BATON ROUGE, La. – The ULM football team had seven honorees as the Louisiana Sports Writer's Association released its annual All-Louisiana football team.
Taking home first team honors were a pair of ULM defensive players in Gerrand Johnson (defensive lineman) and Mitch Lane (defensive back). Four different Warhawks earned second team honors (Rashon Ceaser, WR; Alec Osborne, TE; Hunter Kissinger, LB and Justin Manton, K). Manton rounded out the honors list as he was named honorable mention as a punter.
The 2015 Warhawks will kick-off the season on Saturday, September 5 as they travel to Athens, Ga., to face SEC member Georgia.
LSWA All-LOUISIANA COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Pos/Name, School/Class/Hometown/Notes
OL/Vadal Alexander, LSU/Jr./Buford, Ga./Second Team All-SEC, 73 knockdowns, 2nd on team
OL/Mitchell Bell, Louisiana Tech/Sr./Houston, Texas/First Team All-C-USA, 12 games started
OL/Jonathan Braddock, Southeastern/Sr./Ripley, Miss./First Team All-SLC, Starter at RT
OL/La'el Collins, LSU/Sr./Baton Rouge, La./First Team All-SEC, Jacobs Award (top OL in SEC)
OL/Daniel Quave, UL-Lafayette/Sr./Gautier, Miss./First Team All-SBC, 51 consecutive starts
RB/Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech/Jr./Strong, Ark./Second Team All-C-USA, Fifth in nation in scoring
RB/Elijah McGuire, UL-Lafayette/So./Houma, La./SBC POY, 1,165 yds, 14 TDs, 1,695 All-Purpose
WR/Ed Eagan, Northwestern State/Jr./New Orleans, La./First Team All-SLC, 908 yards, 6 TDs
WR/Travin Dural, LSU/So./Breaux Bridge, La./758 yards, 7 TDs, 2nd SEC in YPC 20.5
TE/Larry Pettis, UL-Lafayette/Sr./Oxford, Miss./All-SBC HM, 16 catches, 117 yds, 1 TD
QB/Bryan Bennett, Southeastern/Sr./Granada Hills, Calif./SLC POY, Peyton Finalist, 2,357 yds, 18 TDs
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Pos/Name, School/Class/Hometown/Notes
DL/Justin Hamilton, UL-Lafayette/Sr./Natchez, Miss./First Team All-SBC, 26 TT, 9.0 TFL, 5 sacks
DL/Danielle Hunter, LSU/Jr./Katy, Texas/Led LSU with 12 TFL, 64 TT, 6 PBUs
DL/Gerrand Johnson, ULM/Jr./Rayville, La./First Team All-SBC, 93 TT, 6.0 sacks, 12.5 TFL
DL/Christian Ringo, UL-Lafayette/Sr./Jackson, Miss./First Team All-SBC, 7th nation in TFL 19.5
LB/Kwon Alexander, LSU/Jr./Oxford, Ala./First Team All-SEC, 79 TT, 7.5 TFL
LB/Kendell Beckwith, LSU/So./Clinton, La./68 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2 sacks, moved to starter mid-season
LB/Isiah Corbett, Southeastern/Sr./Belle Glade, Fla./First Team All-SLC, Finalist Buchanan Award
DB/Imoan Claiborne, Northwestern State/Sr./Alexandria, La./First Team All-SLC, 4 int., 3 FR, 7 PBU
DB/Mitch Lane, ULM/Jr./Pine Bluff, Ark./First Team All-SBC, 91 TT, 3 int, 1 TD, 4 PBU
DB/Sam Scofield, Tulane/Sr./Lafayette, La./Second team All-AAC, 94 TT, 5 TFL, 4 PBU, 3 INT
DB/Tre'Davious White, LSU/So./Shreveport, La./32 TT, 5 PBUs, 2 INTs, 1 sack
FIRST TEAM SPECIALISTS
Pos/Name, School/Class/Hometown/Notes
K/Ryan Adams, Southeastern/Sr./Dayton, Ohio/First Team All-SLC, 16-18 FG, 60-62 PAT, 7th FCS FG% (89)
P/Jamie Keehn, LSU/Jr./Miners Rest, Australia/Second Team All-SEC, 2nd in SEC 45.0 avg., 25 inside 20
RS/Ed Eagan, Northwestern State/Jr./New Orleans, La./Double honoree, 1,254 KR yards (1st FCS)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Elijah McGuire, UL- Lafayette
Voting – McGuire 13, Dixon 8, Bennett 4, Collins 3, Eagan 2, Willie Quinn (Southern) 1, Sokol 1, Johnathon Williams (Grambling) 1
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Christian Ringo, UL-Lafayette
Voting – Ringo 15, Beckwith 6, Corbett 6, Xavier Woods (Louisiana Tech) 3, Gerrand Johnson (ULM) 2, Beau Brewer (Louisiana College) 1
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Leonard Fournette, LSU
Voting – Fournette 16, Carlos Henderson (Louisiana Tech) 5, Austin Howard (Southern) 5, Korliss Johnson (Northwestern State) 3, Parry Nickerson (Tulane) 2, Ryan Ross (McNeese) 2
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Cody Sokol, Louisiana Tech
Voting – Sokol 23, Marion Chapman (Northwestern State) 10
COACH OF THE YEAR – Broderick Fobbs, Grambling State
Voting – Fobbs 24, Skip Holtz (Louisiana Tech) 4, Mark Hudspeth (UL-Lafayette) 3, Dawson Odums (Southern) 1, Ron Roberts (Southeastern) 1.
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
OL – Zach Brown, Southern (Sr., Missouri City, Texas); Antoine Everett, McNeese (Sr., Richmond, Texas); Pace Murphy, Northwestern State (Jr., Houston, Texas); Brandon Porche, Louisiana College (Sr., Opelousas, La.); Mykhael Quave, UL-Lafayette (Gautier, Miss.).
RB – Leonard Fournette, LSU (Fr., New Orleans, La.); Lenard Tillery, Southern (So., Baton Rouge).
WR – Rashon Ceaser, ULM (Jr., Clinton, La.); Willie Quinn, Southern (Jr., Miami, Fla.)
TE – Alec Osborne, ULM (Jr., Geismar, La.)
QB – Cody Sokol, Louisiana Tech (Sr., Phoenix, Ariz.)
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL – Leroy Armstrong, Northwestern State (Jr., Natchitoches, La.); Houston Bates, Louisiana Tech (Sr., Covington, La.); Kevin Dorn, McNeese (Sr., Pineville, La.); Royce LaFrance, Tulane (Jr., Harvey, La.); Arthur Miley, Southern (Sr., Mangham, La.).
LB -- Beau Brewer, Louisiana College (Sr., Diana, Texas); Marion Chapman, Northwestern State (Sr., Waynesboro, Miss.); Hunter Kissinger, ULM (Jr., Springdale, Ark.).
DB – Lorenzo Doss, Tulane (Jr., New Orleans, La.); Ronald Martin, LSU (Sr., White Castle, La.); Aaron Sam, McNeese (Sr., Lake Charles, La.); Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech (So., West Monroe, La.).
SECOND TEAM SPECIALISTS
K – Justin Manton, ULM (Sr., Prairieville, La.).
P – Daniel Cadona, UL-Lafayette (Sr., Toowoomba, Australia)
RS – Ira Jewitt, Louisiana College (Sr., Shreveport, La.)
HONORABLE MENTION
OFFENSE: OL -- DeWayne Houston, Southern (Sr, Lafayette, La.). RB – Michael Henry, Nicholls (Jr., Baton Rouge, La.). WR – Devante Scott, Southeastern (Sr., Ferriday, La.); Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech (So., Shreveport, La.). QB – Terrance Broadway, UL-Lafayette (Sr., Baton Rouge, La.). DEFENSE: DB – Harlan Miller, Southeastern (Jr., Kentwood, La.). Specialists: P – Justin Manton, ULM (Sr., Prairieville, La.). RS – Xavier Roberson, Southeastern (Jr., Atlanta, Ga.).
