Brody Grebe
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Brody Grebe Named 1st Team CSC Academic All-America for 2023
1/23/2024 4:16:00 PM | Football
Bobcat defensive end among college football's elite student-athletes
BOZEMAN, Montana – Montana State defensive end Brody Grebe became Montana State's 14th First Team Academic All-America, the College Sports Communicators announced Tuesday.
A junior from Melstone, Montana, Grebe joins 26 other players on the Division I CSC Academic All-America First Team, which includes student-athletes from both the Bowl Subdivision and the Championship Subdivision. Grebe earned All-America and First Team All-Big Sky honors in 2023 after logging 55 tackles, 13.5 for a loss, with a team-leading 10 sacks. He finished ninth in the FCS and fourth in the Big Sky with 0.83 sacks per game. He enters his senior season as a two-time All-America.
A mechanical engineering major with a 3.94 grade point average in Montana State's elite College of Engineering, Grebe is MSU's 14th First Team Academic All-America, and the fifth in the last decade. Four of those hail from Montana (joining Troy Andersen, Kyle Finch and Tanner Bleskin). He is the only Big Sky Conference first team selection, and one of just four from the FCS. Grebe is one of 175 football student-athletes at all four-year levels of the sport, as voted on by CSC members, and according to that organization those player comprise 0.2% of everyone playing college football. Along with teammates Brendan Hall, Tommy Mellott, Ben Seymour and Marcus Wehr, Grebe was one of 2,269 players representing 482 schools honored as All-District selections. Only 116 colleges or universities produced an Academic All-American.
Grebe also earned FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star honors last month, along with Mellott, and became a finalist for the FCS ADA Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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FIRST TEAM
Pos. , Name, School , Yr. , GPA, Major
QB Bo Nix, University of Oregon, Gr. , 3.62/3.91, Communications (U) / Public Relations (G)
RB Will Shipley (2) , Clemson University, Jr. , 4.00, Management
RB Bucky Irving, University of Oregon, Jr. , 3.63, Family & Human Services
TE Ben Sinnott, Kansas State University, Sr. , 3.81, Marketing
WR Rome Odunze, University of Washington, Sr. , 3.51, History & Communications
WR Malik Washington, University of Virginia, Gr. , 3.73/4.00, Higher Education (G)
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State University, Sr. , 3.83, Social Studies Education / Curriculum & Instruction
OL Zak Zinter (2) , University of Michigan, Sr. , 3.53, Sport Management
OL Seth McLaughlin, University of Alabama, Gr. , 4.00/3.65, Finance (U) / Hospitality Management (G)
OL Josh Priebe, Northwestern University, Sr. , 3.90, Learning & Organizational Change
OL Zach Frazier, West Virginia University, Sr. , 3.88, Sport Management
OL Eric Miller, University of Louisville, Gr. , 4.00/4.00, Distilled Spirits
DB Cole Wisniewski, North Dakota State University, Sr. , 4.00, Business Administration & Marketing
DB Beau Freyler, Iowa State University, Jr. , 3.90, Kinesiology
DB Travis Hunter, University of Colorado, So. , 3.64, Psychology
DB Hudson Clark, University of Arkansas, Gr. , 3.70/3.60, Business Administration (G)
DL Darius Robinson, University of Missouri, Gr. , 3.77/3.65, Positive Coaching and Athletic Leadership (G)
DL Judge Culpepper, University of Toledo, Sr., 3.80, Communications
DL Brody Grebe, Montana State University, Sr. , 3.94, Mechanical Engineering
DL Ashton Gillotte, University of Louisville, Sr. , 3.75, Communication
LB Jackson Woodard, UNLV, Sr. , 4.00, Kinesiology
LB JD Bertrand, University of Notre Dame, Gr. , 3.62/3.74, Marketing
LB Jacob Dobbs, College of the Holy Cross, Sr, 3.76, Economics & Religious Studies
K Alex Hale, Oklahoma State University, Gr. , 3.93/4.00, Health & Human Performance / Applied Exercise Science
P Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt University, Gr. , 3.63/3.89, Leadership & Organizational Performance (G)
P Kyle Ostendorp (1) , University of Arizona, Sr. , 4.00/3.83, Aerospace Engineering
ST Julian Ashby, Furman University, Sr. , 3.97, Physics
SECOND TEAM
Pos. , Name, School , Yr. , GPA, Major
QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State University, Jr. , 3.71, Mechanical Engineering
RB Jordan Fuller, College of the Holy Cross, Jr. , 3.63, Economics
RB Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan University, Gr., 3.92/3.84, Business Administration (G)
TE Mason Fairchild, University of Kansas, Sr. , 3.92, Chemical Engineering
WR Hayden Hatten, University of Idaho, Gr. , 3.80/4.00, Adult, Organization, Leadership & Learning (G)
WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford University, So. , 4.00, Undeclared
OL Jacob Bayer, Arkansas State, Jr. , 4.00, Criminology
OL Jake Majors, University of Texas, Sr. , 3.60, Management
OL Graham Barton, Duke University, Sr. , 3.50, Public Policy
OL Bryan Bystol, Butler University, Sr. , 4.00, Middle & Secondary Education
OL Chad Lindberg, University of Georgia, Gr. , 3.75, Business Analytics (G)
DB Maxen Hook, University of Toledo, Jr. , 3.80, Accounting
DB Sam Jung, North Dakota State University, Sr. , 4.00, Civil Engineering
DB Quinn Schulte, University of Iowa, Gr. , 3.71, Interdepartmental Studies (G)
DB Hunter Wohler, University of Wisconsin, Jr. , 3.62, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
DL Ahmed Hassanein, Boise State University, Sr. , 3.68, Interdisciplinary Studies
DL Isaac Ukwu, Ole Miss, Gr., 3.84/3.94, Computer Science (U) / Sports Analytics (G)
DL Joey Slackman, University of Pennsylvania, Sr. , 3.51, Political Science
DL Ryan Van Marel, South Dakota State University, Gr. , 3.61, 3.85, Mechanical Engineering
LB Trey Moore, UTSA, Jr. , 3.81, Business Management
LB Spencer Jorgensen (1) , Stanford University, Gr. , 4.00/4.00, Symbolic Systems
LB Colton Adams, Alabama State University, Gr. , 3.69/3.60, Business (G)
K Bert Auburn, University of Texas, Jr. , 3.72, Economics
ST Trey Naughton, Western Kentucky University, So. , 4.00, Organizational Leadership
(1) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2022, (2) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2022
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Rome Odunze, University of Washington
MSU Academic All-America First Team
2021 Troy Andersen (Dillon), LB
2019 Kyle Finch (Dillon), DE
2017 Mitchell Herbert (Eugene, OR), WR
2013 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
2005 Travis Lulay (Aumsville, OR), QB
2003 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2002 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2002 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2001 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB – also named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
2000 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
1996 Devlan Geddes (Junction City, OR), DE
1984 Dirk Nelson (Derby, Kan.), punter
1988 Anders Larsson (Varberg, Sweden), kicker
MSU Academic All-America Second Team
2012 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
1996 Scott Matthews (Anacortes, WA), SS
1989 Derrick Isaacson (), OL
1988 Bob Kimball (Chester) SS
1987 Bob Kimball (Chester), SS
1987 Marc Paffhausen (Butte), FS
1987 Anders Larssen (Varberg, Sweden) K
1986 Don Leake (Rosemount, Minn.) OL
1984 Doug Kimball (Chester), free safety
A junior from Melstone, Montana, Grebe joins 26 other players on the Division I CSC Academic All-America First Team, which includes student-athletes from both the Bowl Subdivision and the Championship Subdivision. Grebe earned All-America and First Team All-Big Sky honors in 2023 after logging 55 tackles, 13.5 for a loss, with a team-leading 10 sacks. He finished ninth in the FCS and fourth in the Big Sky with 0.83 sacks per game. He enters his senior season as a two-time All-America.
A mechanical engineering major with a 3.94 grade point average in Montana State's elite College of Engineering, Grebe is MSU's 14th First Team Academic All-America, and the fifth in the last decade. Four of those hail from Montana (joining Troy Andersen, Kyle Finch and Tanner Bleskin). He is the only Big Sky Conference first team selection, and one of just four from the FCS. Grebe is one of 175 football student-athletes at all four-year levels of the sport, as voted on by CSC members, and according to that organization those player comprise 0.2% of everyone playing college football. Along with teammates Brendan Hall, Tommy Mellott, Ben Seymour and Marcus Wehr, Grebe was one of 2,269 players representing 482 schools honored as All-District selections. Only 116 colleges or universities produced an Academic All-American.
Grebe also earned FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star honors last month, along with Mellott, and became a finalist for the FCS ADA Post-Graduate Scholarship.
#GoCatsGo
FIRST TEAM
Pos. , Name, School , Yr. , GPA, Major
QB Bo Nix, University of Oregon, Gr. , 3.62/3.91, Communications (U) / Public Relations (G)
RB Will Shipley (2) , Clemson University, Jr. , 4.00, Management
RB Bucky Irving, University of Oregon, Jr. , 3.63, Family & Human Services
TE Ben Sinnott, Kansas State University, Sr. , 3.81, Marketing
WR Rome Odunze, University of Washington, Sr. , 3.51, History & Communications
WR Malik Washington, University of Virginia, Gr. , 3.73/4.00, Higher Education (G)
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State University, Sr. , 3.83, Social Studies Education / Curriculum & Instruction
OL Zak Zinter (2) , University of Michigan, Sr. , 3.53, Sport Management
OL Seth McLaughlin, University of Alabama, Gr. , 4.00/3.65, Finance (U) / Hospitality Management (G)
OL Josh Priebe, Northwestern University, Sr. , 3.90, Learning & Organizational Change
OL Zach Frazier, West Virginia University, Sr. , 3.88, Sport Management
OL Eric Miller, University of Louisville, Gr. , 4.00/4.00, Distilled Spirits
DB Cole Wisniewski, North Dakota State University, Sr. , 4.00, Business Administration & Marketing
DB Beau Freyler, Iowa State University, Jr. , 3.90, Kinesiology
DB Travis Hunter, University of Colorado, So. , 3.64, Psychology
DB Hudson Clark, University of Arkansas, Gr. , 3.70/3.60, Business Administration (G)
DL Darius Robinson, University of Missouri, Gr. , 3.77/3.65, Positive Coaching and Athletic Leadership (G)
DL Judge Culpepper, University of Toledo, Sr., 3.80, Communications
DL Brody Grebe, Montana State University, Sr. , 3.94, Mechanical Engineering
DL Ashton Gillotte, University of Louisville, Sr. , 3.75, Communication
LB Jackson Woodard, UNLV, Sr. , 4.00, Kinesiology
LB JD Bertrand, University of Notre Dame, Gr. , 3.62/3.74, Marketing
LB Jacob Dobbs, College of the Holy Cross, Sr, 3.76, Economics & Religious Studies
K Alex Hale, Oklahoma State University, Gr. , 3.93/4.00, Health & Human Performance / Applied Exercise Science
P Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt University, Gr. , 3.63/3.89, Leadership & Organizational Performance (G)
P Kyle Ostendorp (1) , University of Arizona, Sr. , 4.00/3.83, Aerospace Engineering
ST Julian Ashby, Furman University, Sr. , 3.97, Physics
SECOND TEAM
Pos. , Name, School , Yr. , GPA, Major
QB Mark Gronowski, South Dakota State University, Jr. , 3.71, Mechanical Engineering
RB Jordan Fuller, College of the Holy Cross, Jr. , 3.63, Economics
RB Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan University, Gr., 3.92/3.84, Business Administration (G)
TE Mason Fairchild, University of Kansas, Sr. , 3.92, Chemical Engineering
WR Hayden Hatten, University of Idaho, Gr. , 3.80/4.00, Adult, Organization, Leadership & Learning (G)
WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford University, So. , 4.00, Undeclared
OL Jacob Bayer, Arkansas State, Jr. , 4.00, Criminology
OL Jake Majors, University of Texas, Sr. , 3.60, Management
OL Graham Barton, Duke University, Sr. , 3.50, Public Policy
OL Bryan Bystol, Butler University, Sr. , 4.00, Middle & Secondary Education
OL Chad Lindberg, University of Georgia, Gr. , 3.75, Business Analytics (G)
DB Maxen Hook, University of Toledo, Jr. , 3.80, Accounting
DB Sam Jung, North Dakota State University, Sr. , 4.00, Civil Engineering
DB Quinn Schulte, University of Iowa, Gr. , 3.71, Interdepartmental Studies (G)
DB Hunter Wohler, University of Wisconsin, Jr. , 3.62, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics
DL Ahmed Hassanein, Boise State University, Sr. , 3.68, Interdisciplinary Studies
DL Isaac Ukwu, Ole Miss, Gr., 3.84/3.94, Computer Science (U) / Sports Analytics (G)
DL Joey Slackman, University of Pennsylvania, Sr. , 3.51, Political Science
DL Ryan Van Marel, South Dakota State University, Gr. , 3.61, 3.85, Mechanical Engineering
LB Trey Moore, UTSA, Jr. , 3.81, Business Management
LB Spencer Jorgensen (1) , Stanford University, Gr. , 4.00/4.00, Symbolic Systems
LB Colton Adams, Alabama State University, Gr. , 3.69/3.60, Business (G)
K Bert Auburn, University of Texas, Jr. , 3.72, Economics
ST Trey Naughton, Western Kentucky University, So. , 4.00, Organizational Leadership
(1) – Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2022, (2) – Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2022
CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Rome Odunze, University of Washington
MSU Academic All-America First Team
2021 Troy Andersen (Dillon), LB
2019 Kyle Finch (Dillon), DE
2017 Mitchell Herbert (Eugene, OR), WR
2013 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
2005 Travis Lulay (Aumsville, OR), QB
2003 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2002 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2002 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2001 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB – also named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
2000 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
1996 Devlan Geddes (Junction City, OR), DE
1984 Dirk Nelson (Derby, Kan.), punter
1988 Anders Larsson (Varberg, Sweden), kicker
MSU Academic All-America Second Team
2012 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
1996 Scott Matthews (Anacortes, WA), SS
1989 Derrick Isaacson (), OL
1988 Bob Kimball (Chester) SS
1987 Bob Kimball (Chester), SS
1987 Marc Paffhausen (Butte), FS
1987 Anders Larssen (Varberg, Sweden) K
1986 Don Leake (Rosemount, Minn.) OL
1984 Doug Kimball (Chester), free safety
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