SWAC Announces Preseason Football Honors
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SWAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Chris Wallace (UAPB)
SWAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Jarmaul George (SU)
To take a look at some of the scenes from the 2007 SWAC Football Media Day, .
The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces
its 2007 Preseason All-Conference Football Team with Arkansas-Pine Bluff
quarterback Chris Wallace and Southern defensive back Jarmaul George taking top
honors. The team was selected by
nominations and votes from the member schools' coaches and sports information
contacts along with selected members of the media.
Wallace, the 2006 SWAC Offensive
Player of the Year, finished the season completing 129 of 211 pass attempts
(61.1 completion percentage) for 2,023 yards and 20 touchdowns. He also rushed 73 times for 161 yards and two
scores. He was third in the conference
averaging 168.6 passing yards per game and was first in pass efficiency with a
rating of 164.4.
George was a standout member of the
Jaguar defensive unit in 2006. He ended
the season with 51 total tackles (30 solo) along with 3.5 tackles for
loss. He had five interceptions finished
with 10 passes defended and a fumble recovery.
In the predicted order of finish in
both the coaches/SID poll and the media poll, Alabama A&M and Arkansas-Pine
Bluff were chosen to finish first in their respective divisions.
Predicted Order of Finish
(first place votes in parentheses)
|
Eastern
Division
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Western
Division
|
|
Alabama A&M (8)
|
83 pts
|
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13)
|
88 pts
|
|
Jackson
State (10)
|
78
|
Grambling
State
|
60
|
|
Alcorn
State (1)
|
51
|
Southern (4)
|
59
|
|
Mississippi
Valley
State
|
40
|
Texas Southern (2)
|
39
|
|
Alabama
State
|
33
|
Prairie View A&M
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First-Team Offense
|
|
|
OL
|
Lorenzo
Breland
|
Jackson
State
|
|
OL
|
James
Sanders
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
OL
|
Ivora
Hall
|
Alabama
State
|
|
OL
|
Justin
Telemaque
|
Alcorn
State
|
|
OL
|
Thaddeus
Coleman
|
Mississippi
Valley
State
|
|
TE
|
Charles
Moody
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
WR
|
Clyde Edwards
|
Grambling
State
|
|
WR
|
Jason
Jones
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
RB
|
Martell
Mallett
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
RB
|
Jay
Peck
|
Alabama
State
|
|
QB
|
Chris
Wallace
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
K
|
John
Heflin
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
|
|
|
|
First-Team Defense
|
|
|
DL
|
Christopher
Traylor
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
DL
|
Ronald
Green
|
Mississippi
Valley
State
|
|
DL
|
Derrick
Gray
|
Texas Southern
|
|
DL
|
Corey
Clark
|
Jackson
State
|
|
LB
|
Timothy
Turner
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
LB
|
Lee
Robinson
|
Alcorn
State
|
|
LB
|
Mike
Boyd
|
Texas Southern
|
|
DB
|
Zaire Wilborn
|
Grambling
State
|
|
DB
|
Jarmaul
George
|
Southern
|
|
DB
|
Frank
Moore
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
DB
|
Jean-Pierre
Marshall
|
Mississippi
Valley
State
|
|
P
|
Rashan
Cylar
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
RS
|
Ulysses
Banks
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second-Team Offense
|
|
|
OL
|
Darius
Turner
|
Alabama A&M
|
|
OL
|
Cleveland Collie
|
Prairie
View A&M
|
|
OL
|
Cobb
Eshientendoho
|
Texas Southern
|
|
OL
|
Maurice
Robinson
|
Prairie
View A&M
|
|
OL
|
Holmes
Drayton
|
Texas Southern
|
|
TE
|
Marcel
Frost
|
Jackson
State
|
|
WR
|
Gerard
Landry
|
Southern
|
|
WR
|
Nate
Hughes
|
Alcorn
State
|
|
RB
|
Erik
Haw
|
Jackson
State
|
|
RB
|
Brent
Wilson
|
Texas Southern
|
|
QB
|
Brandon Landers
|
Grambling
State
|
|
K
|
Zack
Gilarski
|
Mississippi
Valley
State
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second-Team Defense
|
|
|
DL
|
Vincent
Lands
|
Southern
|
|
DL
|
Ledarius
Anthony
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
DL
|
Noel
Alphonso
|
Alabama
State
|
|
DL
|
Idreas
Abdur-Rashied
|
Jackson
State
|
|
LB
|
Antonio
Cooper
|
Alcorn
State
|
|
LB
|
Daniel
Brooks
|
Jackson
State
|
|
LB
|
Zach
East
|
Prairie
View A&M
|
|
DB
|
Lamar
Herron
|
Texas Southern
|
|
DB
|
Steward
Franks
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
DB
|
Brandon
Averett
|
Alabama
State
|
|
DB
|
John
Keith
|
Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
|
|
P
|
Tim
Manuel
|
Grambling
State
|
|
RS
|
Nate
Hughes
|
Alcorn
State
|