January 2nd, 2025 4:00pm
The D2Football.com Elite 100 Team was selected by the staff of D2Football.com with input from numerous sitting head coaches as well as professional football scouting veteran Josh Buchanan. The team includes first and second team selections for offense, defense and special teams along with 25 "Squad" players for offense and defense. Squad players are equivilent to "honorable mention" selections in similar national recognition lists. In addition, D2Football announces major awards for offensive and defensive players of the year and coach of year and coordinators of the year.
The Elite 100 team is listed below. The embedded video reveals the entire team with discussion about many of the key players with our own Matt Witwicki and Chuck Bitner.
| MAJOR AWARDS | |
| Head Coach of the Year: | Tony Annese, Ferris State |
| Offensive Coordinator of the Year: | James Curlee, Central Oklahoma |
| Defensive Coordinator of the Year: | Brandon Anderson, Valdosta State |
| Offensive Player of Year: | Zach Zebrowski, Central Missouri |
| Defensive Player of Year: | Ricky Freymond, Western Colorado |
| First Team - Offense | |||
| QB | Zach Zebrowski | Central Missouri | |
| RB | Chavon Wright | Charleston | |
| RB | Jada Byers | Virginia Union | |
| WR | Terrill Davis | Central Oklahoma | |
| WR | Tyler Kahmann | Emporia State | |
| TE | Trey Williams | Limestone | |
| OL | Marshall Foerner | Minnesota State | |
| OL | Yoesph Carter | Findlay | |
| OL | Jake Gannon | Bemidji State | |
| OL | Gabe Brown | Grand Valley State | |
| OL | Lawrence Hattar | Ferris State | |
| First Team - Defense | |||
| DL | Ricky Freymond | Western Colorado | |
| DL | Marquise Fleming | Wingate | |
| DL | Leonard Henry | Saginaw Valley | |
| DL | Gage Price | Harding | |
| LB | Micah Cretsinger | Saginaw Valley State | |
| LB | Clay Schulte | Indianapolis | |
| LB | Bernari Black | Johnson C. Smith | |
| DB | Tanner Volk | Central Washington | |
| DB | Melvin Smith Jr. | Southern Arkansas | |
| DB | Peyton Buckley | Augustana | |
| DB | Andrew Pitts | Angelo State | |
| First Team - Special Teams | |||
| K | Brandon Perez | East Central | |
| P | Blake Doud | Colorado Mines | |
| AP | Braden Jay | Harding | |
| Second Team - Offense | |||
| QB | Trinidad Chambliss | Ferris State | |
| RB | Ronald Blackman | Tiffin | |
| RB | Howard Russell V | CSU Pueblo | |
| WR | Reggie Ratzlaff | CSU Pueblo | |
| WR | Reginald Vick Jr. | Virginia Union | |
| TE | Henry Dryden | South Dakota Mines | |
| OL | Aiden Williams | Minnesota Duluth | |
| OL | Montriel Lee | Central Oklahoma | |
| OL | Gabe Clark | Central Missouri | |
| OL | Bruno Onwuazor | Virginia State | |
| OL | Will Flowers | Valdosta State | |
| Second Team - Defense | |||
| DL | Khris Walton | Tiffin | |
| DL | Traevon Mitchell | West Florida | |
| DL | Todd Hill | Slippery Rock | |
| DL | Freddie Retter | Kutztown | |
| LB | Garrett Cox | IUP | |
| LB | Cam Hollobaugh | Walsh | |
| LB | Clark Griffin | Harding | |
| DB | Major Williams | Carson-Newman | |
| DB | Larry Elder | Valdosta State | |
| DB | Dion Juinlan | Assumption | |
| DB | Josiah Johnson | Ouachita Baptist | |
| Second Team - Special Teams | |||
| K | Elijah Guyton | West Alabama | |
| P | Brenden Lach | Michigan Tech | |
| AP | DeJuan Bell | Fort Valley State | |
| SQUAD - Offense | |||
| QB | Sammy Edwards | Valdosta State | |
| QB | Brayden Long | Slippery Rock | |
| QB | Jack Strand | MSU Moorhead | |
| QB | Drew Nash | Western Colorado | |
| QB | Dustin Noller | Limestone | |
| RB | Kendel Givens | Ouachita Baptist | |
| RB | LJ Turner | Catawba | |
| RB | Jaylen Cottrell | Central Oklahoma | |
| RB | Jarod Epperson | Augustana | |
| RB | Keaundre McCullough | William Jewell | |
| RB | Shane Watts | Fort Hays State | |
| WR | Brevin Caldwell | Johnson C. Smith | |
| WR | Flynn Schiele | Colorado Mines | |
| WR | Max McLeod | Colorado Mines | |
| WR | Rashon Bradford | Bentley | |
| WR | Jo Hayes | North Carolina-Pembroke | |
| WR | Brice Peters | Bemidji State | |
| WR | Cam Abshire | Emory & Henry | |
| WR | T'iar Young | Lock Haven | |
| TE | Cayden Davis | Henderson State | |
| OL | Jaelon Brown | Delta State | |
| OL | Slade Edwards | Central Washington | |
| OL | Adam Kase | Kutztown | |
| OL | Jaheim Bassham | California | |
| OL | Jake Dugger | Harding | |
| SQUAD - Defense | |||
| DL | Andre Jefferson | Lenoir-Rhyne | |
| DL | Marcus Hansen | Bemidji State | |
| DL | Stephen Hoffman | Bemidji State | |
| DL | Quillan Felton | Nebraska-Kearney | |
| DL | Jamair Diaz | Glenville State | |
| DL | Dawson Scott | Southern Arkansas | |
| DL | Myles Menges | Fort Hays State | |
| DL | Trevon Lambert | West Alabama | |
| LB | Jack Barkley | Pittsburg State | |
| LB | Antonio Alzheimer | Minnesota State | |
| LB | Jake Adams | Northern State | |
| LB | Haden Wallace | Augustana | |
| LB | Sefa Saipaia | Ferris State | |
| LB | Colin Stuhr | Colorado Mesa | |
| LB | Tristan Exline | UTPB | |
| LB | Jack Puckett | Central Oklahoma | |
| LB | Eric Rascoe | Angelo State | |
| LB | Anthony Cardamone | Grand Valley State | |
| DB | Daniel Bone III | CSU Pueblo | |
| DB | Josh Stokes | Slippery Rock | |
| DB | Lashon Young | Miles | |
| DB | Rashan Murray | California | |
| DB | Justin Payoute | Ferris State | |
| DB | Cameren Grodhaus | Davenport | |
| DB | Ian Kennelly | Grand Valley State | |