Portland State tight end Tanner Beaman runs upfield against Montana during the 2024 football season. Beaman, as well as teammate Isaiah Green, were named 2025 Big Sky preseason all-conference selections Monday. Courtesy photo: Portland State Athletics

The Big Sky Conference released its 2025 preseason football all-conference selections Monday, with a pair of Portland State Vikings cracking the list.

The list’s release coincided with the beginning of the conference’s 2025 media kickoff at  Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Spokane, Washington. All 12 of the Big Sky’s football programs attended the event, represented by each team’s head coach and two players. The 37-player all-conference roster was voted on by local and national media members, with 10 of the conference’s 12 members having at least one or more representatives (Northern Colorado and Sacramento State did not have a player named).

Junior tight end Tanner Beaman and sophomore safety Isaiah Green represented Portland State on the list.

Beaman, a graduate of Skyline High School in Vancouver, Washington, enters the 2025 season as one of the Vikings’ go-to options in the passing game. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound tight end enjoyed a breakout campaign a season ago. After redshirting his freshman season and seeing limited playing time in 2023, Beaman earned Big Sky all-conference second team honors as a redshirt sophomore. He hauled in 21 catches for 257 yards and scored one touchdown for the Vikings en route to the honor and returns as one of Portland State’s leading receivers for the 2025 season.

Green worked his way up the Vikings’ depth chart quickly as a redshirt freshman, starting seven of the 11 games he appeared in during the 2024 campaign. Hailing from Oxnard, California, the Oaks Christian High School alum recorded 50 tackles, four pass break-ups and an interception. Green’s 50 tackles ranked fourth on Portland State’s roster and are the most of any returner on the defensive side of the ball. He looks to anchor the backend of the Vikings defense heading into his sophomore season.

Portland State opens the 2025 season the earliest it ever has, kicking off the 2025 season against No. 6 Tarleton State at Hillsboro Stadium on Aug. 23.

2025 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference roster

Offense

QB: Ty Pennington, Northern Arizona

RB: Adam Jones, Montana State

RB: Eli Gillman, Montana

FB: Colter May, Weber State

WR: Sam Gbatu, Jr., UC Davis

WR: Taco Dowler, Montana State

WR: Michael Briscoe, Cal Poly

TE: Winston Williams, UC Davis

TE: Tanner Beaman, Portland State

OL: Titan Fleischmann, Montana State

OL: Gavin Ortega, Weber State

OL: Stryker Rashid, Idaho State

OL: Nate Azzopardi, Idaho

OL: Ernesto Nava, UC Davis

OL: Eli Simonson, UC Davis

Defense

DL: Paul Brott, Montana State

DL: Kenneth Eiden IV, Montana State

DL: Ethan Rodriguez, Cal Poly

DL: Micah Carreon, Northern Arizona

DL: Tylin Jackson, Eastern Washington

DL: Zach Krotzer, Idaho

LB: Peyton Wing, Montana

LB: Porter Connors, UC Davis

LB: Isiah King, Idaho

LB: Brandon Wong, Northern Arizona

LB: Nathan Reynolds, Idaho State

DB: Rex Connors, UC Davis

DB: Mason Rivera, Cal Poly

DB: Cam Chapa, Northern Colorado

DB: DaJean Wells, Eastern Washington

DB: Isaiah Green, Portland State

DB: Mason Young, Idaho State

Special teams and all-purpose

PK: Hunter Ridley, UC Davis

P: Ben D’Aquila, Northern Arizona

KR: Michael Wortham, Montana

PR: Taco Dowler, Montana State

LS: Grayson Pibal, Montana

ST: Trevor Thurman, Eastern Washington

AP: Michael Wortham, Montana