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Chambers earns Consensus All-America status

12/22/2021 11:22:00 AM | By: by Matthew Bonnette, Assoc. AD/Sports Information Director

Isaiah Chambers is the 17th Consensus All-American in school history

LAKE CHARLES - McNeese graduate defense end Isaiah Chambers has earned Consensus All-American status for the second straight season after being named first team All-America by three more organizations - AFCA, Stats Perform and Athlon Sports.

The Houston native has already earned first team All-America honors by the Associated Press and by the FCS Athletic Directors Association while picking up third team honors by Hero Sports.

He becomes the 17 Consensus All-American in school history.

Last week he became the first McNeese player to garner first team back-to-back AP All-American honors since running back Toddrick Pendland in 2008 and 2009 and just the sixth multi-year first teamer in school history joining Pendland, Bryan Smith (2006 and 2007), Roderick Royal (2002 and 2003), Terry Irving (1992 and 1993), and James Files (1974 and 1975).

In his two year McNeese career, Chambers was an 8-time First Team All-American, two-time Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year, two-time All-SLC first team selection, and placed seventh and fourth, respectively, in the voting for the FCS Buck Buchanan Award which is presented to the top defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Chambers led the Southland Conference with 10.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for a loss this past season, marking the second consecutive year to lead the league in both categories. He ends his two-year McNeese career by becoming the first player to average a sack a game in school history with 18 quarterback sacks in 18 career games played. He recorded all 10.5 of his sacks this season in the final eight games of the year.

A two-time first team all-conference selection, Chambers is only the second Cowboy player to be named the league's top defensive player multiple times (Terry Irving, 1992 and 1993) while giving the Cowboys their fourth straight conference top defensive award (B.J. Blunt, 2018; Chris Livings, 2019; Chambers 2020 and 2021) and the 16 selection overall.

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