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SWAC Football All-Conference Team announced
December 10, 2007
The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2007 All-Conference football selections highlighted by ten repeat selections from last season. The teams were selected by nominations and votes from the member schools’ coaches and sports information contacts along with selected members of the media.
 Nine of the 10 SWAC schools had a representative on the first-team All-SWAC squad; Alabama A&M led the list with six while Jackson State had four. Alabama State, Grambling State and Southern each had three first-team selections. Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn State had two selections while Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Prairie View A&M had one selection each.
Alabama A&M and Southern led all schools with nine players each on the first and second units. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Jackson State each followed with six total selections. Both Grambling State and Prairie View A&M each had five selections while Alabama State and Alcorn State had four selections. Mississippi Valley State and Texas Southern each had two selections to the squads.
There were a total of 27 seniors chosen for all-conference selection (13 on first team). Thirteen juniors (five on first team) were chosen as well as nine sophomores (five on first team) and two freshmen.
This year’s honors include a number of players who were named all-conference at the conclusion of the 2006 season: RB/KR Ulysses Banks (Alabama A&M); OL Ivora Hall (Alabama State); OL Thaddeus Coleman (Mississippi Valley State); TE Charles Moody (Alabama A&M); WR Clyde Edwards (Grambling State); RB Jay Peck (Alabama State); DL Ronald Green (Mississippi Valley State); DB Jarmaul George (Southern); WR Gerard Landry (Southern) and DT Corey Clark (Jackson State).
The conference specialty awards will be announced on Tuesday: Newcomer of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year.
First-Team All-SWAC
| OL |
Lorenzo Breland* |
Jackson State |
6-2 |
312 |
Jr. |
Picayune, Miss. |
| OL |
James Sanders* |
Alabama A&M |
6-0 |
255 |
Sr. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
| OL |
Ivora Hall* |
Alabama State |
6-2 |
328 |
Sr. |
Memphis, Tenn. |
| OL |
Tavarus Cockrell |
Grambling State |
6-2 |
310 |
Sr. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| OL |
Thaddeus Coleman* |
Mississippi Valley State |
6-8 |
310 |
Sr. |
North Chicago, Ill. |
| TE |
Charles Moody* |
Alabama A&M |
6-2 |
257 |
Sr. |
Daleville, Ala. |
| WR |
Clyde Edwards* |
Grambling State |
5-10 |
175 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| WR |
Nate Hughes# |
Alcorn State |
6-2 |
180 |
Sr. |
Macon, Miss. |
| RB |
Ulysses Banks |
Alabama A&M |
5-10 |
195 |
So. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| RB |
Jay Peck* |
Alabama State |
5-11 |
200 |
Sr. |
Columbus, Ohio |
| QB |
Kelcy Luke |
Alabama A&M |
6-0 |
201 |
Sr. |
Phenix City, Ala. |
| DE |
Jeremy Maddox |
Alabama A&M |
6-0 |
244 |
So. |
Grand Bay, Ala. |
| DL |
Ronald Green* |
Mississippi Valley State |
6-0 |
300 |
Jr. |
Tampa, Fla. |
| DE |
Daniel Brooks# |
Jackson State |
6-4 |
240 |
Sr. |
Jackson, Tenn. |
| DE |
Vincent Lands# |
Southern |
6-1 |
250 |
Sr. |
Baton Rouge, La. |
| LB |
Timothy Turner* |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
6-2 |
200 |
Jr. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| LB |
Zach East# |
Prairie View A&M |
6-2 |
230 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| LB |
Rechard Johnson |
Alabama State |
5-11 |
190 |
So. |
Montgomery, Ala. |
| DB |
Zaire Wilborn* |
Grambling State |
6-0 |
200 |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
| DB |
Jarmaul George* |
Southern |
6-1 |
190 |
Sr. |
New Orleans, La. |
| DB |
Al Donaldson |
Alabama A&M |
5-10 |
173 |
Jr. |
Crawfordville, Fla. |
| FS |
Malcolm Palmer |
Jackson State |
6-2 |
200 |
So. |
Autaugaville, Ala. |
| K |
Eric Perri |
Jackson State |
5-8 |
155 |
So. |
Miami, Fla. |
| P |
Josh Duran |
Southern |
5-9 |
180 |
Fr. |
Eunice, La. |
| RS |
Nate Hughes# |
Alcorn State |
6-2 |
180 |
Sr. |
Macon, Miss. |
Second-Team All-SWAC
| OL |
Maurice Robinson |
Prairie View A&M |
6-3 |
310 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| OL |
Darius Turner |
Alabama A&M |
6-4 |
297 |
Jr. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| OL |
Demarcus Stewart |
Southern |
6-0 |
285 |
Sr. |
Plaquemine, La. |
| OL |
Daylan Deal |
Prairie View A&M |
6-5 |
330 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| OL |
Xavier Manuel |
Alabama A&M |
6-1 |
307 |
So. |
Vineger Bend, Ala. |
| OL |
Trent Thomas |
Southern |
6-2 |
255 |
Sr. |
Beaumont, Texas |
| TE |
Roland Robbins |
Texas Southern |
6-3 |
270 |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
| WR |
Gerard Landry |
Southern |
6-2 |
230 |
Sr. |
Convent, La. |
| WR |
Reginald Jackson |
Grambling State |
5-8 |
175 |
Sr. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| RB |
Frank Warren |
Grambling State |
6-0 |
185 |
Fr. |
Pleasant Grove, Ala. |
| RB |
Darren Coates |
Southern |
6-1 |
200 |
Sr. |
St. Francisville, La. |
| QB |
Bryant Lee |
Southern |
6-2 |
195 |
So. |
Boutte, La. |
| DE |
Derrick Gray* |
Texas Southern |
6-6 |
255 |
Sr. |
Silver Spring, Md. |
| DE |
Ladarius Anthony# |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
6-6 |
270 |
Jr. |
Pine Bluff, Ark. |
| DT |
Corey Clark* |
Jackson State |
6-3 |
320 |
Sr. |
Collins, Miss. |
| DE |
Jon Johnson |
Prairie View A&M |
6-1 |
230 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| LB |
Antonio Cooper |
Alcorn State |
6-0 |
235 |
Sr. |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| LB |
Anton Williams |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
5-10 |
255 |
Sr. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| LB |
Marcellus Speaks |
Jackson State |
6-2 |
240 |
Jr. |
Jackson, Miss. |
| LB |
Gary Hicks |
Prairie View A&M |
5-11 |
230 |
Jr. |
Houston, Texas |
| CB |
Efe Osawemwenze |
Southern |
6-1 |
185 |
Sr. |
Dallas, Texas |
| CB |
Brandon Averett# |
Alabama State |
5-8 |
175 |
Jr. |
Phenix City, Ala. |
| CB |
Roderick Williams |
Alcorn State |
5-11 |
178 |
So. |
Monroe, La. |
| FS |
Stewart Franks# |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
6-3 |
218 |
Jr. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| K |
Jeremy Licea |
Alabama A&M |
5-7 |
147 |
So. |
Ventura, Calif. |
| P |
John Heflin |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
5-10 |
180 |
Sr. |
Dallas, Texas |
| RS |
Bruce Peters |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
5-11 |
185 |
Jr. |
Orlando, Fla. |
* - preseason first-team selection
# - preseason second-team selection
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