{"id":43868,"date":"2023-11-23T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T20:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/?p=43868"},"modified":"2023-11-23T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T20:41:44","slug":"football-report-derryk-snell-repeats-as-first-team-all-big-sky-conference-four-alaskans-named-all-league-in-north-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2023\/11\/football-report-derryk-snell-repeats-as-first-team-all-big-sky-conference-four-alaskans-named-all-league-in-north-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Report: Derryk Snell repeats as First Team All-Big Sky Conference; four Alaskans named all-league in North Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Derryk Snell<\/p><\/div>\n

Most football players can\u2019t sit out half the year and make the all-conference team, but Big Sky coaches didn\u2019t hold a lower-body injury against Montana State\u2019s Derryk Snell.<\/p>\n

The senior fullback out of Chugiak High was named first team all-league for the second straight year despite not playing since Oct. 14 for the Bobcats and missing the last five games.<\/p>\n

When he did play, the 6-foot-2, 240-pounder was a devastating blocker who peeled away would-be tacklers like a can opener to help fuel the conference\u2019s top rushing attack.<\/p>\n

Snell was honored as a fullback but he\u2019s really a hybrid playmaker as an effective blocking back and tight end (he can also run and throw). <\/p>\n

In six games this year he has hauled in 12 receptions for 159 yards and three touchdowns; for his career he has nine TD receptions, two rushing TDs and one passing TD.<\/p>\n

After a slow start, he was poised for a breakout and posted 8-81-3 totals in the two previous games before he got injured, including a TD catch in his latest appearance against Cal Poly.<\/p>\n

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.@derryk_snell<\/a> would not be denied
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#BobcatBuilt<\/a> | #GoCatsGo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KKGsfw6gvl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Montana State Football (@MSUBobcats_FB) October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n