Southern Miss lands 6 among C-USA preseason honorees

The Southern Miss football program landed six on the preseason All-Conference USA team Wednesday and senior quarterback Nick Mullens picked up another individual honor.

Mullens was named the preseason C-USA Offensive Player of the Year after he established single-season marks for passing yards (4,476) and touchdown passes (38) while leading the Golden Eagles to a 9-5 season.

Mullens also made the preseseason all-conference squad on offense along with two other teammates – junior running back Ito Smith and senior center Cameron Tom.

The defense features three Golden Eagles: Senior defensive end Dylan Bradley, senior safety D'Nerius Antoine and junior defensive back Picasso Nelson.

Here's the full list of preseason C-USA honorees as picked by the league’s media:

Offensive Player of the Year

Nick Mullens, Sr., QB, Southern Miss

Defensive Player of the Year

Trey Hendrickson, Sr., DE, Florida Atlantic

Special Teams Players of the Year

Jonathan Barnes, Jr., K, Louisiana Tech

Dalton Schomp, Sr., P, Florida Atlantic

Offense

QB Brent Stockstill, So., Middle Tennessee

QB Nick Mullens, Sr., Southern Miss

RB Kalif Phillips, Sr., Charlotte

RB Ray Lawry, Jr., Old Dominion

RB Ito Smith, Jr., Southern Miss

RB Aaron Jones, Sr., UTEP

RB Jarveon Williams, Sr., UTSA

RB Anthony Wales, Sr., WKU

OL Michael Montero, Sr., FIU

OL Reggie Bain, Jr., Florida Atlantic

OL Darrell Brown, Sr., Louisiana Tech

OL David Mahaffey, Sr., Louisiana Tech

OL Michael Selby, Sr., Marshall

OL Clint Van Horn, Sr., Marshall

OL Maurquice Shakir, Sr., Middle Tennessee

OL Cameron Tom, Sr., Southern Miss

OL Forrest Lamp, Sr., WKU

OL Will Hernandez, Jr., UTEP

TE Jonnu Smith, Sr., FIU

TE Ryan Yurachek, Jr., Marshall

WR Trent Taylor, Sr., Louisiana Tech

WR Richie James, So., Middle Tennessee

WR Zach Pascal, Sr., Old Dominion

WR Taywan Taylor, Sr., WKU

Defense

DL Larry Ogunjobi, Sr., Charlotte

DL Trey Hendrickson, Sr., Florida Atlantic

DL Jaylon Ferguson, So., Louisiana Tech

DL Gary Thompson, Sr., Marshall

DL Rashaad Coward, Sr., Old Dominion

DL Dylan Bradley, Sr., Southern Miss

DL Nick Usher, Sr., UTEP

DL Marcus Davenport, Jr., UTSA

LB Anthony Wint, Jr., FIU

LB Azeez Al-Shaair, So., Florida Atlantic

LB TJ Ricks, Sr., Old Dominion

LB Alex Lyons, Sr., Rice

LB D’Nerius Antoine, Sr., Southern Miss

LB Alvin Jones, Jr., UTEP

DB Ocie Rose, So., Florida Atlantic

DB Jalen Young, So., Florida Atlantic

DB Xavier Woods, Sr., Louisiana Tech

DB Jeremy Cutrer, Sr., Middle Tennessee

DB Kishawn McClain, Jr., North Texas

DB Justice Davila, Jr., Old Dominion

DB Picasso Nelson Jr., Jr., Southern Miss

DB Michael Egwuagu, Sr., UTSA

Special Teams

K Jonathan Barnes, Jr., Louisiana Tech

P Dalton Schomp, Sr., Florida Atlantic

KR Kylen Towner, Jr., WKU

PR Warren Redix, So., UTEP

LS Darrell Travis, Sr., Louisiana Tech

This story was originally published July 20, 2016 at 12:14 PM with the headline "Southern Miss lands 6 among C-USA preseason honorees."