2026 Pro Football Network Preseason All-MAC teams revealed

Pro Football Network, established back in 2018, has been an emergent name in both the collegiate and professional football rankings thanks to their analytics-forward analysis of the game, endearing themselves to readers by creating one of the pre-eminent mock draft simulators in the landscape.

Once again, PFN has released their preseason All-American and All-Conference rosters for the upcoming football season, with three "strings" of nominations at every level of FBS.

PFN's format on offense is one QB, two halfbacks, three receivers and five "offensive linemen"; defense is composed of two EDGES, two defensive tackles, two linebackers, three cornerbacks and two safeties.

Special teams also gets their own lists.

This year's edition sees every program get at least four nods, with Western Michigan (10), Toledo and Miami (nine each) topping the tables. The Broncos and Rockets also tie for the league lead with five first-team all-MAC selections apiece.

Only Ball State and Miami did not place a single first-team player.

Two MAC players– both out of Kent State– received nominations to the All-American team for PFN, with Da'Realyst Clark (second-team) and Wayne Harris (third-team) both receiving honors as return specialists.

The full list of all-MAC teams is below, presented in order of string (first, second, etc.), with an individualized team list following the third-string.

Offense

First-Team

Second-Team

Third-Team

Defense

First-Team

Second-Team

Third-Team

Special Teams

First-Team

Asterisk (*) denotes player also voted to All-American squad

Second-Team

Third-Team

Nominations by Program in Alphabetical Order

Akron (4 total nominations)

• HB Jordan Gant (1T)
• WR Kyan Mason (2T)
• DT Vaughn Highland (3T)
• PUNT Joseph Castle (3T)

Ball State (4)

• DT Ameir Glenn (2T)
• CB Willizhaun Yates (2T)
• OL Maxwell Wentz (3T)
• RET TJ Horton (3T)

Bowling Green (4)

• CB JoJo Johnson (1T)
• WR Isaiah Dawson (1T)
• SAF Kal-el Pascal (2T)
• HB Austyn Dendy (3T)

Buffalo (5)

• OL Alex Heininger (1T)
• DT Cornell Evans (2T)
• LB SaVeon Brown (2T)
• CB Kobi Blackwell (2T)
• SAF Miles Greer (3T)

Central Michigan (7)

• CB Donovan Philord (1T)
• WR Langston Lewis (2T)
• OL Jacob Booth (2T)
• SAF Justin Taylor (2T)
• HB Jayden Clerveaux (3T)
• OL Brady Ploucha (3T)
• LB Donovan Brown (3T)

Eastern Michigan (7)

• OL Nicholas Gallegos (1T)
• PK Rudy Kessinger (1T)
• QB Noah Kim (2T)
• TE Joshua Long (2T)
• OL Joshua Anderson (2T)
• DT Peyton Christian (3T)
• SAF Bryce Llewellyn (3T)

Kent State (7)

• OL Mofe Adewole (1T)
• DT Thomas Aden (1T)
• RET Da'Realyst Clark (1T)
• RET Wayne Harris (1T)
• OL Jaxon Dunn (2T)
• QB Dru DeShields (3T)
• TE Terik Mulder (3T)

Miami (9)

• HB Rodney Nelson (2T)
• EDGE Bai Jobe (2T)
• LB CJ Young (2T)
• CB Mychael Yharbrough (2T)
• PUNT Pierse Stainton (2T)
• RET Keith Reynolds (2T)
• WR Maleek Huggins (3T)
• OT Evan Malcore (3T)
• RET Lynel Billips-Williams (3T)

Ohio (4)

• DT Nehemiah Dukes (1T)
• CB Darren James-Hamilton (1T)
• PK Will Hryszko (2T)
• CB Eli Thompson (3T)

Sacramento State (4)

• TE Jordan Williams (1T)
• EDGE Xavier Williams (2T)
• LB Alex Rocha (3T)
• PK Grant Meadors (3T)

Toledo (9)

• WR Adjatay Dabbs (1T)
• OL Ahmad Carwise (1T)
• DE Andrew Zock (1T)
• LB Julian Fox (1T)
• CB Kaleb Hutchinson (1T)
• HB CJ Miller (2T)
• OL Luke Rector (2T)
• RET Bryson Hammer (2T)
• OL Jonathan Harder (3T)

UMass (4)

• OL Greg Knox (1T)
• LB Joshua Iseah (1T)
• WR Devin Matthews (3T)
• EDGE Justin Krueger (3T)

Western Michigan (10)

• QB Broc Lowry (1T)
• HB Jalen Buckley (1T)
• EDGE Scoop Gardner (1T)
• SAF Joey Pope (1T)
• PUNT Ryan Millmore (1T)
• OG Hunter Whitenack (2T)
• OT Chad Schuester (3T)
• EDGE DeJuan Echoles (3T)
• LB Joshua Franklin (3T)
• CB Jarvarius Sims (3T)