Following a season spent in opposing offensive backfields, Tennessee State defensive finish Terrell Allen was on the victory stand Saturday evening, receiving the 2023 Buck Buchanan Award because the nationwide defensive participant of the 12 months in Division I FCS school soccer.
Allen, one among 30 finalists for the twenty ninth annual Buchanan, was introduced because the winner on the Stats Carry out FCS Nationwide Awards Banquet, introduced by FedEx Floor, in Frisco, Texas. Linebackers Dylan Kelly of UAlbany and Billy Shaeffer of Lafayette completed second and third, respectively, in voting by a nationwide panel.
The 6-foot, 275-pound Allen, a senior from North Little Rock, Arkansas, was named the defensive participant of the 12 months within the inaugural Large South-OVC Soccer Affiliation. Within the common season, he led the FCS in sacks (14.5), sack yardage (123), tackles for loss (28) and deal with yardage for loss (149). He had a four-game span through which he totaled no less than 4 TFLs, together with 6.5 (4.5 had been sacks) towards Lindenwood.
In 11 video games, Allen had 65 tackles, together with 44 solos, 10 quarterback hurries, 5 pressured fumbles, one fumble restoration and one move breakup.
Kelly, the Buchanan runner-up, was third within the FCS common season in tackles per sport (12.1) and wound up with 159 total in 15 video games, together with the FCS playoffs. Shaeffer had 83 tackles, 21.5 TFLs, 10 sacks and 5 pressured fumbles in 12 video games, together with one within the playoffs.
The Buck Buchanan Award is called for legendary defensive lineman Junious “Buck” Buchanan, who starred at Grambling State as a part of his Corridor of Fame profession. First introduced in 1995, the award has a distinguished historical past of recipients, together with two-time winner Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis, Jared Allen and Arthur Moats.
2023 Buck Buchanan Award Voting Outcomes
A primary-place vote was price 5 factors, a second-place vote 4 factors, a third-place vote three factors, a fourth-place vote two factors and a fifth-place vote one level. The ultimate quantity is the mixed level whole.
1. Terrell Allen, DE, Tennessee State: 33-5-2-3-2-199
2. Dylan Kelly, LB, UAlbany: 6-4-10-6-2-90
3. Billy Shaeffer, LB, Lafayette: 3-4-8-4-3-66
4. Ty French, DE, Gardner-Webb: 2-7-6-1-6-64
5. Anton Juncaj, DE, UAlbany: 1-8-2-4-5-56
6. PJ Jules, S, Southern Illinois: 0-5-4-5-5-47
7. Micah Davey, LB, McNeese: 2-3-3-5-5-46
8. Jacob Dobbs, LB, Holy Cross: 1-5-4-3-1-44
9. Amir Abdullah, LB, Illinois State: 0-6-1-3-2-35
10. Finn Claypool, DE, Drake: 0-3-1-5-2-27
11. Brock Mogensen, LB, South Dakota: 3-1-1-0-1-23
12. Jay Particular person, DE, Chattanooga: 2-1-0-2-0-18
13.(tie) Braxton Hill, LB, Montana: 0-1-2-2-0-14
13.(tie) Kenny Gallop Jr., S, Howard: 1-1-1-0-2-14
15. Logan Blake, LB, Japanese Kentucky: 0-1-1-2-0-11
16.(tie) Brody Grebe, DE, Montana State: 1-0-1-0-1-9
16.(tie) Daylan Dotson, DE, UT Martin: 0-0-1-2-2-9
16.(tie) Isaiah Main, LB, Florida A&M: 0-0-2-0-3-9
16.(tie) Jalyx Hunt, LB, Houston Christian: 1-1-0-0-0-9
20.(tie) Colton Adams, LB, Alabama State: 0-0-1-2-1-8
20.(tie) Lance Sensible Jr., S, Mercer: 0-0-1-1-3-8
22.(tie) Erick Hunter, LB, Morgan State: 0-0-2-0-0-6
22.(tie) Logan Kopp, LB, North Dakota State: 0-0-1-1-1-6
22.(tie) Winston Reid, LB, Weber State: 0-0-1-0-3-6
25.(tie) David Walker, DE, Central Arkansas: 0-0-0-2-1-5
25.(tie) Thor Griffith, DT, Harvard: 0-0-0-2-1-5
27. Eric O’Neill, DE, LIU: 0-0-0-0-3-3
28. Tristan Wheeler, LB, Richmond: 0-0-0-1-0-2
29. Steven Parker, DE, UIW: 0-0-0-0-1-1
30. Nate Lynn, DE, William & Mary: 0-0-0-0-0-0
