Frank Tranzilli Named To College Football America 2018 Starting Lineup

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – West Chester University junior offensive lineman, Frank Tranzilli (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) was named to the College Football America Starting Lineup, and West Chester was listed 29th in the magazine's preseason Top 30 it was announced Sunday afternoon.
 
Tranzilli is coming off a 2017 campaign in which he was a Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region 1 selection, first team All-PSAC East and All-ECAC. He helped generate a 33.1 points per game average for the Golden Rams as the only offensive lineman on the squad to start all 13 games at the same position. West Chester ranked fifth in the PSAC with 188.7 rushing yards per contest. Through the air, the Golden Rams produced 218.3 yards for a grand total of 407 yards per game average.
 
Two players each from Harding and West Florida lead the College Football America 2018 Yearbook Division II Starting Lineup, CFA's version of an All-America team.
 
West Chester's football squad also appeared in the magazine's preseason Top 30, coming in at No. 29. The Golden Rams reached the second round of the NCAA II Playoffs a year ago, before bowing out to Indiana (Pa.) on the road.
 
West Florida, coming off an appearance in the Division II national championship game in 2017, is No. 1 in the College Football America 2018 Yearbook Division II preseason Top 30.
 
The Argonauts, in just their second year as a varsity program, reached the national title game before losing to Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
IUP is No. 2, followed by No. 3 Harding, No. 4 Minnesota State and No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
The College Football America 2018 Yearbook features more than 930 college football teams from the United States and Canada in more than 300 striking, full-color pages. That includes every team from the NCAA (FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III), NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA and U Sports (Canada). It also includes updates on club football, one-year postgraduate prep/sports academies and Mexican college football, along with dozens of action shots and stadium photos taken by the CFA staff.
 
The print edition is available online via Amazon.com and other major retailers such as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million. Additionally, an iBooks version for iPads and iPhones is available through Apple's iTunes bookstore and the iBooks app. A Kindle version of the book is also available.
 
2018 Book links:
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Offense
Pos. Name School Yr.
QB AMIR HALL Bowie State Sr.
RB MARCUS JONES Gannon Sr.
RB COLE CHANCEY Harding So.
WR WESTON CARR Azusa Pacific Jr.
WR AUSTIN RYAN Bentley So.
TE SETH HEBERT Central Missouri Sr.
OL JUSTIN GOOSEBERRY Ouachita Baptist Jr.
OL SAMUEL ANTOINE West Florida Jr.
OL FRANK TRANZILLI West Chester Jr.
OL A.J. ROLAND Midwestern State Sr.
OL BRANDON ANDERSON West Alabama Jr.
PK CASEY BEDNARSKI Minnesota State Sr.
KR DEONTE HARRIS Assumption Sr.

Defense
Pos. Name School Yr.
DL DAVONDRICK LISON Southern Arkansas Sr.
DL TERSHAWN WHARTON Missouri S&T Jr.
DL ADONIS DAVIS Florida Tech Sr.
DL MARKUS JONES Angelo State Sr.
LB BRANDON PAYER CSU-Pueblo Sr.
LB BRUCKS SAATHOFF Texas A&M-Commerce Sr.
LB SAM BLANKENSHIP Harding Sr.
DB JR STEVENS Indiana (PA) Jr.
DB DARIUS WILLIAMS CSU-Pueblo Sr.
DB ZURIL HENDRICK Edinboro Sr.
DB MARVIN CONLEY West Florida Sr.
P ZACH DAVIDSON Central Missouri So.
PR BJ MUCKELVENE Wingate Jr.

2018 College Football America Division II Preseason Top 30
1. West Florida
2. Indiana (PA)
3. Harding
4. Minnesota State
5. Texas A&M-Commerce
6. Central Washington
7. Fort Hays State
8. Ferris State
9. Northwest Missouri State
10. Ashland
11. CSU-Pueblo
12. West Alabama
13. Midwestern State
14. Assumption
15. Indianapolis
16. Shepherd
17. Ouachita Baptist
18. Winona State
19. Virginia State
20. Shippensburg
21. Findlay
22. Delta State
23. Central Missouri
24. Wingate
25. West Georgia
26. Sioux Falls
27. Bowie State
28. Grand Valley State
29. West Chester
30. California