Sports - Colleges - Southern Miss

Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2009

2009 C-USA FOOTBALL COACHES PRESEASON AWARDS

Five Southern Miss players have been named to the Conference USA coaches' preseason football team:

Offensive Player of the Year Case Keenum, QB, Houston

Defensive Player of the Year C.J. Wilson, DL, East Carolina

Special Teams Player of the Year Damaris Johnson, KR, Tulsa

First Team Offense QB Case Keenum, Jr., Houston RB Bryce Beall, So., Houston RB Damion Fletcher, Sr., Southern Miss OL Sean Allen, Sr., East Carolina OL Carl Barnett, Sr., Houston OL Ryan Hebert, Sr., Southern Miss OL Tyler Holmes, So., Tulsa OL Dominik Riley, Jr., Memphis OL Jake Seitz, Sr., UAB WR DeAndre Brown, So., Southern Miss WR Tyron Carrier, So., Houston WR Emmanuel Sanders, Sr., SMU TE Cody Slate, Sr., Marshall

First Team Defense DL Anthony Gray, Jr., Southern Miss DL Albert McClellan, Sr., Marshall DL Bruce Miller, Jr., UCF DL C.J. Wilson, Sr., East Carolina LB Mike Bryan, Sr., Tulsa LB Mario Harvey, Sr., Marshall LB Nick Johnson, Sr., East Carolina DB Van Eskridge, Sr., East Carolina DB Eddie Hicks, Sr., Southern Miss DB James Lockett, Sr., Tulsa DB Andrew Sendejo, Sr., Rice

First Team Special Teams K Ben Hartman, Sr., East Carolina P Ross Thevenot, Jr., Tulane KR Damaris Johnson, So., Tulsa PR D.A. Griffin, Jr., Memphis