NOTE: Eastern Washington will hold its second and final scrimmage tomorrow (Aug. 25) at 2 p.m. at Roos Field

CFPA Official Release
Phil Steele 2021 Fall FCS All-America Release
 
The preseason honors continue to roll in for Eastern Washington University football player Eric Barriere, as he was named to the 2021 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List.
 
Barriere is among 44 returning players up for the award across the FCS, including two others from the Big Sky Conference in quarterback Hunter Rodrigues from UC Davis and running back Josh Davis from Weber State. The award will be announced on January 22, 2022.
 
The senior quarterback can add this honor to a long list of preseason honors that include the Big Sky Conference Preseason Offensive MVP, the prestigious Walter Payton Award Watch List, plus a first team preseason All-American by Stats Perform and HERO Sports. Most recently, Barriere was named a first team FCS Preseason All-America quarterback by Phil Steele.
 
Barriere, who hails from Inglewood, Calif., and is a 2016 graduate from La Habra High School, was honored as a first team All-American by six different organizations at the end of the 2021 season. He was also named the FCS Offensive Player of the Year by the FCS ADA.
 
He passed for at least 300 yards in five of six regular games during the unique 2021 spring season, and had at least 400 yards of total offense in three of them. He finished ranked in the top 10 in the FCS in total offense (fifth, 369.0 per game), passing offense (fifth, 348.4), passing touchdowns (third, 19) and points responsible for (ninth, 17.4 per game). He completed 61.8 percent of his passes for 2,439 yards, 19 touchdowns and 2,583 total yards of offense. Twice he directed game-tying and game-winning scoring drives in the fourth quarter for EWU. In his illustrious career for the Eagles, he is 20-9 as a starter with an unblemished 13-0 record at home. He has racked up 10,102 yards of total offense in his career, including 8,739 through the air.
 
Also joining Barriere on the Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-America squad were senior wide receiver Talolo Limu-Jones and senior offensive tackle Tristen Taylor on the second team.
 
The 2021 Phil Steele Big Sky All-Conference offensive team consisted of Barriere, Limu-Jones and Taylor on the first team. Running back Tamarick Pierce made the second team and wide receivers Freddie Roberson and Andrew Boston along with Wyatt Musser represented EWU on the third team. The Phil Steele Big Sky All-Conference defensive team was made up of Mitchell Johnson and Joshua Jerome on the second team and Anthany Smith on the third. Kicker Seth Harrison rounded out Eastern's selections on the second team for special teams.
 
Barriere and the entire Eagle squad will wrap up Fall Camp tomorrow (Aug. 25) with the second and final scrimmage of the preseason which starts at 2 p.m. at Roos Field. Eastern Washington officially opens up the 2021 campaign on Thursday, Sept. 2, against UNLV at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. Kickoff is at 7:06 p.m. and can be watched on Stadium.
 
2021 EWU Preseason Honors and Rankings (as of 8/24/21)
 
Senior Co-Captains
QB Eric Barriere (3^rd Year), S Calin Criner (2^nd Year), DB Ty Graham (2^nd Year), RB Tamarick Pierce (2^nd Year), LB Jack Sendelbach (3^rd Year), OT Tristen Taylor (2^nd Year)
 
All-America
QB Eric Barriere – First Team Stats Perform
OT Tristen Taylor – Second Team Stats Perform
QB Eric Barriere – First Team Offense HERO Sports
K Seth Harrison – Third Team Special Teams HERO Sports
QB Eric Barriere – First Team Phil Steele
WR Talolo Limu-Jones – Second Team Phil Steele
OT Tristen Taylor – Second Team Phil Steele
 
All-Big Sky Conference
QB Eric Barriere – All-Big Sky Preseason Team / Preseason Offensive MVP
OL Tristen Taylor – All-Big Sky Preseason Team
DL Mitchell Johnson – All-Big Sky Preseason Team
WR Talolo Limu-Jones – All-Big Sky Preseason Team
QB Eric Barriere – Phil Steele First Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
WR Talolo Limu-Jones - Phil Steele First Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
OT Tristen Taylor - Phil Steele First Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
RB Tamarick Pierce - Phil Steele Second Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
WR Freddie Roberson - Phil Steele Third Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
WR Andrew Boston - Phil Steele Third Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
OL Wyatt Musser - Phil Steele Third Team Offense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
DL Mitchell Johnson - Phil Steele Second Team Defense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
DL Joshua Jerome - Phil Steele Second Team Defense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
DB Anthany Smith - Phil Steele Third Team Defense All-Big Sky Preseason Team
K Seth Harrison - Phil Steele Second Team Special Teams All-Big Sky Preseason Team
 
Award Watch Lists
QB Eric Barriere – Walter Payton Award
QB Eric Barriere – CFPA FCS National Player of the Year
 
FCS Top 25 Preseason Rankings
19^th – Athlon Sports
16^th – HERO Sports
11^th – Stats Perform
8^th – College Football America
10^th – College Sports Madness