Walter Camp Release and All-America Team
Eastern Washington University quarterback
Eric Barriere has been named to the Walter Camp Football Championship Subdivision All-America Team. He is the lone quarterback to be selected to the offensive team.
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The honor is the eighth All-America team Barriere has been selected to this season alone. Previously, he was named First Team HERO Sports, Second Team Associated Press, FCS Athletic Directors Association, First Team Stats Perform, Second Team American Football Coaches Association, Athlon Sports and Second Team Phil Steele.
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Barriere has also raked in three Offensive Player of the Year Honors, becoming both the Big Sky's and the FCS ADA's Offensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. On Jan. 7, he earned his coveted Walter Payton Award, known as the Heisman of the FCS and given to the top offensive player. Barriere is the fourth Eagle to win the Walter Payton Award, joining the likes of Erik Meyer, Bo Levi Mitchell and Cooper Kupp, and helping Eastern win more Payton awards than other school with four.
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The Walter Camp FCS All-America Team is voted on by FCS Sports Information Directors.
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MORE ABOUT WALTER CAMP: Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation (
www.waltercamp.org,@WalterCampFF) – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's website,
www.ncfaa.org.
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2021 EWU Postseason Honors and Ranking (as of 1/13/2022)
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All-Big Sky Conference
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Eric Barriere – Offensive Player of the Year / First Team Offense
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Talolo Limu-Jones – First Team Offense
OL
Tristen Taylor – First Team Offense
RB
Dennis Merritt – Second Team Offense
WR
Andrew Boston – Second Team Offense
WR
Efton Chism III – Third Team Offense
WR
Freddie Roberson – Third Team Offense
OL
Wyatt Musser – Third Team Offense
DT
Joshua Jerome – Third Team Defense
DE
Mitchell Johnson – Third Team Defense
ILB
Jack Sendelbach – Third Team Defense
DB
Calin Criner – Third Team Defense
ILB
Ty Graham – Honorable Mention
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HERO Sports All-America
QB
Eric Barriere – First Team Offense
WR
Talolo Limu-Jones – Third Team Offense
OL
Tristen Taylor – Third Team Offense
WR
Efton Chism III – Freshman Offense
WR
Freddie Roberson – Sophomore Offense
DT
Joshua Jerome – Sophomore Defense
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Associated Press FCS All-America
QB
Eric Barriere – Second Team Offense, Quarterback
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FCS ADA All-America
QB
Eric Barriere
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Stats Perform FCS All-America
QB
Eric Barriere – First Team Offense, Quarterback
OL
Tristen Taylor – Third Team Offense, Offensive Line
AFCA FCS All-America
QB
Eric Barriere – Second Team Offense, Quarterback
OL
Tristen Taylor – Second Team Offense, Quarterback
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Athlon Sports FCS All-America
QB
Eric Barriere
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FCS ADA Offensive Player of the Year
QB
Eric Barriere
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Walter Payton Award
QB
Eric Barriere
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Phil Steele All-America
QB
Eric Barriere – Second Team Offense, Quarterback
WR
Talolo Limu-Jones – Second Team Offense, Wide Receiver
OL
Tristen Taylor – Third Team Offense, Offensive Line
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Phil Steele All-Big Sky Teams
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Eric Barriere – 2021 Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year
QB
Eric Barriere – First Team Offense, Quarterback
WR
Talolo Limu-Jones – First Team Offense, Wide Receiver
OL
Tristen Taylor – First Team Offense, Offensive Line
RB
Dennis Merritt – Second Team Offense, Running Back
WR
Andrew Boston – Second Team Offense, Wide Receiver
WR
Efton Chism III – Third Team Offense, Wide Receiver
WR
Freddie Roberson – Third Team Offense, Wide Receiver
OL
Conner Crist – Fourth Team Offense, Offensive Line
DB
Calin Criner – Third Team Defense, Defensive Back
DL
Joshua Jerome – Fourth Team Defense, Defensive Line
DL
Mitchell Johnson – Fourth Team Defense, Defensive Line
LB
Ty Graham – Fourth Team Defense, Defensive Line
LB
Jack Sendelbach – Fourth Team Defense, Defensive Line
Walter Camp FCS All-America
QB
Eric Barriere