In 2019, The Missouri Valley Football Conference is recognizing some of its all-time greats in accordance with the league’s 35th anniversary and College Football’s 150th anniversary.  Following a month-long on-line voting campaign, the Conference is revealing its five best players at 10 different positions.   Today we recognize our Top 5 all-time WRs.  Honorees are listed alphabetically.
 
QB

• Taryn Christion, South Dakota State, 2015-18 – all-time MVFC record holder for career passing yards (11,535) and career TD passes (104).  Led SDSU to back-to-back FCS Championship semifinal appearances.
• Brock Jensen, North Dakota State, 2010-13 – totaled 48 career wins at North Dakota State and won three-straight FCS titles.   Closed his career with 24-straight wins, including three against FBS schools.
• Easton Stick, North Dakota State, 2015-18 – the all-time winningest QB in FCS history with a 49-3 record as a four-year starter at NDSU.  Holds the MVFC record with 2,523 rushing yards by a QB.
• Kurt Warner, UNI, 1990-93 – NFL Hall of Fame inductee and 1999 Super Bowl Champion with the St. Louis Rams; four-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and league Offensive MVP in 1993.
• Carson Wentz, North Dakota State, 2012-15 – Highest drafted player in Valley Football history, going No. 2 in the 2016 NFL draft.  Was part of 5-straight NDSU national championship teams.

 
RB

• Shakir Bell, Indiana State, 2010-13 – runner-up finisher in the Walter Payton Award voting in 2011, two-time All-American, holds league single-game rushing mark (349 yards vs. Drake in 2012).  Had 4,214 career rushing yards.
• Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State, 2012-15 – 3^rd in the Walter Payton Award voting in 2015, ranks second in MVFC history with 5,195 career rushing yards and second with 59 career rushing TDs.  Helped ISU to the 2014 FCS title game.
• Herb Donaldson, Western Illinois, 2005-08 – ranks third in MVFC history with 4,746 career rushing yards.  Scored 50 rushing TDs and twice eclipsed 300 yards in a game (328 vs. Indiana State in 2006 and 314 vs. Missouri State in 2007).
• David Johnson, UNI, 2010-14 – ranks 5^th in MVFC history with 4,650 career rushing yards and is second in league history with 64 total touchdowns.  Highest drafted RB in league history (3^rd round by the Arizona Cardinals).
• Zach Zenner, South Dakota State, 2011-14 – holds league all-time records with 69 total touchdowns, 1,095 rushing attempts, 6,548 rushing yards and 61 rushing touchdowns.  Eclipsed 100 yards in a game 33 times, also a league record.

 
WR

• Lance Lenoir Jr., Western Illinois, 2013-16 – ranks 3^rd on the MVFC list with 3,796 career receiving yards and is second with 273 receptions.  Was a two-time first-team all-MVFC selection at wide receiver.
• Laurent Robinson, Illinois State, 2003-06 – had 3,007 receiving yards for the Redbirds and 29 TD receptions.  One of only three MVFC receivers to earn league Offensive Player of the Year honors, doing so in 2005.
• Darrius Shepherd, North Dakota State, 2015-18 – had 2,841 receiving yards and 188 receptions, and both rank 2^nd all-time at NDSU … Most Outstanding Player of the 2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game win over Eastern Washington.
• Dedric Ward, UNI, 1993-96 .. two-time MVFC Offensive Player of the Year .. ranks second all-time in MVFC history with 3,876 receiving yards on just 176 catches (22.0 yards per catch average for his career) … second all-time in MVFC history with 41 career TD receptions.
• Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State, 2014-17 – holds MVFC career records with 288 receptions, 5,157 receiving yards and 59 receiving TDs.  One of just two players in league history (DB Ty Talton of UNI is the other) to earn first-team all-league honors four times.

 
TE – Nov. 8
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OL – Nov. 11
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DL – Nov. 13
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LB – Nov. 15
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DB – Nov. 18
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PK – Nov. 20
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P – Nov. 22
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