11/20/09- Andre Thomas, So, Grand Valley State, 6-3, 255 2009 ALL-GLIAC HONORABLE MENTION: Andre Thomas (So./DL), has been selected All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. - Grand Valley State football
11/20/09- Danny Richard, rJr, Grand Valley State, 6-4, 255 2009 ALL-GLIAC FIRST TEAM: DL Danny Richard, Grand Valley State, Jr., has been selected All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference First Team for the 2009 college football season in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. Richard tallied 40 total tackles (24 solo/16 assisted), 16.5 tackles for loss (-68 yards), 10.0 QB sacks (-51 yards), three QB hurries, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two blocked field goals during the 2009 season. - Grand Valley State football
11/20/09- Nick Lawrence, rJr, Grand Valley State, 6-3, 245 2009 ALL-GLIAC SECOND TEAM: DL Nick Lawrence, Grand Valley State, Jr., has been selected All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Second Team for the 2009 college football season in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. - Grand Valley State football
11/20/09- Athan Anagonye, Sr, Wayne State (MI), 6-1, 257 2009 ALL-GLIAC HONORABLE MENTION: Athan Anagonye (Sr./DE), has been selected All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. - GLIAC football
11/20/09- Brandon Lang, Sr, Troy, 6-4, 256 Defensive end Brandon Lang accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game, which will be played Jan. 23, 2010 at 2 p.m. at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. However, Lang is still holding out hope for a Senior Bowl invite, which is regarded as the top all-star game for college seniors. The Senior Bowl is Jan. 30 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile. He could play in both if he chooses. “I’m just waiting on the Senior Bowl to hear from them and decide which game I’d like to play,” Lang said. “I could play in both, but I’ve got to come up with a decision.” Lang is tied for second in the SBC with teammate Cameron Sheffield with 6 1/2 sacks. - Drew Champlin, The Dothan Eagle
11/20/09- Willie Walker, Sr, California (PA), 6-3, 252 PSAC WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: California’s Willie Walker, an anchor on California’s defensive line that helped contribute to the PSAC’s second-best rushing defense, has been named the PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year. Walker, the Defensive Player of the Year, is the second California player in the last three years to garner the Defensive Player of the Year, after former teammate Gary Butler was the division’s top defensive player in 2007. For the year, Walker recorded 34 tackles, including nine tackles for loss and three sacks. He broke up two passes and also blocked a kick. His efforts on the defensive line helped the Vulcans hold five of their opponents to under 100 yards rushing for the game and the Vulcans only allowed one individual to rush for over 100 yards in a game this year. Only in four games, did the Vulcans allow their opponent to go for over 150 rushing yards as a team, as Cal take the PSAC’s second-best rushing defense at just 103.9 yards per game into the playoffs. - PSAC football
11/19/09- James Ruffin, rSr, Northern Iowa, 6-4, 264 EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME INVITE: University of Northern Iowa senior defensive end James Ruffin (Burnsville, Minn.) has been selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game. Ruffin, a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award, will travel to Orlando, Fla., to take part in the East-West Shrine Game which is set for Jan. 23, 2010, at the Florida Citrus Bowl. The game will be televised on ESPN2. Ruffin leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference in sacks and ranks No. 9 in the nation (0.95 sacks/game). Ruffin becomes the third UNI Panther football player to be selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game through the years. The two previous players (Brad Meester in 2000 and Chad Setterstrom in 2002) each went on to play in the National Football League. - UNI football
11/19/09- Eugene Sims, Sr, West Texas AM, 6-4, 238 LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOUTH DIVISION DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Eugene Sims, West Texas A&M, has been selected Defensive Lineman for the 2009 college football season in voting by the South Division coaches. West Texas A&M, who finished the 2009 regular season with a 6-5 mark and will represent the league in the Kanza Bowl on December 5, had nine players represented on the first and second-team Lone Star Conference all-South Division squads. - West Texas A&M football
11/18/09- Don Smith, Sr, Bryant, 6-4, 256 2009 EAST COAST ALL-STAR BOWL INVITE: Bryant University football seniors Don Smith (Attleboro, Mass.) and Aaron Bryant (New London, Conn.) have been invited to participate in the ninth annual East Coast Bowl on Saturday, November 28 at historic Cameron Field in Petersburgh, Va. A standout defensive end, Smith is currently ranked fourth all-time in school history with 17 career sacks and is currently tied for the lead with Bryant with six quarterback sacks this season. Smith enters this Saturday's season finale at Duquesne with 34 tackles on the season including eight tackles for a loss. He had a pair of sacks against Monmouth back in September. - Bryant football
11/18/09- Jairus Jarvis, rSr, Missouri Southern, 6-5, 245 2009 ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM: DL: Jairius Jarvis, Jr., Missouri Southern, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Second Team for the 2009 college football season. Jarvis, in his short two-year career with the Lions, made his name known as one of the best defensive lineman the program has ever seen. The native of Louisiana came just a half a sack shy of tying the Missouri Southern single-season record, but his 9.5 this season place him in second place all by himself. Add in his two sacks from 2008, and Jarvis is tied for sixth all-time with 11.5 sacks in his career. He led the MIAA in both sacks and tackles for a loss in 2009. - Missouri Southern football
11/18/09- Danny Richard, rJr, Grand Valley State, 6-4, 255 2009 GREAT LAKES INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Danny Richard (Jr, DL, Grand Valley State) tallied 40 total tackles (24 solo/16 assisted), 16.5 tackles for loss (-68 yards), 10.0 QB sacks (-51 yards), three QB hurries, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two blocked field goals during the 2009 season. Richard, who ranked second in the GLIAC in both tackles for loss and QB sacks, led a GVSU defense that ranked eighth nationally in both rushing defense (79.8) and scoring defense (15.6). - GLIAC football
11/18/09- Eric Lawrence, rSr, Washburn, 6-2, 255 2009 ALL-MIAA FIRST TEAM: DL: Eric Lawrence, Sr., Washburn, has been selected All Mid-America Conference First Team for the 2009 college football season. Lawrence finished fourth in the MIAA in sacks with his 6.5 stops and his 13.5 tackles for loss was third in the conference as he finished with 49 overall tackles with 26 solo stops. - Washburn football
11/18/09- Ben Bianchino, Sr, Washburn, 6-5, 270 2009 ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM: DL: Ben Bianchino, Sr., Washburn, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Second Team for the 2009 college football season. Bianchino was third in the MIAA in sacks with 7.0 - all solo sacks while recording 38 tackles with 10 tackles for loss for 58 yards. - Washburn football
11/17/09- Andre Bernardi, rSr, North Greenville, 6-2, 260 2009 EAST COAST ALL-STAR BOWL INVITE: The honors continue to pour in for North Greenville University football star Andre Bernardi. The 6-3 265 pound defensive lineman, who is a three-time NCAA Division II All-American, has been selected for the East Coast Bowl All-Star Game Saturday, Nov. 28 in Petersburg, Virginia, just south of Richmond. Bernardi, a native of Marietta, Ga., just completed his career at North Greenville by tying the all-time NCAA Division II record for sacks (42), and became the NCAA II all-time leader in tackles for loss with 78, and he had 239.5 total tackles in his four-year career. He will report to Petersburg Wednesday, Nov. 25 for weigh in and players will take the NFL Wonderlic questionnaire along with other testing. The East Coast Bowl experience will continue for Bernardi on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27 with more testing and game practices. The actual Bowl Game will be Saturday, Nov. 28 at 12:00 p.m. at Cameron Field. “I am extremely honored to be selected for this opportunity,” Bernardi said. “I took a week off after our last game, but now I need to start running again, continue lifting weights and stay in shape until the game. I understand it will be like a mini-NFL combine and in the past, almost half the roster has signed some kind of professional contract, so it’s a great chance for me to keep playing beyond college.” - North Greenville football
11/17/09- Bradley Davidson, Sr, Missouri Western, 6-5, 242 2009 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION: Brad Davidson, Sr., DL, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season. - Missouri Western football
11/17/09- Jeremy Wallace, Jr, Central Missouri, 6-5, 242 2009 ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM: DL: Jeremy Wallace, So., Central Missouri, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Second Team for the 2009 college football season. Wallace had two sacks and 23 tackles while generating 4.5 for loss. - Central Missouri football
11/17/09- Austen Lane, Sr, Murray State, 6-6, 258 Murray State athletic director Allen Ward says football coach Matt Griffin won’t be returning next season. Ward says he decided a change would be an advantage for the western Kentucky school. He says a search will begin immediately for a new head coach. Ward said in an announcement Monday that Griffin has improved the program’s foundation, but says the program “took a step back this season.” He says he thinks a change in leadership will allow Murray “to build upon what we have in place and energize a dedicated team and fan base.” Murray State (3-7, 2-5 Ohio Valley Conference) suffered its most recent loss last Saturday, losing 49-13 to Southeast Missouri, which had been previously winless in the OVC this season. - AP Sports
11/16/09- Kyle Sunderman, Jr, Northwest Missouri State, 6-4, 265 2009 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION: Kyle Sunderman, Northwest Missouri, Jr., DL, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season. - Northwest Missouri football
11/16/09- Christian Anthony, Sr, Grambling State, 6-4, 258 SWAC NOV 16 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DE Christian Anthony, Grambling State, made five tackles (three solo with two TFL) with one sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception vs. Texas Southern. Anthony made his sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery in the second quarter that led to a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Anthony's interception with less than a minute to play sealed the win. - SWAC football
11/16/09- Chandler Jones, rFr, Syracuse, 6-5, 246 BIG EAST WEEK 11 HONOR ROLL: Chandler Jones, DT, Syracuse — Had 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack in a 10-9 loss at Louisville. - BIG EAST football
11/13/09- Julian Miller, rSo, West Virginia, 6-4, 251 SCOUTING THE DEFENSE: WVU's defense stepped it up against Louisville and did not allow a touchdown, but this is a football challenge at a different level. Still, WVU was as good as anyone controlling the Bearcats last year, giving up only 26 points, including overtime, with one of the Cincinnati touchdowns coming on a kickoff return. CB Keith Tandy was scorched at South Florida, and rest assured that whomever quarterbacks the Bearcats will try to pick on him. Cincinnati's running game has improved as the year has gone on, and WVU's front line has been banged up with NG Chris Neild and DT Josh Taylor missing most or all of last week's game. PLAYERS TO WATCH: DE Julian Miller was the Big East Defensive Player of the Week this week as he recorded three sacks, giving him 8.5 for the year. He has been almost the only pass rush WVU will have, and if the Mountaineers are to do anything disruptive to the UC timing, it will have to come from Miller.
11/13/09- Alex Daniels, rSr, Cincinnati, 6-3, 259 SCOUTING THE DEFENSE: Cincinnati's defense is still smarting from the second half against UConn during which the Huskies burned them for 322 yards. Most disconcerting for UC was the 201 rushing yards allowed, including 162 and four TDs from Jordan Todman. The Bearcats now must prepare for West Virginia's Noel Devine, who ranks 13th nationally with more than 112 yards per game. But, turnovers are the game's great equalizer, and UC ranks third in the nation in turnover margin. Cincinnati leads the nation in tackles for loss and is third in sacks.
11/13/09- Derrick Morgan, Jr, Georgia Tech, 6-4, 272 Derrick Morgan soon could be chasing NFL quarterbacks. Morgan, Georgia Tech’s junior defensive end who ranks among the nation’s sack leaders, says he will “definitely” examine his NFL draft status after the season. Some early NFL mock drafts list the junior as a first-round pick in 2010. He is projected as the No. 13 pick by MyNFLdraft.com and he’s No. 27 on Bleacher Report’s mock draft. Morgan this week made ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.’s “Big Board” of players who could be picked high in the draft. Kiper noted Morgan “has been impossible to block all season.” Morgan ranks fifth in the nation with 11 1/2 sacks and is a big reason No. 7 Georgia Tech can wrap up the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division title with a win at Duke on Saturday. Morgan said he won’t pretend he doesn’t think about where he might stand in the draft. “People say they don’t think about it, but I think about it every once in a while,” he said this week. “It’s not heavy on my mind. It gets brought up every now and then and I have to think about it. My main focus is on winning the ACC championship. “I don’t know. It’s a possibility at the end of the season. It will all be determined by how I finish up.” Morgan gained momentum for a strong finish with three sacks in last week’s 30-27 overtime win over Wake Forest. - AP Sports
11/12/09- Jason Pierre-Paul, Jr, South Florida, 6-6, 265 PLAYERS TO WATCH: DE Jason Pierre-Paul - With defenses concentrating on DE George Selvie at the other end, Pierre-Paul has taken advantage. The junior college transfer has 9.5 tackles for loss and has returned an interception for a touchdown.
11/12/09- Greg Hardy, Sr, Mississippi, 6-4, 265 Mississippi defensive end Greg Hardy is out for the season with a broken left wrist. School spokesman Daniel Snowden says Hardy will have surgery Thursday in Jackson and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Millington, Tenn., native hurt his arm earlier this season, then aggravated the injury last weekend against Northern Arizona. He’ll have a screw placed in the wrist during surgery. Once considered one of the most dangerous defensive players in the nation, Hardy has been limited by injuries in his final two seasons. A broken foot cost him four games last season and parts of several others. He appeared ready for his senior year but sprained his ankle in the opener and hasn’t been much of a factor. - AP Sports
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