Big East Football Postseason Honors
By Editorial Staff
OK, so the Big East Football post-season awards are in.
Big East Coach of the year was a tie between UConn’s Randy Edsall and Louisville’s Charlie Strong.
Offensive Player of the year: UConn RB Jordan Todman
Defensive Player of the year: Pitt DE Jaball Sheard
Special Teams Player of the year: USF WR Lindsey Lamar
Rookie of the year: Louisville S Hakeem Smith
After the jump is the full list of All-Big East Offensive and Defensive 1st and 2nd teams, along with some commentary…
ALL-BIG EAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM | ||||||
OFFENSE | ||||||
Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
WR | Armon Binns | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-3 | 210 | Pasadena, Calif./Pasadena |
WR | Jon Baldwin | Pittsburgh | Jr. | 6-5 | 230 | Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa |
OT | Mike Ryan | Connecticut | Jr. | 6-5 | 332 | Tamaqua, Pa./Marian Catholic |
OT | Jason Pinkston | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 6-4 | 305 | Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin |
OG | Zach Hurd * | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-7 | 323 | Waterford, Conn./Waterford |
OG | Mark Wetterer * | Louisville | Sr. | 6-5 | 306 | Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson |
C | Sampson Genus | USF | Sr. | 6-1 | 314 | Lake City, Fla./Columbia |
TE | Cameron Graham | Louisville | Sr. | 6-4 | 242 | Inglewood, Calif./Inglewood |
QB | Zach Collaros * | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-0 | 216 | Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville |
RB | Jordan Todman * | Connecticut | Jr. | 5-9 | 190 | North Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth |
RB | Bilal Powell | Louisville | Sr. | 6-0 | 204 | Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson |
K | Dave Teggart | Connecticut | Jr. | 6-0 | 209 | Northborough, Mass./Algonqun |
RS | Lindsey Lamar | USF | So. | 5-9 | 160 | Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough |
DEFENSE | ||||||
Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
DL | Kendall Reyes | Connecticut | Jr. | 6-4 | 287 | Nashua, N.H./Nashua North |
DL | Jabaal Sheard * | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 6-4 | 260 | Hollywood Hills, Fla./Hollywood Hills |
DL | Terrell McClain | USF | Sr. | 6-3 | 302 | Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola |
DL | Chris Neild | West Virginia | Sr. | 6-2 | 301 | Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg |
LB | Lawrence Wilson | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-1 | 217 | Tuscaloosa, Ala./Paul W. Bryant |
LB | Doug Hogue | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-2 | 226 | Yonkers, N.Y./Roosevelt |
LB | J.T. Thomas | West Virginia | Sr. | 6-2 | 225 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Ely |
CB | Johnny Patrick | Louisville | Sr. | 6-0 | 186 | Deland, Fla./Deland |
CB | Keith Tandy | West Virginia | Jr. | 5-10 | 198 | Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County |
S | Dom DeCicco | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 6-4 | 230 | Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson |
S | Robert Sands | West Virginia | Jr. | 6-5 | 221 | Carol City, Fla./Miami-Carol City |
P | Dan Hutchins | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 5-11 | 195 | Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township |
* unanimous selection | ||||||
ALL-BIG EAST CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM | ||||||
OFFENSE | ||||||
Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
WR | D.J. Woods | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-0 | 172 | Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville |
WR | Dontavia Bogan | USF | Sr. | 6-1 | 188 | Thomasville, Ga./Central County |
WR | Tavon Austin | West Virginia | So. | 5-9 | 173 | Baltimore, Md./Dunbar |
WR | Jock Sanders | West Virginia | Sr. | 5-7 | 179 | St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic |
OT | Justin Pugh | Syracuse | So. | 6-5 | 287 | Holland, Pa./Council Rock South |
OT | Don Barclay | West Virginia | Jr. | 6-4 | 304 | Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley |
OL | Jason Kelce | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-4 | 283 | Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights |
OL | Byron Stingily | Louisville | Sr. | 6-5 | 300 | Country Club Hills, Ill./Joliet CC |
OL | Jacob Sims | USF | Sr. | 6-5 | 290 | Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park |
C | Moe Petrus | Connecticut | Jr. | 6-2 | 292 | St. Laurent, Que./Vanier Prep |
TE | Ben Guidugli | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-1 | 240 | Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands |
QB | Geno Smith | West Virginia | So. | 6-3 | 210 | Miami, Fla./Miramar |
RB | Isaiah Pead | Cincinnati | Jr. | 5-11 | 194 | Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor Academy |
RB | Delone Carter | Syracuse | Sr. | 5-10 | 215 | Copley, Ohio/Copley Senior |
K | Ross Krautman | Syracuse | Fr. | 5-7 | 154 | Franklin Lakes, N.J./Ramapo |
RS | Nick Williams | Connecticut | So. | 5-9 | 182 | East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School |
DEFENSE | ||||||
Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
DL | Brandon Lindsey | Pittsburgh | Jr. | 6-2 | 250 | Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa |
DL | Chandler Jones | Syracuse | Jr. | 6-5 | 251 | Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott |
DL | Scooter Berry | West Virginia | Sr. | 6-1 | 287 | North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon |
DL | Bruce Irvin | West Virginia | Jr. | 6-3 | 235 | Walnut, Calif./Mt. San Antonio CC |
LB | JK Schaffer | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-1 | 228 | Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle |
LB | Jacquain Williams | USF | Sr. | 6-3 | 216 | Tampa, Fla./Riverview |
LB | Derrell Smith | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-1 | 232 | New Castle, Del./Paul Hodgson |
CB | Mistral Raymond | USF | Sr. | 6-2 | 192 | Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto |
CB | Brandon Hogan | West Virginia | Sr. | 5-10 | 189 | Manassas, Va./Osbourn |
S | Hakeem Smith | Louisville | RFr. | 6-1 | 174 | Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale |
S | Jared Holley | Pittsburgh | So. | 5-10 | 180 | Easton, Pa./Easton Area |
S | Joe Lefeged | Rutgers | Sr. | 6-1 | 205 | Germantown, Md./Northwest |
P | Rob Long | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-3 | 190 | Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West |
So, the highlights I gleaned from this one…
Were the voters ON CRACK when they put Zach Collaros as All-Big East 1st team QB!?!? The guy threw 14 INTs… Geno Smith led the league in pass efficiency, yet is SECOND team!? To boot, Collaros’ selection was UNANIMOUS!!! What the hell!?
Also, no WVU players on the All-Big East first team offense… how do you Stew apologists feel about that one?
Congratulations go out to DL Chris Neild, LB JT Thomas, CB Keith Tandy and S Robert Sands for making the all-conference first team defense… and also, congratulations go out to WR Tavon Austin, WR Jock Sanders, OT Don Barclay and QB Geno Smith for making all-conference second team offense; as well as DL Scooter Berry, DL Bruce Irvin and CB Brandon Hogan for making the defensive second team. Major congrats to Bruce Irvin on this honor, considering his playing time was limited. Can’t wait to see what this guy does next season as a full-time starter.
Meanwhile, I’m still scratching my head as to how the voters could justify unanimously select 14 INT Zach Collaros over Geno Smith… something smells like sh*t here.