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SWAC Football All-Conference Team Announced
November 30, 2005
The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2005 All-Conference
Team with Grambling State quarterback Bruce Eugene and Mississippi
Valley State linebacker Tyler Knight taking top honors. The
team was selected by nominations and votes from the member
schools’ coaches and sports information contacts.
Eugene, the 2005 SWAC Offensive Player of the Year (6-1, 260,
Sr., QB, New Orleans, LA) has had a season to remember during
his senior campaign at Grambling State. He has completed 210-of-372
passes for 3,683 yards and 46 touchdowns while rushing for
146 yards and three touchdowns. He is averaging 369.3 passing
yards and 383.9 total offensive yards per game. He passed for
618 yards and seven touchdowns against Prairie View A&M
while throwing for 507 yards and seven touchdowns against Texas
Southern.
Tabbed as the 2005 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, Knight
(6-0, 210, Jr., LB, North Little Rock, AR) has garnered 125
total tackles (43 solo) with 17.5 tackles for loss and 9.0
sacks. He tallied 19 tackles, a forced fumble and three quarterback
hurries against Southeastern Louisiana and totaled 16 stops
(five solo), one sack, and two pass breakups against Alabama
State.
The 2005 SWAC Newcomer of the Year is Hakeem Muhammad of Prairie
View A&M. Muhammad (5-10, 175, So., DB, Dallas, TX) has
49 total tackles on the season and league-leading five interceptions
on the season. He has 32 solo stops and one sack. He had two
interceptions against Alabama A&M and had 11 tackles, one
sack and an interception against Lincoln University.
The 2005 SWAC Freshman of the Year is Mickey Dean of Arkansas-Pine
Bluff. Dean (6-0, 200, Fr., RB, Little Rock, AR) is tied for
the conference lead in scoring with 72 points (10 touchdowns).
He has 127 carries for 712 yards (5.6 yards/carry) averaging
71.2 yards per game. He ran for 237 yards and three touchdowns
while catching one touchdown at Jackson State and rushed for
157 yards and two touchdowns against Grambling State.
All ten member institutions had at least two players receive
all-conference review. Grambling State had the most players
selected for the all-conference teams with 11 players chosen
(four on first team). Mississippi Valley State had the most
first-team selections with six players receiving first-team
honors and eight players chosen total. Alcorn State had eight
all-conference selections (five on first team). Alabama A&M
had seven players receive all-conference honors (three on first
team). Southern had four players (three first-team choices)
chosen for all-conference awards. Alabama State and Arkansas-Pine
Bluff each had four players receive accolades with one each
on first team. Jackson State (two first-team awards), Texas
Southern (one first-team selection), and Prairie View A&M
each had two players receive all-conference honors.
2005 All-SWAC First Team
Offense
OL-Jonathan Lowe, Alcorn State - 6-3, 330, Sr., Shreveport,
LA
OL-SeDarrin Freeman, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 6-4, 350, Sr., Easton,
TX
OL-Jonathan Banks, Grambling State - 6-8, 360, Sr., Baton Rouge,
LA
OL-Richard Burch, Mississippi Valley State - 6-5, 320, Sr.,
Brandon, MS
OL-Lunda Wells, Southern - 6-2, 320, Sr., Baker, LA
QB-Bruce Eugene, Grambling State - 6-1, 260, Sr., New Orleans,
LA
RB-Jeremy McCoy, Alcorn State - 6-1, 213, Jr., Dallas, TX
RB-Brent Wilson, Texas Southern - 5-11, 180, So., Silver Spring,
MD
TE-Tabari Lott, Alcorn State - 6-6, 225, Jr., Gautier, MS
WR-Alvance Robinson, Alabama State - 5-9, 165, Sr., Dayton,
OH
WR-Tyrone Timmons, Mississippi Valley State - 6-3, 210, Jr.,
Tampa, FL
PK-Joseph Blanco, Mississippi Valley State - 5-9, 180, So.,
Houston, TX
KR-Charlie Spiller, Alcorn State - 6-0, 183, Jr., Woodville,
MS
Defense
DL-Malasta Hill, Alabama A&M - 6-4, 225, Sr., Stone Mountain,
GA
DL-Martin Jackson, Alcorn State - 6-4, 250, Jr., New Orleans,
LA
DL-Jason Hatcher, Grambling State - 6-6, 285, Sr., Jena, LA
DL-Joe Sykes, Southern - 6-5, 270, Sr., Grenada, MS
LB-Johnny Baldwin, Alabama A&M - 6-1, 225, Jr., Bessemer,
AL
LB-Tyler Knight, Mississippi Valley State - 6-0, 210, Jr.,
North Little Rock, AR
LB-Jarette Prout, Mississippi Valley State - 6-0, 220, Sr.,
Boothville, LA
DB-Corey Harden, Alabama A&M - 6-0, 188, Sr., Macon, GA
DB-Jermaine Mills, Grambling State - 6-1, 180, Sr., Baton Rouge,
LA
DB-Cletis Gordon, Jackson State - 6-2, 195, Sr., Amite, LA
DB-Vincent Dancy, Jackson State - 6-3, 218, Jr., Shuqualak,
MS
P-Trey Butts, Mississippi Valley State - 5-11, 190, Sr., Brandon,
MS
PR-James Vernon, Southern - 6-0, 175, Sr., Baton Rouge, LA
Freshman of the Year –
Mickey Dean, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 6-0, 200, Fr., Little Rock,
AR
Newcomer of the Year –
Hakeem Muhammad - Prairie View A&M - 5-10, 175, So.,
Dallas, TX
Offensive Player of the Year –
Bruce Eugene - Grambling State - 6-1, 260, Sr., New Orleans,
LA
Defensive Player of the Year –
Tyler Knight - Mississippi Valley State - 6-0, 210, Jr., North
Little Rock, AR
2005 All-SWAC Second Team
Offense
OL-Jeffrey Johnson, Alabama A&M - 6-2, 294, Jr., Grand
Bay, AL
OL-Antonio Regist, Alabama A&M - 6-3, 340, So., San Antonio,
TX
OL-Ryan Beneby, Alabama State - 6-4, 350, Sr., Jacksonville,
FL
OL-Jackie Skipper, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 6-1, 290, So., Bastrop,
LA
OL-Andre’ Bennett, Grambling State - 6-6, 350, Jr., Vicksburg,
MS
QB,Tarvaris Jackson, Alabama State - 6-2, 232, Sr., Montgomery,
AL
RB-Mickey Dean, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 6-0, 200, Fr., Little
Rock, AR
RB-Ab Kuuan, Grambling State - 5-11, 230, Sr., Sylacauga, AL
TE-Tim Abney, Grambling State - 6-1, 210, So., Monroe, LA
WR-Charlie Spiller, Alcorn State - 6-0, 183, Jr., Woodville,
MS
WR-Henry Tolbert, Grambling State - 6-0, 205, Jr., Birmingham,
AL
PK-Jose Osorio’, Alabama A&M - 5-10, 231, Jr., College
Park, GA
KR-Albert Turner, Southern - 5-7, 155, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA
Defense
DL-Kelvin Lockhart, Alabama A&M - 6-1, 310, Jr., Tallahassee,
FL
DL-Kerry Frazier, Alabama State - 6-2, 226, Sr., Nashville,
TN
DL-Patrick Okoye, Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 6-4, 270, Sr., Arlington,
TX
DL-Matt Duhe’, Grambling State - 6-4, 225, Sr., Baton
Rouge, LA
LB-Lester Mosley, Alcorn State - 6-0, 235, So., Birmingham,
AL
LB-Dimitri Carr, Grambling State - 6-2, 232, Sr., Farmerville,
LA
LB-Robert Napier, Texas Southern - 6-3, 250, Jr., San Bernardino,
CA
DB-Quentin Sullivan, Alcorn State - 5-8, 186, Sr., Collins,
MS
DB-Greg Fassit, Grambling State - 6-1, 190, Jr., New Orleans,
LA
DB-Chris Wilson, Mississippi Valley State - 5-8, 170, Jr.,
Memphis, TN
DB-Hakeem Muhammad, Prairie View A&M - 5-10, 175, So.,
Dallas, TX
P-Eric Hernandez, Prairie View A&M - 6-1, 185, Jr., Pleasanton,
TX
PR-Clarence Cotton, Mississippi Valley State - 5-10, 190, So.,
D’Iberville, MS
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