Saddler named to All-New England Team

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bryant University football senior linebacker Ryan Saddler was named to the 2021New England Football Writers Association All-New England team on Monday. 

The All-New England team is comprised of student-athletes from all of New England's FBS and FCS schools. Saddler is one of eight players from the Northeast Conference on the list. Bryant has now had 19 All-New England selections and at least one in each of its 14 years at the Division I level.

Saddler had a breakout season this fall, finishing with a team-high 91.0 tackles. The 91 stops are tied for the seventh-most in a season in program history. An All-NEC First Team selection, Saddler averaged 8.3 tackles per game and posted 10+ tackles on three occasions. That included 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against Akron, Bryant's first-ever game against an FBS school. 

All-New England Team

QB - EJ Perry - Brown
RB - Patrick Garwo III - Boston College
RB - Malik Grant - Sacred Heart
RB - Ellis Merriweather - UMass
RB - Aaron Shampklin - Harvard
FB - Joey Kenny - Rhode Island
TE - Tyler Roberts - Merrimack
WR - Jacari Carter - Merrimack
WR - Zay Flowers - Boston College
WR - Tyshaun James - Central Connecticut
WR - Wes Rockett - Brown
OL - John Brekke - Holy Cross
OL - J.D. DiRenzo - Sacred Heart
OL - Jake Guidone - Dartmouth
OL - Zion Johnson - Boston College
OL - Clay LeGault - Merrimack
OL - Christian Mahogany - Boston College

DL - Benton Whitley - Holy Cross
DL - Josiah Silver - New Hampshire
DL - Clay Patterson - Yale
DL - Travis Jones - UConn
LB - Jacob Dobbs - Holy Cross
LB - Jackson Mitchell - UConn
LB - Jalen Mackie - Dartmouth
LB - Ray Miller - Maine
LB - Ryan Saddler - Bryant
DB - Josh DeBerry - Boston College
DB - Salaam Horne - Sacred Heart
DB - John Smith - Holy Cross
DB - Rodney Thomas - Yale

P - George Georgopoulos - UMass
PK - Jonah Lipel - Harvard
RS - Devin Young - Maine