HBCUs
Place 22 on 2003 Football
Gazette All-South Region Team
December 13, 2003
CLINTON, S.C. - Twenty-two players
from the CIAA and SIAC have been named to the 2003 All-South
Region Football Team as selected by Don Hansen's Football Gazette.
This marks the second year Football Gazette has selected NCAA
Division II All-Region teams. The national publication has selected
NCAA Division II All-America teams since 1988.
The first-team and second-team All-Region selections advance to a
national ballot from which the 2003 NCAA Division II Football
Gazette All-America team will be selected later this month.
Harlon Hill Award finalists quarterback Will Hall from the University of North
Alabama and defensive back/return specialist Ricardo Colclough from Tusculum
College highlight a talented group of athletes.
Hall, a 5-8, 184-pound senior from Amory, Miss., passed for 3,531
yards and 30 touchdowns while running for 467 yards and five TD's in
leading the Lions to a 13-1 record, the Gulf South Conference title
and a semifinal appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. He is
one of three finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy this year. He
finished the season leading NCAA Division II in pass efficiency
(173.3) and ranked 12th in total offense per game (285.6). In
addition, he led the Lions to one of the biggest turnarounds in
college football from a 4-7 record in 2002 to a 13-1 mark this
season.
Colclough, a 6-0, 185-pound senior from Sumter, S.C., was named to
the first team at two different positions, defensive back and return
specialist. He recorded 59 tackles (37 solo) with 24 pass defenses
including 11 interceptions. His pass defenses and interceptions this
season ranks third in NCAA Division II. In addition, he averaged
29.1 yards per kick return with two touchdowns and 14.2 yards per
punt return with one touchdown en route to first team All-SAC honors
at both positions. For his efforts, he was named SAC Defensive
Player of the Year and was named a finalist for the Harlon Hill
Trophy while leading his team to a school-record 9-2 record.
A total of 81 players earned some form of Football Gazette All-South
Region honors. Players from 27 different football-playing schools in the
South Region earned All-South Region accolades.
