CLEVELAND -- Three Mid-American Conference student-athletes have been named consensus All-Americans. Harold Fannin Jr. (Bowling Green), Addison West (Western Michigan) and Shaun Dolac (Buffalo) all garnered the prestegious recognition. The MAC had more consensus All-Americans than any other non-autonomous conference in the nation. 

Bowling Green tight end Harold Fannin Jr. has been named to his fourth consensus All-America first team after the Football Writes Association of America (FWAA) tabs him to the 2024 FWAA All-America team, presented by the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic as a wide receiver. Previously, Fannin has unofficially earned consensus first-team All-America status at a tight end with nods on the Walter Camp Football Foundation, AFCA and Associated Press All-America teams.

Fannin is the first Bowling Green player to earn All-America first team honors from the FWAA since placekicker Nate Needham in 2021.

 Fannin (Jr., Canton, Ohio) was a finalist for the John Mackey Award and was the only tight end to be a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award. Fannin ranks No. 2 in the nation with 1,342 receiving yards and leads all tight ends nationally in 21+ offensive categories, including receptions (100), yards after catch (750), first downs (64), broken tackles (31), and receiving touchdowns (9). According to Pro Football Focus, Fannin also ranks No. 1 in pass routes grade (96.1) among all receivers. Nationally, he is additionally ranked No. 2 in receptions, No. 2 in broken tackles, No. 2 in first downs, and No. 2 in yards after catch.

Fannin ranks second all-time in FBS history for single-season receiving yards by a tight end. He needs just 11 yards to surpass the FBS record of 1,352 yards, set by Texas Tech's Jace Amaro in 2013. Fannin set the regular-season receiving yards record by a tight end at Ball State in game No. 11, while Amaro set the current record in his bowl game. With 100 receptions this season, Fannin is third all-time in single-season catches by a tight end. He needs 12 more receptions to break the record held by Rice's James Casey, who totaled 111 in 2008. 

University at Buffalo linebacker Shaun Dolac was named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of American on Tuesday, making him a Consensus All-American. Now named a first-team All-American by four different organizations recognized by the NCAA, Dolac is the first Consensus All-American in UB football history. 

Dolac was most recently named a first-team All-American by The Sporting News, becoming the first player in program history to earn the honor. Khalil Mack (2013) and Jaret Patterson (2020) were named to the second team.

Dolac was the second UB player to be named to the FWAA All-America First Team, joining Mack who was honored in 2013. Patterson and Kayode Awosika were named the FWAA All-America Second Team in 2020 and Marcus Fuqua was named to the FWAA All-America Third Team in 2022.

On Monday, Dolac was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press. Dolac was the first first-team AP All-American in program history.

On Thursday, Dolac became the first UB player to be named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Voted on by head coaches and sports information directors, it is the nation's oldest college football All-America team.  

Mack (2013) and Patterson (2020) were previous Associated Press and Walter Camp All-Americans, but both were named to the second team. Gerald LaFountain was a honorable mention AP All-American in 1965.
   
In addition, Dolac was named a second-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). He is the third UB football player to earn the honor, joining Mack (2013) and Patterson (2020) who were also named to the second team.

Dolac, the 2024 Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, is having a historic season for the Bulls, finishing the regular season with eye-popping defensive numbers. He leads the nation with 159 tackles (two shy of the single-season school record) and has added 16.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and five interceptions. This season alone, he was named MAC Defensive Player of the Week a program-record five times.

He was a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, given annually to the best player in college football who started his career as a walk-on.

Dolac was also named an All-American by CBS, The Athletic, PFF, USA Today and Sports Illustrated.

Western Michigan senior Addison West has made WMU Football history, becoming the second player in program to be named a FBS Consensus All-American.
 
The guard from Cary, Ill., joins WMU legend Corey Davis in the Bronco history books. Davis earned the honors in 2016. To be named a Consensus All-American, a player must make three of the five major All-American teams: American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Foundation.
 
West was a voted a First Team All-American by the Associated Press, Football Writers Association and Walter Camp Foundation. During the season he started all 13 games, with 12 coming at guard and one at center. With West on the offensive line, the Broncos posted the top scoring offense in the MAC, averaging 28.92 points per game.  
 
West is the first player in program history to earn First Team All-American honors by the Associated Press and the Walter Camp Foundation. He joins offensive tackle Chukwuma Okorafor (2017), Corey Davis (2016) and Jordan White (2012) as the programs only Walter Camp Foundation All-Americans.
 
West started each and every single game of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons, helping produce 1,000-yard rushers Sean Tyler (2022) and Jalen Buckley (2023). This season, WMU had a three-pronged attack at running back, which resulted in a total of 2,204 yards between Jaden Nixon (921), Buckley (683) and Zahir Abdus-Salaam (600). Pro Football Focus rated West the top guard in all of college football in 2024, with him not giving up a sack all season.