Senior defensive back D’Montre Wade has been named as a first-team FCS All-American by Phil Steele Publications. Wade’s selection Friday represents the 53rd overall All-American honor for Murray State football and the 42nd individual to earn the prestigious title. In addition, it also marks the 21st time a Racer has been named as a first-team All-American.
The Columbia, Tennessee native led the OVC in interceptions on the year with six and finished second nationally in interceptions per game with 0.6. The redshirt senior also added 33 tackles, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, and seven pass breakups.
He is now just the eighth player in school history to garner at least six receptions in a single season and the first since 2004. In addition, Wade finished his time in blue and gold as the program’s career leader in pass breakups with 35 and passes defended with 45, since those two categories begin being kept in 1994, and ninth all-time in interceptions with 10.
All-Time Murray State Football All-Americans
1933 Cecil Kent, B
1936 Bill Thompson, B
1937 Elmer Cochran, G
Dale Diebert, E
C.W. Hardin, C
Bill Thompson, B
1938 Dale Diebert, E
Pete Gudauskus, T
Claude McRaven, B
1940 James “Peanuts” Johnson, OL
1955 Al Giordano, G/LB
1956 Al Giordano, G/LB
1962 Gary Foltz, E
1973 Don Clayton, TB
1977 Eddie McFarland, DB
1979 Terry Love, DB
Glenn Jones, LB
1980 Glenn Jones, LB
Terry Love, DB
1983 Dane Coleman, DE
Herbert Jones, S
Jim Piercefield, DE
1984 Dane Coleman, DE
Colby Schreckengost, OT
1985 Lee McCormick, WR
James Yarbrough, DB
1986 Willie Bester, DE
Stanley Howard, WR
Charlie Wiles, G
Tony Woodie, OLB
1989 Eric Crigler, OL
1993 Anthony Hutch, DL
1995 Derrick Cullors, RB
William Hampton, DB
Anthony Hutch, DL
1996 William Hampton, DB
Rob Hart, K
Reggie Swinton, WR
1997 Ronnie Merritt, LB
1998 Marcus Stepp, DL
1999 Brian Bivens, P
2001 Shane Andrus, K
2008 Austen Lane, DE
Nathan Williams, LB
2009 Austen Lane, DE
2010 Marcus Harris, WR
Dontrell Johnson, PR
2011 Casey Brockman, QB
2012 Casey Brockman, QB
Walter Powell, AP
2013 Walter Powell, AP
2014 Pokey Harris, KR
2017 D’Montre Wade, DB
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by Parker Griffith
