Canada West announced its football all-stars on Thursday morning, with the conference recognizing a total of seven members of the first-place University of Regina Rams.
Three of the Rams all-stars were on the defensive side of the ball,
including cornerback Kahlen Branning, linebacker Danny Nesbitt, and
halfback Jeff Propp. The team’s four offensive all-stars include
quarterback Noah Picton, slotbacks Mitchell Picton and Ryan Schienbein,
and lineman Jeremy Zver. It’s only the third time the Rams have had at
least seven players named conference all-stars – the Rams had seven
during the 2010 season and a school-record total of 10 following the
2012 campaign.
In his final season with the Rams, Branning started seven games –
three at halfback and four at cornerback – and had a team-high six pass
breakups to go along with 11 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles, and a
big forced fumble early in the team’s Week 7 win over UBC.
Nesbitt finished as the team’s leader in tackles (34 solo, 36
assisted) and also had two interceptions, three pass breakups, one
tackle for loss, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery for the Rams.
Propp started all eight games for the Rams, tying for the team lead
with two interceptions and also recording three pass breakups, two
tackles for loss including a sack, and 29 total tackles (24 solo, 10
assisted).
Noah Picton was an easy choice as Canada West’s all-star
quarterback after being named the U Sports Offensive Player of the Week
following three of the team’s eight games and setting a national
single-season record with 3186 passing yards. He completed 224 of his
323 pass attempts to lead the country with a 69.3% completion rate, and
also led U Sports with 25 touchdown passes.
Mitchell Picton led Canada West in both receptions (58) and
receiving yards (834) and was also the nation’s leader with 11 touchdown
catches, a mark which ties the school record set by Jason Clermont back
during the 2001 season.
Only in his second season of eligibility, Schienbein enjoyed a
breakout season with 54 catches and 790 receiving yards, finishing
second in Canada West in both categories behind Picton. He was also
third in the conference with eight touchdown receptions.
One of only two linemen to start every game for the Rams, Zver was a
mainstay at left tackle for the Rams. He’ll finish his career with 25
regular season games played and 25 games started, all at left tackle –
eight during the 2013 season, eight in 2014, one last year in a season
that was abbreviated by injury, and eight more this season.
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