CLEVELAND – The Western Michigan football team landed seven players on the All-Mid-American Conference team, voted upon by the league's coaches and announced on Wednesday.
 
Redshirt junior center Jacob Gideon and graduate transfer wide receiver Kenneth Womack were named First Team All-MAC. Senior defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was named Second Team All-MAC, while junior guard Addison West, junior wide receiver Anthony Sambucci, redshirt freshman Jalen Buckley and senior corner back Keni-H Lovely were all named Third Team All-MAC.
 
Gideon started every game, helping the Broncos produce one of the top offenses in the MAC, along with a 1,000-yard rusher in Buckley. He was the highest rated center by Pro Football Focus in the MAC and eight-best in the country. In his first season with the Broncos, Womack led the MAC in receptions with 76 and receiving yards with 691. Womack posted double-digit catches in three games this season, with a career-high of 14 against Ohio.
 
Kneeland had a career-high 57 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks while handling constant double teams. He also posted eight quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles, one that led to a defensive touchdown.
 
West was the top-rated guard in the MAC by PFF and 16th in the nation. He started all 12 games at guard for the Broncos, joining Gideon as the only other lineman to do so. Sambucci had a career-highs in receptions with 21, receiving yards with 318 and led the Broncos with five touchdown receptions. Buckley rushed for 1,003 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named the MAC Freshman of the Year. Lovely wrapped up his career with his second-straight All-MAC selection. He had a career-high 48 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions.