Youngstown State had eight players earn All-Missouri Valley Football Conference recognition for their efforts during the 2022 campaign, the league announced on Monday. Highlighting the list were first-team selections running back Jaleel McLaughlin and wide receiver Bryce Oliver.
McLaughlin ends his career as a three-time All-MVFC pick and was a two-time first team pick each of the past two falls. This year he was named the MVFC's Offensive Player of the Year, a first for YSU player since 2006. Oliver is the first YSU wide receiver to be named to the first team since 2010 and just the third overall since the Guins joined the league in 1997. Oliver joins Dominique Barnes (2010) and Ferlando Williams (2007) as the only wide receivers in school history to earn first-team All-MVFC recognition.
Earning second-team accolades were defensive end Dylan Wudke, center Mike McAllister and place kicker Colt McFadden. McFadden was an honorable-mention selection last year and is just the third YSU placekicker to earn first or second-team status since 2008. Wudke and McAllister are first time all-conference selections.
Earning honorable-mention laurels were offensive tackle Jaison Williams, defensive end James Jackson and defensive tackle Chris Fitzgerald. Williams earned honorable-mention All-MVFC honors in 2021 as well.
First-Team Selections
#0 WR Bryce Oliver
For the season, caught 59 passes for 821 yards and 10 touchdowns…it's the most receiving touchdowns by a Penguin since 1983…has 18 touchdown receptions in his career tying a school record at the YSU level…in MVFC games, had 47 receptions for 660 yards and eight touchdowns…set a school record with 12 receptions against Southern Illinois…had six-or-more catches in five games…had a TD in six of eight league games.
#8 RB Jaleel McLaughlin
2022 MVFC Offensive Player of the Year...in 11 games, rushed for 1,588 yards on 227 carries and scored 13 touchdowns…in MVFC games, had 1,220 yards on 184 attempts and nine scores…averaged an impressive 152.5 yards in league play…scored touchdowns in eight of 11 games…in MVFC play, had two touchdowns against Indiana State, South Dakota and Southern Illinois…rushed for 6.6 yards per attempt….caught 19 passes for 300 yards and two touchdowns...had four 200-yard plus efforts and eight 100-yard games…became the NCAA's all-time leading rusher during the season.
Second-Team Selections
#76 OL Mike McAllister
Started 11 games at center…graded out as one of YSU's top offensive linemen during the year…played every snap in seven games…helped block for Jaleel McLaughlin who averaged 144.4 yards per game…worked with two quarterbacks during the year as Mitch Davidson and Demeatric Crenshaw each started.
#19 PK Colt McFadden
Made 16-of-22 field-goal attempts (72.7 percent) and was 32-of-32 on PAT tries…the last three games YSU played in featured consistent 20-plus mph winds…in MVFC games, was 15-of-19 (78.9 percent)…made a 42-yard field goal at the buzzer to win at Western Illinois…kicked a career-long 52-yarder against South Dakota, the longest by YSU since 2003…made three field goals against Missouri State and North Dakota…made at least two field goals in six games…as kickoff specialists had 61 kickoffs with 26 touchbacks.
#17 DE Dylan Wudke
Started all 11 games at defensive end…finished third on the team with 43 total tackles, including 23 solo stops…had 12 TFLs and five sacks…in MVFC play, had 30 tackles…had a high of eight at Illinois State…against South Dakota, had five tackles, including two sacks to be named the MVFC Defensive Player of the Week…had a TFL in eight contests.
Honorable-Mention Selections
#8 DE James Jackson
Started all 11 games at defensive end…posted 17 total tackles, including 10 solo stops on the season…in MVFC games had 13 tackles…posted a season-high four stops vs. North Dakota…had three sacks against Indiana State.
#9 DT Chris Fitzgerald
Started all 11 games along the defensive line…credited with 36 total tackles, including 19 solo stops…had 6.5 TFLs and two sacks…in MVFC has 34 tackles…had a season-high seven stops at North Dakota State…credited with five tackles against Western Illinois and Illinois State.
#54 OL Jaison Williams
Started 10 games at right tackle…graded out as YSU's top offensive lineman during the year…played every snap in five games…helped block for Jaleel McLaughlin who averaged 144.4 yards per game.
