Chapa Named to FCS Football Central Freshman All-American Team

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GREELEY, Colo. – Cam Chapa added more hardware after a stellar rookie campaign for Northern Colorado, with the FCS Football Central Freshman All-American Team selection.

Chapa, a standout at Eaglecrest High School in Aurora, Colorado, garnered All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention honors in late November.

He played in all 12 games for the Bears during his rookie season. Chapa ranked second in the Big Sky and 19th in FCS in interceptions per game, while his 6.9 tackles per game placed him 14th in the league and 118th in the nation.

The third annual FCS Football Central Freshman All-American Team is here. This team recognizes the best freshman players from across the subdivision. 69 players from 52 programs are identified on the Freshman All-American Team.

Below are the best freshmen from across the FCS in 2024.

2024 FCS Freshman All-American Team
Offense:
QB: Carson Conklin (Sacramento State)
QB: Elijah Owens (Indiana State)
QB: Taron Dickens (Western Carolina)
QB: Collin Hurst (Presbyterian)
RB: CharMar Brown (North Dakota State)
RB: Adam Jones (Montana State)
RB: Delon Thompson (Portland State)
RB: David Avit (Villanova)
RB: Jason Collins (Morgan State)
RB: Steve Hall (Lindenwood)
RB: Rodney Nelson (Monmouth)
WR: Mark Hamper (Idaho)
WR: Danny Scudero (Sacramento State)
WR: Marcus Calwise Jr. (Eastern Kentucky)
WR: Malachi Henry (Central Arkansas)
WR: Tra Neal (Monmouth)
TE: Jackson Pryor (Furman)
OL: Luke Moise (Wofford)
OL: Beau Smith (Brown)
OL: Carter Guillaume (SEMO)
OL: Tyler Murray (Mercer)
OL: Griffin Empey (North Dakota State)
OL: Cameran Rogers (Alcorn State)
OL: Tyler Dunn (Cornell)
OL: Tyrell Green (Eastern Kentucky)
OL: Ben Buxa (North Dakota)
OL: Teko Shoats (Bethune-Cookman)
OL: Brady Norton (Cal Poly)
AP: Matt Childs (Brown)
AP: Miequle Brock (Nicholls)

Defense:
DL: Andrew Zock (Mercer)
DL: Chancellor Owens (Northwestern State)
DL: Ty Gordon (William & Mary)
DL: Marion Smokes (Wofford)
DL: Bryce Hawthorne (South Dakota State)
DL: Kahmari Brown (Elon)
DL: Arenza Davis (Alabama A&M)
DL: Jamond Mathis (Southern Illinois)
LB: Sanders Ellis (Tennessee State)
LB: Zach Johnson (Idaho)
LB: Rick Mua'e (Utah Tech)
LB: Josh Anglin (North Alabama)
LB: Geno Calgaro (Saint Francis)
LB: Jaylen Dawson (Fordham)
LB: Ayden Jones (Prairie View A&M)
LB: Dallas Winner-Johnson (Missouri State)
DB: Cam Chapa (Northern Colorado)
DB: Christopher Jean (Central Connecticut State)
DB: Derek Ganter Jr. (Eastern Washington)
DB: TJ McGill (William & Mary)
DB: Zahmir Dawud (Villanova)
DB: Jayden Robertson (Southern Utah)
DB: Asa Locks (VMI)
DB: CJ Coombes (Wofford)
DB: Matthew Traynor (Richmond)
DB: Delvon Gulley (Alabama A&M)
DB: Sascha Garcia (William & Mary)
DB: Billy Lewis (Furman)

Special Teams:
K: Yousef Obeid (Missouri State)
P: Finn Lappin (McNeese)
P: Tom O'Hara (Murray State)
KR: Anthony Reagan Jr. (Howard)
KR: Robert Lockhart (Florida A&M)
KR: Jackson Williams (North Dakota State)
PR: Paul Kelly (Dayton)
PR: Mason Kuehner (Lafayette)
AP: Travis Terrell Jr. (Jackson State)
AP: Jaden Green (Lehigh)
AP: Sawyer Seidl (North Dakota)