Phillips, Jenkins, Aguirre Garner Post Season All-American Honors

POCATELLO, Idaho- All American accolades continue to come in for Mario Jenkins and Skyler Phillips. Phillips and Jenkins were one of 11 Big Sky Conference players named to the STATS FCS All-America team. Jenkins also earned All-American honors by College Sports Madness and Adkin Aguirre earned Sophomore All-American honorable mention honors by Hero Sports.

Phillips was named a first-team All-American by STATS and Jenkins earned third-team honors. Phillips has already garnered third-team All-American honors by the Associated Press. College Sports Madness also named Jenkins to its third-team All-American squad.

This is Jenkins first All-American honor as he also earned first-team all-conference in 2017. Jenkins was one of the top tacklers in the Big Sky Conference and nation all year. He finished the year with 111 tackles and had a career-high 18 in a win over Cal Poly. He had 17 tackles in a win at Nevada, 13 vs. Montana and UC Davis and 10 vs. Sacramento State and Weber State. Jenkins is a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award.

 Aguirre was second on the team in tackles with 80 and he finished with a team-best five interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
 
FCS STATS All-America Big Sky Selections
FIRST TEAM
WR – Keelan Doss, UC Davis
OL – Skyler Phillips, Idaho State
DB – Taron Johnson, Weber State
 
THIRD TEAM
FB – Jared Mohamed, Cal Poly
WR – Elijah Marks, Northern Arizona
OL – Zach Larsen, Southern Utah
LB – Mario Jenkins, Idaho State
AP – John Santiago, North Dakota
 
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