CLEVELAND — The Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA), in coordination with the 15 FCS conference offices, has selected Illinois State linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh as the 2022 FCS Defensive Player of the Year.
The full FCS ADA All-America team was announced Dec. 19, and included student-athletes from 11 different institutions, representing seven different conferences. Voting was conducted by a national panel, consisting of media and sports information directors. Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr. was the other big winner, as he was named FCS Offensive Player of the Year. Both Vandenburgh and Scott head to Frisco, Texas, this weekend as finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award and Walter Payton Award, respectively, hoping to hear their names called at the Stats Perform FCS National Awards banquet.