2019 FBS Independents Football Preview

Check out the CSD preview for the FBS Independents’ 2019 season in this loaded preview featuring in-depth coverage of everything you need to know about all six teams, projected records based on thousands of computer simulations, and a list of the top players in the conference.

2019 Unit Rankings

QB	RB	WR/TE	OL	DL	LB	DB
1. notre dame	1. notre dame	1. notre dame	1. notre dame	1. notre dame	1. notre Dame	1. notre dame
2. army	2. army	2. byu	2. byu	2 byu	2. byu	2. army
3. byu	3. liberty	3. liberty	3. army	3. new mexico state	3. army	3. byu

All-Independents Team

Offense

QB – Ian Book, Notre Dame
RB – Connor Slomka, Army
RB – Kell Walker, Army
WR – Chae Claypool, Notre Dame
WR – Antonio Gandy-Golden, Liberty
WR – Chris Finke, Notre Dame
TE – Matt Bushman, BYU
C – James Empey, BYU
OL – Tommy Kraemer, Notre Dame
OL – Dontae Duff, Liberty
OL – JB Hunter, Army
OL – Ray Thomas-Ishman, UMass

Defense

DL – Cedric Wilcots, New Mexico State
DL – Roy Lopez, New Mexico State
DL – Khalid Kareem, Notre Dame
DL – Julian Okwara, Notre Dame
LB – Javahn Fergurson, New Mexico State
LB – Cole Christiansen, Army
LB – Isaiah Kaufusi, BYU
LB – Solomon Ajayi, Liberty
DB – Elijah Riley, Army
DB – Shamad Lomax, New Mexico State
DB – Troy Pride, Notre Dame
DB – Jalen Elliott, Notre Dame

Awards

Offensive POY: QB Ian Book, Notre Dame
Defensive POY: DL Julian Okwara, Notre Dame
Freshman OTY: WR Josiah Johnson, UMass
Newcomer OTY: RB Ty’Son Williams, BYU
Coach OTY: Jeff Monken, Army
Game OTY: ummm…. not a lot of options here… Liberty @ BYU (November 9th)
Breakout Player: S Alohi Gilman, Notre Dame

Note: Teams ranked by average projected winning percentage as there is, of course, no conference record to go by.