MVFC Announces 40th Anniversary Team

Football
2/18/2025 2:05:00 PM

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Football Conference capped its 40th season with its 14th NCAA Division I FCS title on Jan. 6, 2025. To celebrate the league’s 40 years, fans voted for 40 days to recognize the league’s all-time best players. More than 2,000 ballots were cast.

North Dakota State, which has 11 conference championships in 17 seasons as an MVFC member, won its 10th FCS national championship in the past 14 years with a 35-32 win over No. 1 seed Montana State.

Fans voted 36 Bison players to the 40th anniversary team with representation at all 10 position groups:

QUARTERBACKS

Brock Jensen, 2010-13

Carson Wentz, 2012-15

Easton Stick, 2015-18

Trey Lance, 2018-20

Cam Miller, 2020-24

 

RUNNING BACKS

John Crockett, 2012-14

Hunter Luepke, 2019-22

 

WIDE RECEIVERS

Darrius Shepherd, 2015-18

Christian Watson, 2018-21

 

TIGHT ENDS

Ben Ellefson, 2016-19

Josh Babicz, 2018-21

Noah Gindorff, 2018-22

 

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

Billy Turner, 2010-13

Joe Haeg, 2012-15

Zack Johnson, 2012-16

Dillon Radunz, 2017-20

Cordell Volson, 2017-21

Cody Mauch, 2018-22

 

PLACEKICKERS

Adam Keller, 2011-14

Cam Pedersen, 2015-18

Griffin Crosa, 2019-24

 

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Cole Jirik, 2010-13

Kyle Emanuel, 2011-14

Greg Menard, 2014-18

Derrek Tuszka, 2016-19

Spencer Waege, 2018-22

 

LINEBACKERS

Grant Olson, 2010-13

Nick DeLuca, 2013-17

Jabril Cox, 2017-19

 

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Marcus Williams, 2010-13

Tre Dempsey, 2014-17

Robbie Grimsley, 2015-18

Michael Tutsie, 2018-22

 

PUNTERS

John Prelvitz, 2008-10

Ben LeCompte, 2012-15

Garret Wegner, 2017-20

The entire 40th anniversary team is available on the Missouri Valley Football Conference website.