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ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Football Conference announced on Tuesday the placement of Redbirds' fullback, Timothy McCloyn II, on the Pre-Season All-Conference Honorable Mention team and have ranked Illinois State seventh overall in the pre-season poll voted on by league coaches, media and sports information directors.
In the unusual 2021 spring season, the MVFC crowned South Dakota State, Missouri State and North Dakota tri-champions. For the first time since joining the conference in 2008, SDSU has been chosen to win the conference in the fall of 2021 with 454 points and 24 first-place votes. North Dakota State follows close behind in second with 435 points and 18 first-place votes. North Dakota (357), Southern Illinois (345), Northern Iowa (311), and Missouri State (256) make up the middle of third through sixth respectively. Illinois State takes the seventh spot receiving 196 votes. Rounding out the bottom are South Dakota (163), Youngstown State (126), Indiana State (112), and Western Illinois (83).
In conjunction with the pre-season poll predictions, the league also published the Pre-Season All-Conference teams and McCloyn received a selection to the All-Conference Honorable Mention team.
"He is one of our leaders on offense," Coach Spack commented on McCloyn being selected to a Pre-Season All-Conference team. "Fullback is a really tough position because of the athleticism it requires as well as the amount of contact the position sees. Tim has been a great teammate and a great student here at Illinois State."
After redshirting his first year with the team, McCloyn has been the Redbirds' starting fullback for the past three seasons. McCloyn has played a huge role for the Redbirds' success as he helped pave the way in the '18 and '19 seasons for former Redbirds running back and NFL Rookie of the Year Finalist, James Robinson. In the shortened 2021 spring season, McCloyn started all four games and recorded four carries, including his first career touchdown. At the end of the season, he received All-MVFC Honorable Mention honors.
The Redbirds are set to open the 2021 fall season in Hancock Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 4, against the Butler Bulldogs with kickoff slated for 6:30 p.m.
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