It’s time once again to announce our SIS College Football Preseason All-Sun Belt Team. We used our all-encompassing player value stat, Total Points, along with other metrics and our scouting work as leading references in putting together our selections.
A brief explanation of Total Points:
Total Points takes nearly everything that SIS measures about a play and uses it to evaluate each player on a scale that allows you to compare them more easily. It’s always useful to be able to understand the different ways in which players can be valuable. Does he break a lot of tackles? Does he get a lot of yards after the catch? Does he make the best out of a poor offensive line? Does he get more pressures than expected? Does he break up a lot of passes? Total Points offers the opportunity to take all of those elements and get a quick picture of how well a player is performing overall.
You can learn more about Total Points and the statistics referenced within this piece here.
Here are our selections:
1st Team Offense
| Position | Name | School |
| QB | Jaylen Raynor | Arkansas State |
| RB | Kentrel Bullock | South Alabama |
| WR | Ted Hurst | Georgia State |
| WR | Corey Rucker | Arkansas State |
| WR | Adrian Norton | Marshall |
| TE | Kyirin Heath | Southern Miss |
| T | Dorion Strawn | Texas State |
| T | Nick Del Grande | Coastal Carolina |
| G | Pichon Wimbley | Georgia Southern |
| G | Kenton Jerido | South Alabama |
| C | Thomas Johnson | Coastal Carolina |
1st Team Defense
| Position | Name | School |
| DT | Immanuel Bush | James Madison |
| DT | Chris Boti | Arkansas State |
| EDGE | Jo’Laison Landry | Texas State |
| EDGE | Bryan Whitehead II | Arkansas State |
| LB | Jordan Stringer | Troy |
| LB | Jaden Dugger | Louisiana |
| CB | David Godsey Jr. | UL-Monroe |
| CB | Josh Moten | Southern Miss |
| S | Jacob Thomas | James Madison |
| S | Carl Fauntroy Jr. | UL-Monroe |
| S | Justin Meyers | Georgia Southern |
1st Team Specialists
| Position | Name | School |
| K | Clune Van Andel | Arkansas State |
| P | Alex Smith | Georgia Southern |
| Returner | Robert Williams | Louisiana |
Dorion Strawn made our Preseason All-American 1st team after a strong 2024 season that saw him finish 8th among FBS tackles with 39 Total Points. As with many conferences these days, a large amount of the 2024 All-Sun Belt team either graduated or transferred, leading to a balanced conference with 8 teams represented on the offense and 8 teams represented on the defense.
Nick Del Grande was Top-20 last season among FBS tackles in Total Points Above Average Per Snap, and Jo’Laison Landry could be in for a big season after earning 12 Total Points Above Average last season in far fewer snaps than most of his competition.
Kentel Bullock has the most Total Points among returning Sun Belt running backs, despite splitting the carries last season, and will look to lead the South Alabama offense this season. Josh Moten had 16 Total Points Above Average last season which is the most among returning Sun Belt defenders and will look to lock down the Southern Miss backend.
