2017 Air Force Falcons football team

Seasons

The 2017 Air Force Falcons football season began with Air Force being ranked #21 in the nation in the preseason coaches poll. Air Force won their second consecutive MWC Championship. They play as a member of the Mountain West Conference, in the mountain division.

### Roster

* Alejandro Silva - Senior
* Nico Kaufman - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Martin O'Reilly - Freshman

**Running Back**
* Frederick Chacon - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Tamau Zereoue - Junior File:Redshirt.png
* Jason Norman - Sophomore
* Mekhi Gordon - Freshman

**Fullback**
* Oscar Leach - Senior
* Jimmy Mullen - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Aboubacar Ware - Freshman

**Wide Receiver**
* Jerome Smith - Senior
* Benjamin Larry - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Merle Valdez - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* James Hall - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Darnell Jones - Sopohmore
* Xavier Daniel - Sophomore
* Darnell Myles - Sophomore
* Michael Doughty - Sophomore
* Kieran Ott - Freshman

**Tight End**
* Brian Canty - Junior File:Redshirt.png
* Cayden Reese - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Jamel Pressley - Sophomore
* Fred Seaman - Senior
* Ibrahim Herbert - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Bobby Stanford - Freshman

**Offensive Tackles**
* Patrick Wheeler - Junior File:Redshirt.png
* Russell Neely - Junior File:Redshirt.png
* Daniel Rodriguez - Senior
* Howard Batchelor - Senior
* Aaron Roberson - Sophomore
* Pita Kamu - Freshman
* Jayden Conway - Freshman
* Thomas Anderson - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Patrick Bishop - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Paul Henson - Junior
* Sam Bacon - Sophomore
* Gregory Ross - Senior
* Robert Benjamin - Freshman
* Nico New - Freshman
* Marcus Farnsworth - Freshman

**Centers**
* James Bennett - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Kamari Griffin - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Daniel Lewis - Senior

**Defensive Ends**
* James Carter - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Robert Thomas - Senior
* Mel Blanton - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* George Sellers - Senior File:Redshirt.png

**Defensive Tackles**
* Ronald Young - Senior
* Kaden Mehammad - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Michael Denney - Senior
* Ricardo Torrez - Freshman

**Inside Linebackers**
* Joshua Olson - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Paul Buck - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Matthew Nesbit - Sophomore
* Cameron Butler - Senior
* Zaire Harrell - Freshman

**Outside Linebackers**
* Mark Stapleton - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* John Levin - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Paul Suarez - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Jason Marion - Junior
* Tyrone McElroy - Senior
* Stephen Mitchell-Morrison - Senior
* Williams Bailey - Senior File:Redshirt.png
* Ronald Green - Junior
* Prince Williams - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Israel Mathis - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Jimmy Allen - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* Jerome Rutledge - Senior

**Free Safeties**
* Oronde Jackson - Senior
* Marcus Mayes - Sophomore
* Louis Roche - Sophomore

**Strong Safeties**
* Patrick Schwarts - Sophomore File:Redshirt.png
* James Hunter - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Jamel Dudley - Sophomore

**Kickers**
* Carlos Cruz - Senior
* Brendan Ward - Sophomore
* Josh Jameson - Sophomore

**Punters**
* Thomas Purcell - Freshman File:Redshirt.png
* Brendan Ward - Sophomore
* Josh Jameson - Sophomore

**2017 Redshirts**
* Giovanni Luke - QB
* Kareem Kendrick - RB
* Gavin Minton - FB
* Reginald Lattimore - WR
* Aden Baumann - OT
* Steven Proctor - OG
* Hunter Herndon - OG
* Martin Thompson - DT
* Shamar Sutton - FS
* Lorenzo Rodgers - K

## Awards

#### All-MWC Team

##### First Team

* OT Patrick Wheeler
* OLB Mark Stapleton
* CB Stephen Mitchell-Morrison
* FS Oronde Jackson
* K Carlos Cruz

##### Second Team

* RB Frederick Chacon
* OG Thomas Anderson