Mississippi College

CLINTON, MS - Mississippi College senior tight end Renard Ellis has been selected as a First Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. Renard is the second AFCA All-American in three years for the Choctaws with Jake Allen also earning distinction as a wide receiver in 2007.

The Winter Haven, FL native ranked among the nation's best tight ends with 58 receptions for 748 yards and eight touchdowns. Ellis' 58 catches ranked third in the American Southwest Conference, he ranked third in receiving yards and also third in touchdown receptions.

Ellis was an All-ASC First Team selection and recently was an All-Region Second Team selection by D3football.com.

Offense

Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	School	Coach	Hometown (High School)
WR	Cecil Shorts	6-2	195	Sr.	Mount Union	Larry Kehres	Cleveland, Ohio (Collinwood)
WR	Jared Manzer	6-0	190	Sr.	Alfred	Dave Murray	Johnson City, N.Y. (Johnson City)
TE	Renard Ellis	6-2	230	Sr.	Mississippi College	Norman Joseph	Winter Haven, Fla. (Winter Haven)
OL	Evan Isaacs	6-3	267	Sr.	Wabash	Erik Raeburn	Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central)
OL	Blaine Westemeyer*	6-5	280	Sr.	Augustana (Ill.)	Jim Barnes	Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley NW)
OL	Josh Ostrue*	6-4	305	Sr.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Glenn Caruso	South St. Paul, Minn. (South St. Paul)
OL	Josh Delancy	5-11	302	Sr.	North Central	John Thorne	Stuart, Fla. (Jensen Beach)
OL	Scott Millenbach	6-2	280	Sr.	Linfield	Joe Smith	Olympia, Wash. (Capital)
QB	Dan Whalen	6-1	190	Sr.	Case Western	Greg Debeljak	Willoughby, Ohio (South)
RB	Caleb Jennings	5-7	175	Jr.	Emory & Henry	Don Montgomery	Cedar Bluff, Va. (Richlands)
RB	Jim Bower	5-9	225	Sr	Maine Maritime	Chris McKenney	South Paris, Maine (Oxford Hills)

Defense

Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	School	Coach	Hometown (High School)
DL	Michael Ward	6-2	327	Sr.	Wesley	Mike Drass	Norwich, Conn. (Norwich Free Academy)
DL	Jacob Bloomhuff	6-3	245	Sr.	Wash. & Jeff.	Mike Sirianni	Grosse Pointe, Mich. (North)
DL	Anthony Goranson	6-5	255	Sr.	Monmouth (Ill.)	Steve Bell	Bartlett, Ill. (Belvidere)
DL	Paul Cynewski	6-3	245	Sr.	Salisbury	Sherman Wood	Moorestown, N.J. (Moorestown)
DL	Eddie Vallery	6-2	220	Jr.	Wittenberg	Joe Fincham	South Solon, Ohio (Madison Plains)
LB	Scott Driscoll	6-0	215	Sr.	Curry	Skip Bandini	North Andover, Mass. (North Andover)
LB	Brad Steinmetz	6-0	224	Sr.	Thomas More	Jim Hilvert	West Harrison, Ind. (East Central)
LB	Erik Prosser	6-3	225	Jr.	Mount St. Joseph	Rod Huber	Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills)
LB	Ryan Wimmer	6-0	220	Sr.	St. John’s (Minn.)	John Gagliardi	St. Cloud, Minn, (Cathedral)
DB	Bryson Tucker	5-9	185	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Pete Fredenburg	Caldwell, Texas (Caldwell)
DB	Dominique Dixon	6-1	195	Sr.	Montclair St.	Rick Giancola	Wharton, N.J. (Morris Hills)

Specialists

Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	School	Coach	Hometown (High School)
P	Jared Jenkins	6-4	210	Jr.	Wis.-Stevens Point	John Miech	Milwaukee, Wis. (Rufus King)
PK	Jeff Schebler	6-0	182	Sr.	Wis.-Whitewater	Lance Leipold	Davenport, Iowa (Assumption)
AP	Jordan Rideaux	5-8	170	Jr.	Louisiana College	Dennis Dunn	Carencro, La. (Carencro)