Inside The HBCU Huddle 2011 Honors

The Southwestern Athletic Conference dominate the 2011 Inside The HBCU Huddle BCF D-I FCS All-America team selections and awards. The SWAC garnered three of five awards, eight of the 11 slots on the offensive team, six of the 11 defensive selections and three of the four on special teams.

By Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil and Brandon Bolden
Inside the HBCU Huddle Columnists
College Sporting News

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference had seven selections and Tennessee State of the Ohio Valley Conference was recognized with 2 student-athlete honors.

INSIDE THE HBCU HUDDLE 2011 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (BCF) NCAA DIVISION I FCS AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB, Casey Therriault, (6'3", 205, Senior; Wyoming Park, MI), Jackson State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: DE, Adrian Hamilton, (6'3", 255, Senior; Dallas, TX), Prairie View A&M
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: QB, Greg McGhee, (6'3", 200, Freshman; Pittsburgh, PA), Howard
COACH OF THE YEAR: Pete Adrian, Norfolk State Spartans
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: Alabama State Hornets

INSIDE THE HBCU HUDDLE 2011 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (BCF) NCAA DIVISION I FCS ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

OFFENSE

QB, Casey Therriault, (6'3", 205, Senior; Wyoming Park, MI), Jackson State
WR, Nick Andrews, (5'9", 170, Senior; Maplesville, AL), Alabama State
WR, Mario Louis, (6'0", 190, Senior; New Orleans, LA), Grambling State
RB, Dawrence Roberts, (5'9", 175, Sophomore; Clearwater, FL), Grambling State
RB, Mike Mayhew, (5'9", 205, Senior; Charlotte, NC), North Carolina A&T
TE, Renty Rollins, (6'4", 255, Senior; Inkster, MI), Jackson State
OT, Terren Jones, (6'8", 305, Junior; Fort Walton Beach, FL), Alabama State
C, Shelly Anthony, (6'3", 295, Redshirt-Senior; Atlanta, GA), Florida A & M
OL, Roderick Gladney, (6'4", 360, Senior; Jackson, MS), Jackson State
OL, Kendall Noble, (6'4", 319, Redshirt-Senior; Rocky Mount, NC), Norfolk State
OL, Sanford Banks, (6'4", 319, Junior; Columbus, GA), Grambling State

DEFENSE

DE, Adrian Hamilton, (6'3", 255, Senior; Dallas, TX), Prairie View A&M
DT, Corey Hart, (6'3", 230, Senior; Loachapoka, AL), Alabama A&M
DE, Ryan Davis, (6'4", 260, Senior; Tampa, FL), Bethune-Cookman
DE, Joseph LaBeau, (6'1", 245, Junior; New Orleans, LA), Jackson State
LB, Keith Pough, (6'2", 225, Junior; Orangeburg, SC), Howard
LB, Rico Council, (6'0", 254, Senior; Chattanooga, TN), Tennessee State
LB, Cliff Exama, (5'9", 235, Senior; North Miami Beach, FL), Grambling State
CB, Joseph Wylie, (6'3", 215, Senior; Fort Lauderdale, FL), Tennessee State
S, Micah Pellerin, (6'0", 197, Senior; New Orleans, LA), Hampton
S, KeJuan Riley, (6'0", 180, Junior; Wetumpka, AL), Alabama State
CB, Moses Ellis, (5'9", 175, Senior; Fort Worth, TX), Prairie View A&M

SPECIAL TEAMS

K, Ryan Estep, (5'10", 165, Redshirt-Senior; Chesapeake, VA), Norfolk State
KR, Jermaine Waddy, (5'6", 175, Junior; Missouri City, TX), Prairie View A&M
P, Arturo Tamayo, (5'10", 185, Junior), Alcorn State
PR, Terrence Lewis, (5'11", 175, Junior), Alcorn State

IN DETAIL

COACH OF THE YEAR

Pete Adrian, Norfolk State Spartans
A veteran in collegiate football and in the HBCU ranks, led the Spartans to their first MEAC football championship and NCAA FCS playoff bid via the conference automatic bid, (a first round loss to Old Dominion, 35-18) finishing the season with a 9-3 record, 7-1 in conference play; the wins are the most for the Norfolk State Spartans football program in its Division I history (beginning 1997); a No. 5 ranking in Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College D-I FCS Football Final Top 10 and Pete is a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award annually to the top Division I Football Championship Subdivision coach in the nation by The Sports Network.

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

Alabama State Hornets
Coach Reggie Barlow led the Hornets to an 8-3 record; No. 1 ranking in Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College D-I FCS Football Final Top 10; finished with two top five wins (2-0), wins over Grambling State (No. 3; D-I FCS), Jackson State (No. 4; D-I FCS) and three top 10 wins (3-1); a share of the SWAC Eastern Division title; finished second in the conference in scoring offense; 26.7 (5th HBCU D-I FCS Competition, 28.5*) points per game and scoring defense; 17.5 (5th HBCU D-I FCS Competition, 17.4*) points per game.
*Minimum of three HBCU D-I FCS games

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

QB, Casey Therriault, (6'3", 205, Senior), Jackson State
Led the Jackson State Tigers to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title with 272 completions on 453 attempts; threw for a school record 3,808 yards (#3 FCS), for an average of 346.18 per game (#2 FCS), 27 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

DE, Adrian Hamilton, (6'3", 255, Senior), Prairie View A&M
Led the country at the FCS (#1) level in pass sacks, (17 solo, seven assists), 20.5 total at 1.86 per game as well as and had 22 tackles for loss (#2 FCS) and nine assists, 26.5 total at 2.41 per game and was (#2 FCS) in forced fumbles with six, 0.55 per game

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

QB, Greg McGhee, (6'3", 200, Freshman), Howard
Led the resurgence of the Howard Bison, 5-6 overall record and 4-4 in conference play; threw for 1,784 yards (No. 10; D-I FCS), on 321 attempts, completing 182 for a passing efficiency of 132.5, with 10 interception and 13, including one rushing touchdown on 460 yards

OFFENSE

QB, Casey Therriault, (6'3", 205, Senior), Jackson State
Led the Jackson State Tigers to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title with 272 completions on 453 attempts, threw for a school record 3,808 yards (#3 FCS), for an average of 346.18 per game (#2 FCS), 27 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions

WR, Mario Louis, (6'0", 190, Senior), Grambling State
Led the Tigers to a SWAC Championship and led Black College Football (BCF) in total receiving yards, 1129 (#8 FCS) on only 51 receptions for an average of 22.14

WR, Nick Andrews, (5'9", 170, Senior), Alabama State
Led the Alabama State Hornets to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title and led Black College Football (BCF) in receptions with 78 (#10 FCS) for 1095 yards, an average of 14.04

RB, Dawrence Roberts, (5'9", 175, Sophomore), Grambling State
Led the Tigers along with Mario Louis to a SWAC Championship, rushing for 1,102 net yards on 200 attempts with eight touchdowns, averaged of 5.51 yards a carry and 110.20 yards per game

RB, Mike Mayhew, (5'9", 205, Senior), North Carolina A&T
Rushed for 1,120 net yards on 231 attempts with nine touchdowns, average of 4.85 yards a carry and 101.82 yards per game

TE, Renty Rollins, (6'4", 255, Senior), Jackson State
Led the Jackson State Tigers to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title catching 39 receptions for 591 yards with five touchdowns at 65.7 yards per game and 4.3 receptions per game

OT, Teren Jones, (6'8", 305, Junior), Alabama State
Was instrumental in leading the Hornets to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title and helping wide-receiver, Nick Andrews become record holder for the school in receptions

C, Shelby Anthony, (6'3", 295, Redshirt-Sophomore), Florida A&M
Was the signal caller on the offensive line that propelled the Rattlers to a 7-4 record a fifth place finish in the MEAC, fourth in scoring offense and sixth in total offense

OL, Roderick Gladney, (6'4", 360, Senior), Jackson State
Led the Jackson State Tigers to a three-way share of the SWAC Eastern Division Title and blocked for record setting quarterback, Casey Therriault

OL, Kendall Noble, (6'4", 290, Redshirt-Senior), Norfolk State
Was an important component to the offensive line that propelled Norfolk State University to capture an outright MEAC Championship and FCS automatic bid to the NCAA D-I football tournament

OL, Sanford Banks, (6'4", 319, Junior), Grambling State
Blocked his team’s way to a SWAC title championship this season, including a line that had led its team to a Black College National Championship in 2008

DEFENSE

DE, Adrian Hamilton, (6'3", 255, Senior), Prairie View A&M
Led the country at the FCS (#1) level in pass sacks, (17 solo, seven assists), 20.5 total at 1.86 per game as well as and had 22 tackles for loss (#2 FCS) and nine assists, 26.5 total at 2.41 per game and was (#2 FCS) in forced fumbles with six, 0.55 per game

DT, Corey Hart, (6'3", 230, Senior), Alabama A&M
Led the country at the FCS (#1) level in tackles for loss with eight assists, 29 total at 2.42 per game and 16 total pass sacks (#6 FCS), 15 solo and two assists at 1.86 per game

DE, Ryan Davis, (6'4", 260, Senior), Bethune-Cookman
Led the country at the FCS (#1) level in forces fumbles with eight, 0.73 per game, 21.5 total tackles for loss (#7 FCS), 19 solo and five assists, and 12 total pass sacks (#10 FCS), 11 solo, two assists

DE, Joseph LeBleau, (6'1", 245, Junior), Jackson State
Had 15.5 total pass sacks (#2 FCS), 15 solo, one assist 1.41 per game and 24.5 total tackles for loss (#4 FCS), 21 solo and seven assists with fellow DE, Donavan Robinson LeBleau (6'3", 255, Senior)

LB, Keith Pough, (6'2", 225, Junior), Howard
Second in Black College Football (BCF) in total tackles with 120, (#14 FCS), 71 solo (#7 FCS), 49 assists at 10.91 per game and 21 total tackles for loss (Tied #8 FCS), 17 solo and eight assists

LB, Rico Council, (6'0", 254, Senior), Tennessee State
The 2011 OVC Defensive Player of the Year with total 87 tackles, 50 solo, 37 assists, 7.9 per game, two fumbles recovered, 3.5 sacks and eight total tackles for loss, seven solo and two assists

LB, Cliff Exama, (5'9", 235, Senior), Grambling State
Led BCF in total tackles with 129, (#18 FCS), 71 solo (#7 FCS), 49 assists at 10.91 per game and 21 total tackles for loss (Tied #8 FCS), 17 solo and eight assists

CB, Joseph Wylie, (6'3", 215, Senior), Tennessee State
Had 66 tackles, 45 solo, 21 assists with six per game and an interception returned 59 yards for a touchdown as well as a forced fumble

S, Micah Pellerin, (6'0", 197, Senior), Hampton
Led the country at the FCS (Tied #1) 19 total passes defended, 15 pass break-ups and four interceptions and was an important component to the team finishing fifth in total defense

S, KeJuan Riley, (6'0", 180, Junior), Alabama State
Was a hawk when the ball was in the air leading the BCF in interceptions with nine (#2 FCS) as well as four pass break-ups with 13 total passes defended

CB, Moses Ellis, (5'9", 175, Senior), Prairie View A&M
After leading the nation at the FCS level in interceptions with eight last season, locked down one side of the field with three pass break-ups and an interception, had 36 total tackles, 26 solo as well as contributed 337 total yards on 26 punt returns with 14.5 per game (#3 FCS)

SPECIAL TEAMS

K, Ryan Estep, (5'10", 165, Redshirt-Senior), Norfolk State
Led BCF with a 0.909 success rate on 20 of 22 on field goal attempts, 1.67 per game (#5 FCS) with a long of 40 and was perfect on PAT attempts, 34 of 34 contributing 154 points in scoring

KR, Jermaine Waddy, (5'6", 165, Junior), Prairie View A&M
Led BCF with 857 total yards on kickoff returns, averaging 23.16 per kickoff return on 37 kick returns for an average of 3.7 return per game and a touchdown for the Panthers

P, Arturo Tamayo, (5'10", 185, Junior), Alcorn State
Led BCF with 69 punts for a total of 2,870 for an average of 41.71 yards (#18 FCS) per punt on 6.9 attempts per game with a long of 77; in addition 6 of 9 on field goals and 22 of 27 on extra points

PR, Terrence Lewis, (5'11", 175, Junior), Alcorn State
Third in BCF in punt return yards, averaged 13.08 yards per punt returns (#6 FCS) for the Braves on 12 punt returns for 157 total yards and a touchdown as well as 492 yards on kickoff returns, 23.43 average per kickoff return and two touchdowns