The 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Football Teams have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. USD is represented with four student-athletes on the All-District VIII Squad â€" Devyn Bryant, Max Michaels, Alec Moreno and Connor Spencer. This is the third straight year for Bryant and second year for Michaels to receive this recognition.

The Academic All-District™ teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the fifth year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month. District 8 Winners, NCAA Division I

P - Matt Haack, ASU, Sr., West Des Moines, Iowa, 3.45 GPA, Business (Sports and Media Studies)
QB - Jake Browning, UW, So., Folsom, Calif., 3.38 GPA, Pre-Arts and Sciences
WR - Tim Crawley, SJSU, Gr., Santa Clara, Calif., 3.78 GPA, Business Management Information Systems
WR - Nick Kurtz, BYU, Sr., El Cajon, Calif., 3.43 GPA, General Business
TE - Patrick Baldenegro, NAU, Sr., Chandler, Ariz., 3.82 GPA, Biomedical Science
RB - Christian McCaffrey, Stanford, Jr., Castle Rock, Colo., 3.43 GPA, Communication
RB - Nick Ralston, ASU, So., Argyle, Texas, 3.99 GPA, Finance
OL - Jake Eldrenkamp, UW, Sr., Bellevue, Wash., 3.71 GPA, Business Administration - Finance
OL - Jacob Vazquez, Fresno State, Gr., Cottonwood, Calif., 4.00 GPA, B.A. - Agricultural Business
OL - Johnny Caspers, Stanford, Gr., Glen Ellyn, Ill., 3.36 GPA, Earth Systems
OL - Jesse Burkett, Stanford, Jr., St. Augustine, Fla., 3.43 GPA, Japanese
OL - Chase Dominguez, Utah, Sr., Orange, Calif., 3.70 GPA, Communication
K - Matt Anderson, CAL, Jr., Danville, Calif., 3.67 GPA, Business Administration
DB - Dallas Lloyd, Stanford, Gr., Pleasant Grove, Utah, 3.40 GPA, Communication
DB - Marcus Williams, Utah, Jr., Corona, Calif., 3.59 GPA, Sociology
DB - Devyn Bryant, USD, Sr., San Diego, CA, 3.54 GPA, Mechanical Engineering
DB - Max Michaels, USD, Jr., Poway, CA, 3.93 GPA, Accountanc
LB - Peyton Pelluer, UW, Jr., Sammamish, Wash., 3.43 GPA, History
LB - Johnny Ragin III, Oregon, Sr., Wilsonville, Ore., 3.74 GPA, General Social Science
LB - Ben Burr-Kirven, UW, So., Menlo Park, Calif., 3.71 GPA, Pre-Arts & Sciences
LB - Alec Moreno, USD, Jr., Poway, CA, 3.67 GPA, Accountancy
DL - Harrison Phillips, Stanford, Jr., Omaha, Neb., 3.34 GPA, Science, technology and society
DL - Hunter Dimick, Utah, Sr., Syracuse, Utah, 3.33 GPA, Communication and Sociology
DL - Logan Taele, BYU, Sr., Columbus, Ohio, 3.31 GPA, Finance
DL - Connor Spencer, USD, So., Boulder, CO, 3.68 GPA, Electrical Engineering