Central Michigan football earns four First Team All-MAC honors


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Junior defensive lineman Mike Danna celebrates after sacking the Toledo quarterback on Nov. 23 at the Glass Bowl Stadium.

The Mid-American Conference released its all-conference honorees on Nov. 28, and four from Central Michigan football made the All-Mid-American Conference First Team.

Those players include senior linebacker Malik Fountain, junior defensive end Mike Danna, junior cornerback Sean Bunting and junior corner back Xavier Crawford.

Junior kicker Ryan Tice, a transfer from Michigan, made the All-MAC Second Team and senior defensive tackle Nathan Brisson-Fast made the All-MAC Third Team.

No offensive player earned a league award.

The 2018 season was Fountain's third time earning All-MAC honors. He started 51 straight games, which was second-most in CMU program history. He registered 155 tackles this past season for the top spot in the MAC. Fountain finished seventh in school history for career tackles.

Danna was second in the MAC and 13th in the nation for his 9.5 sacks in 2018. He added 15 tackles for a loss and seven quarterback hurries. All four statistics were team highs set by the junior defensive end.

Bunting, in his second full season at CMU's starting cornerback, had five passes defended, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and one blocked kick. Working alongside him was Crawford, an Oregon State transfer. Crawford made a MAC leading 13 passes defended.

As juniors, Danna, Bunting and Crawford are NFL Draft eligible. None have announced one way or the other. The 2019 NFL Draft begins at 9 p.m. on April 25 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tice, who made the All-MAC Second Team, buried 10-of-12 field goals. He was 6-for-7 from 40-49 yards and even made a career-high 53-yard field goal against Ball State – the third-longest converted field goal in CMU's record books.

Brisson-Fast missed the end of his fifth-year senior season due to a right leg injury, but he managed to make 31 tackles, six tackles for a loss and 2.5 sacks. He also forced to fumbles.

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