
- Airius Moore, North Carolina State
- Kendall Donnerson, Southeast Missouri State – First-Team All-OVC
- Nick McBeath, Holy Cross – 2x First-Team All-Patriot League
- Matew Koloamatangi, Hawaii
- Michael Needham, Southern Utah
CORNERBACKS
- Darius Allensworth, Cal
- Devron Davis, Texas San Antonio – JUCO All-California Region II; First-Team All-Golden Coast League
- Michael Ford, Southeast Missouri State
- Tre Herndon, Vanderbilt – SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Justin Martin, Tennessee – Sporting News Top JUCO Players Moving On
- Donovan Olumba, Portland State
- Darius Price, Siena Heights – NAIA Cliff Harris Award
- Priest Willis, Texas A&M
- Maurice McKnight, San Jose State – Two-Time All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
- Lucas Webb, Tennessee at Chattanooga – First Four-Time First-Team All-SoCon in school history
- Reggie Wilkerson, Georgia, Iowa State
SAFETIES
- Nicholas Orr, Texas Christian – 2017 First-Team All-Big 12; 2016 Second-Team All-Big 12
- Michael Basile, Monmouth – 2017 First-Team all-American; 2016 Second-Team All-American; Four-Time First Team All-Big South
- Kishawn McClain, North Texas – 2016 Second-Team All-CUSA; 2017 All-CUSA Honorable Mention
- Floyd Redfield, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
- Osband Thompson Jr., Tuskegee – SIAC Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-SIAC
- Kieron Williams, Nebraska
- Jaden Wright, New Mexico State – 2016 Second Team All- Sun Belt
SELECT GROUP
SELECT OFFENSE
FB David Mackie, Western
OC Jake Krause, Bemidji State
OC Joseph Kuperman, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
OG Wilson Bell, Auburn
OG Will House, Southern Nazarene
OG Andrew Pickett, Guelph
OG Ross Westphal, Upper Iowa
OG Ryan Hunter, Bowling Green State
OT Austin Olsen, Southern Illinois
OT Christian Morris, Tennessee State
OT RJ Prince, North Carolina
OT George Roberts, Delta State
OT Poet Thomas, Texas A&M Commerce
QB Mackay Lowrie, Bentley
QB Malik Watson, Dixie State
QB Ryan Zapoticky, Shippensburg
QB Tyler Rogers, New Mexico State
QB Brett Kasper, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
RB Jarel Elder, West Chester
RB Kobe McCrary, Minnesota
RB Stafon McCray, Prairie View A&M
RB Lawrence Pittman, Wingate
RB Chris Robinson, Delta State
RB David Mackie, Western (CA)
TE Hunter Folkertsma, Bowling Green
TE Anton Gumina, Wisconsin-Whitewater
TE Nathan Marcus, Vanderbilt
TE Jacquet McClendon, Indiana State
TE Dillon Salva, Merrimack
TE Ja’Quaris Daniels, West Texas
WR Brandon Bean, Grand Valley State
WR Evan Clark, Saint Johns
WR Jawill Davis, Bethune-Cookman
WR Lamar Jordan, New Mexico
WR Darvin Kidsy, Texas Southern
WR Tyrone Pierre, Laval
WR John Prather, Carnegie Mellon
WR Robenson Saintard, Husson
WR Patrick Smith, Tennessee State
WR Melvin Vaughn, Old Dominion
WR James Williams, East Carolina
WR Carl Whitley, Abilene Christian
WR Sam Mentkowski, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
WR Desmon White, TCU
WR Milly Raye, Slippery Rock
WR Jameel Kirkland, Benedictine
WR Troy Grant Jr., Abilene Christian
WR Jumill Hornsby, Limestone College
WR Jordan Villamin, Oregon State
SELECT DEFENSE
CB Brandon Addison, Old Dominion
CB Malik Boynton, Austin Peay State
CB Craig James, Southern Illinois Carbondale (SIU)
CB DeeJay Johnson, Southwestern
CB Chris Seisay, Portland State
CB Roman Tatum, Southern Illinois
CB Ra-Heem Hill, Concordia An
CB Godfrey Onyeka, Wilfrid Laurier
CB Diquan Richardson, Bethune Cookman
CB Ryan White, Vanderbilt
CB Adekunle Ayinde, Minnesota
CB Brandon McDowell, Houston
CB Garrett Reece-Scott, Colorado-Mesa
CB Joe Brown, Western Kentucky
DE Kene Okonkwo, New Mexico
DE Taylor Reynolds, Tennessee Chattanooga
DE Tomasi Laulile, Brigham Young
DE Andy Struttmann, Duquesne
DE Evan Perrizo, Minnesota State – Mankato
DE Murphy McKay, Weber State
DE Josh Willis, Butler
DE Leo Jackson, Colorado
DT Julien Laurent, Georgia State
DT Scott Pagano, Clemson / Oregon
DT Kevon Perry, Louisiana Lafayette
DT Sergio Phillips, San Diego State
DT Kesni Tausinga, Brigham Young
DT Mike Ramsay, Duke
DT Khalil Sommerville, Buffalo State
ILB Camnik Campbell, East Central
ILB Kentavious Preston, Southern
ILB Bryan Jones, Saginaw Valley State
OLB Carter Henderson, Duquesne
OLB Jeremiah Mitchell, Austin Peay State
OLB Shaheed Salmon, Samford
OLB Mohammed Sankoh, West Liberty
OLB Dale Warren, UT Chattanooga
OLB La’kel Bass, UT-San Antonio
OLB Michael Cerisano, Souther Connecticut State
S Mackenro Alexander, Iowa State
S Jackson Bennett, Ottawa
S Glenn Harris, Wayne State
S Deion Hart, Southern California
S Tony Reid, Miami
S Matt Simon III, Tusculum
S Darwyn Kelly, Central Michigan
ABOUT CGS
CGS is a college post-season showcase for NFL Draft-eligible players across all college football divisions. CGS selects via a panel of football experts. Players come in for 5 days and 4 nights to be evaluated by professional football league scouts. The players receive professional coaching, mentoring, life coaching and seminars that will benefit them as they move forward in their professional lives in or out of football.
Since 2015, 273 CGS participants have had an opportunity to extend their careers through the NFL draft, free agency, rookies camp invitations and tryouts (including 105 from the 2017 CGS), with several others being drafted or signed to play in the CFL. Over 110 NFL scouts and executives representing 30 teams attended the 2017 event in Bedford, Texas. Over 40 CGS players are currently on NFL rosters.
For more information about the College Gridiron Showcase, please visit cgsallstar.com.
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