The Drake University football team had its 2020 fall season canceled in early August due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. For the program's 14 fifth-year seniors it wasn't the final season any imagined. With no fall season, some ended their football careers and pursued other opportunities, but a few have elected to play for the Bulldogs in a potential spring season.
The 2020 Drake Football Fifth-Year Senior Tribute presented by Willis Lexus recognizes the 14 for their time at Drake University. All played key roles on the football field for the Bulldogs and were highly decorated and successful off the field. Some of have already graduated and successfully entered the workforce and the entire group will all have completed their undergraduate degrees by the end of the 2020-21 school year. These 14 young men represent the football program, Drake Athletics and Drake University with class and honor and will forever be a part of Drake Football.
Dustin Anthony, OL, Edmond, Okla.
Three-year letterwinner … played in 29 career games with 17 starts.
Jacob Bacon, OL, Hastings, Minn.
Back-to-back CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America nominee in 2018 and 2019 ... 2019 Pioneer Football League Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... 2019 All-PFL Academic First Team selection ... one of 13 finalists for the 2019 STATS Football Championship Subdivision Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award.
Patrick Carr, LB, Frankfort, Ill.
Three-year letterwinner … played in 30 career games … tallied 50 career tackles.
Zack Clark, OL, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Garnered first-ever All-PFL honors by being named honorable mention in 2019 … two-year letterwinner … played in 15 career games, including making 10 starts in 2019.
Gavin Dineen, DL, Algonquin, Ill.
Two-time All-PFL First Team selection … appeared in 28 career games … total 5.5 career sacks and 96 career tackles.
Chris Evans, OL, Jackson, Wis.
Three-year letterwinner … 2019 All-PFL Second Team member … began his career as defensive lineman before switching to offensive line … played in 29 career games … started all 11 games in 2019.
Shane Feller, WR, Charles City, Iowa
Earned 2019 All-PFL Honorable Mention accolades ... during the 2019 season he was second on the team in catches (27), yards (462) and receiving touchdowns (4) ... caught six passes for 102 yards in win at Marist in his first-career 100-yard game ... set a career-high with 120 receiving yards on four receptions against Dayton.
Cade Gilbert, OL, Lincolnshire, Ill.
Two-year letterwinner … saw action in 15 career games with one start.
Jacob Hardy, DL, Adel, Iowa
Earned first career All-PFL accolades by being named honorable mention in 2019 … three-year letterwinner … played in 30 career games … tallied 76 career tackles … led the team in sacks with four in 2018.
Victor Jergens, DL, Charles City, Iowa
CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team in 2018 … garnered first-ever All-PFL honors by being named honorable mention in 2018 … played in 21 career games and made 45 career tackles.
Ross Kennedy, P, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Earned back-to-back All-PFL Honorable Mention accolades in 2018 and 2019 … named to Inaugural FCS Punter of the Year in 2019 … booted 140 career punts.
Collin Seymour, DB, Peosta, Iowa
Collected first-ever All-PFL honors in 2019 with honorable mention accolades … second on team in interceptions in 2018 with three … appeared in 30 career games.
Isaiah Skinner, RB, Glendale Heights, Ill.
Three-year letterwinner … played in 24 career games … tallied 10 catches, 38 carries and 118 yards in his career.
Will Warner, DB, Pella, Iowa
2018 Associated Press FCS All-America First Team selection in 2018 … two-time All-PFL First Team selection … snagged 15 career interceptions, including leading the FCS with eight in 2018 … played in 30 career games.
