The FBS Independent ranks were dealt a college football realignment blow for the second consecutive season, leaving just three conference nomads competing in the 2024 campaign. Fear not though, as between them, there is enough talent to recognize an All-Independent team for the upcoming season.
Follow along with each of our All-Conference honors as well as our National Honors this offseason: All-Americans | AAC | ACC | B1G | Big 12 | Conference USA | MAC |Mountain West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Preseason Independent Football Team Honors for 2023
For our preseason All-Independent teams, we had to do things a bit different. Instead of just grabbing players from the combined three rosters of Notre Dame, UConn, and UMass, we made the best possible team we could out of each roster.
As such, we’ll just give one All-Independent team this year, honoring the best at each position on the three rosters.
Preseason First-Team All-Independent Offense
QB: Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
RB: Camryn Edwards, UConn
RB: Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
WR: Kris Mitchell, Notre Dame
WR: Anthony Simpson, UMass
WR: Brett Buckman, UConn
TE: Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame
FLEX: Victor Rosa, UConn
OT: Chase Lundt, UConn
OG: Billy Schrauth, Notre Dame
OC: Ashton Craig, Notre Dame
OG: Pat Coogan, Notre Dame
OT: Valentin Senn, UConn
Preseason First-Team All-Independent Defense
EDGE: Pryce Yates, UConn
DT: Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
DT: Rylie Mills, Notre Dame
EDGE: R.J. Oben, Notre Dame
LB: Jack Kiser, Notre Dame
LB: Julien Simon, UConn
LB: Jalen Stewart, UMass
CB: Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
CB: Jaden Mickey, Notre Dame
CB: Isaiah Rutherford, UMass
S: Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
S: Rod Heard II, Notre Dame
FLEX: Lake Ellis, UMass
Preseason First-Team All-Independent Specialists
PK: Chris Freeman, UConn
KOS: Mitch Jeter, Notre Dame
P: CJ Kolodziey, UMass
KR: Jayden Harrison, Notre Dame
PR: TJ Sheffield, UConn
ST: Jason Onye, Notre Dame
Congratulations to all those players selected. For any questions regarding these selections or the process behind them, feel free to email them to me or ask on Twitter (@CamMellor).