The SUNY Brockport football program landed five student-athletes on the D3football.com All-Region teams in a release by the highly popular Division III football website on Wednesday. Offensive lineman
Luke Lodini earned first team status, while junior runningback
Jala Coad and senior safety
Alaan Montgomery earned second team honors. Senior defensive end
Josh Greenwood and junior defensive lineman
Jordan Harris rounded out the field as third team picks.
Brockport made its fifth straight postseason appearance in 2021 and finished the season with an 8-3 overall record. The Golden Eagles have recorded 41 total victories over the course of the last four seasons. Brockport capped its 2021 campaign with a 20-7 victory over Washington & Jefferson in the ECAC Clayton Chapman Bowl game.
Luke Lodini – 1st Team Offensive Line
Lodini is now a two-time All-Region First Team selection. He was named a D3football.com Preseason First Team All-American and he also made his second straight all-conference first team appearance. The 2019 All-American helped pave the way for one of the top offensive units in the Empire 8. The Golden Eagles finished the year ranked second in the league in scoring with an average of 24.7 points per game. Brockport's offense also finished ranked second in the E8 with an average of 321.3 total yards per game. The Golden Eagles finished the year with 3,534 total yards, including 1,933 yards rushing. Lodini allowed just two sacks all season and finished with a 95% coaching grade.
Jala Coad – 2nd Team Running Back
Coad, making his first all-region appearance, finished the season among the top running backs in the country in several statistical categories. He was an Empire 8 All-Conference First Team selection, and he was named the Empire 8 Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times for his efforts. He was also a D3football.com National Team of the Week selection. He had at least one touchdown in ten of 11 games this season. He finished the season ranked seventh nationally in rushing yards (career-high 1,410) and he also led the conference in rushing TD's (15) and scoring (9.8 points per game). He scored 40 more points and rushed for 540 more yards than any other player in the Empire 8 this season. Over the course of three seasons, he has 2,959 rushing yards to go along with 41 total touchdowns (37 rushing, four receiving).
Alaan Montgomery – 2nd Team Safety
Montgomery capped his career in the green and gold with his first all-region selection. He was also a first team all-conference selection for the Golden Eagles. This past season he tied the program's single season record with nine interceptions. He capped the regular season leading all levels of college football (FBS, FCS, Div. II, Div. III) with an average of .9 interceptions per game. He also added 30 tackles, two tackles for a loss and seven pass breakups. 20 of his 29 tackles were solo. Over the course of his career, he had 12 interceptions, 13 pass breakups and 68 total tackles.
Josh Greenwood – 3rd Team Defensive End
Greenwood is making his first all-region team and earlier this year he made his third straight appearance on an all-conference team. He finished the year with a league best and a career-high 17.0 tackles for a loss. He tied for third in the conference with 6.5 sacks and third on the team with a career-high 52 total tackles. Over the course of four seasons, he totaled 143 tackles, 45.0 tackles for a loss, 21.5 sacks and five forced fumbles.
Jordan Harris – 3rd Team Defensive Line
Harris made his first all-region team after earning Empire 8 All-Conference first team status this past season. He demanded two blockers in the middle all season long and has developed into one of the top interior defensive linemen in the Empire 8. He finished his junior season with a career-high 26 tackles and 5.5 tackles for a loss to go along with 1.5 sacks. In three seasons in the green and gold he has totaled 46 tackles, 11.5 tackles for a loss and 4.0 sacks.
The teams, selected in balloting by region 2 sports information directors and D3football.com staff, were chosen from 206 nominations by full Division III member schools. A total of 77 players were chosen for 79 spots. Players nominated for All-Region are eligible to be considered for D3football.com All-America honors, which will be announced the evening of Dec. 17, in D3football.com's pregame coverage for Stagg Bowl XLVIII.
