LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University football earned 12 total Phil Steele Preseason All-Northeast Conference Selections and quarterback Cole Doyle was selected as the NEC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year.
 
The Red Flash selected were divided into six first team, two second team and four third team honors. Six offensive, three defensive and three special teams spots made up the 12 selections.
 
All-four of Saint Francis' Preseason All-NEC selection by the conference, Doyle, offensive lineman Bailey Iboleon, offensive lineman Seth Osborne and defensive back Kerry Galloway, were also on the Phil Steele First Team. Wide receiver Dawson Snyder and return specialist Casey McKinney rounded out the first team honors.
 
Offensive lineman Cole Graham and long snapper Lucas Winters were the only second team selections. Running back QuaSean Holmes, defensive lineman Eddie Bierals, linebacker William Middleton and all-purpose McKinney completed the list on the third team.
 
In 2022, Doyle was named NEC Offensive Player of the Year and earned national recognition being named a Walter Payton Award Finalist. Doyle and Osborne landed on the All-NEC First team, while Iboleon landed on the All-NEC Second Team last season.  
 
Saint Francis aims for a second straight NEC title in the 2023 season, which begins on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at Western Michigan.