The University of Tulsa football program is represented by five senior players on the All-Conference USA first team.
Each of TU’s senior offensive tackles – Brian DeShane and Jared Grigg – is a first-team selection, as are safety Dexter McCoil, linebacker DeAundre Brown and defensive end Cory Dorris. Before this season, TU hadn’t secured more than four first-team positions on an All-Conference USA list.
The all-conference team is selected by C-USA coaches. At 10-3 overall, TU is the C-USA champion and gets the league’s Liberty Bowl berth, facing Iowa State on Dec. 31 in Memphis, Tenn.
Golden Hurricane players are on the all-conference second team are senior center Trent Dupy, sophomore wide receiver Keyarris Garrett, senior defensive Jared St. John (the conference leader in sacks with 11.5) and junior safety Marco Nelson.
Junior Trey Watts is a second-team selection as a kickoff-return specialist.
Getting honorable mention distinction are TU junior quarterback Cody Green, senior tailback Alex Singleton, Watts (also as a tailback), junior wide receiver Jordan James, senior defensive tackle Derrick Jackson, junior linebacker Shawn Jackson and senior cornerback Lowell Rose.
Central Florida, beaten by Tulsa during the regular season and again in last week’s Conference USA championship game, has six first-team selections to TU’s five.
The All-Conference USA individual awards – coach of the year, offensive player of the year and defensive player of year – will be announced on Wednesday.
2012 C-USA FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
QB- Rakeem Cato, So., Marshall
RB- Zach Line, Sr., SMU
RB- Latavius Murray, Sr., UCF
RB- Darrin Reaves, So., UAB
OL- Jacolby Ashworth, Sr., Houston
OL- Brian DeShane, Sr., Tulsa
OL- Jared Grigg, Sr., Tulsa
OL- Chris Hubbard, Sr., UAB
OL- Jordan Rae, Sr., UCF
TE- Vance McDonald, Sr., Rice
WR- Ryan Grant, Jr., Tulane
WR- Justin Hardy, So., East Carolina
WR- Tommy Shuler, So., Marshall
DEFENSE
DL- Jamie Collins, Sr., Southern Miss
DL- Troy Davis, Sr., UCF
DL- Cory Dorris, Sr., Tulsa
DL- Margus Hunt, Sr., SMU
LB- DeAundre Brown, Sr., Tulsa
LB- Ja’Gared Davis, Sr., SMU
LB- Phillip Steward, Sr., Houston
DB- Phillip Gaines, Jr., Rice
DB- D.J. Hayden, Sr., Houston
DB- Kemal Ishmael, Sr., UCF
DB- Dexter McCoil, Sr., Tulsa
SPECIAL TEAMS
K- Cairo Santos, Jr., Tulane
P- Richie Leone, Jr., Houston
KR- Quincy McDuffie, Sr., UCF
PR- J.J. Worton, So., UCF
LS- Billy Johnson, Gr., Tulane
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB- Blake Bortles, So., UCF
RB- Vintavious Cooper, Jr., East Carolina
RB- Charles Sims, Jr., Houston
OL- Bryan Collins, Sr., SMU
OL- Jordan Devey, Sr., Memphis
OL- Trent Dupy, Sr., Tulsa
OL- Will Simmons, Jr., East Carolina
OL- Torrian Wilson, So., UCF
TE- Gator Hoskins, Jr., Marshall
WR- Aaron Dobson, Sr., Marshall
WR- Keyarris Garrett, So., Tulsa
WR- Darius Johnson, Sr., SMU
DEFENSE
DL- Michael Brooks, Sr., East Carolina
DL- Johnnie Farms, Jr., Memphis
DL- Martin Ifedi, So., Memphis
DL- Jared St. John, Sr., Tulsa
LB- Marvin Burdette, Sr., UAB
LB- Derrell Johnson, Jr., East Carolina
LB- Taylor Reed, Sr., SMU
DB- Kenneth Acker, Jr., SMU
DB- A.J. Bouye, Sr., UCF
DB- Dominick LeGrande, Gr., Marshall
DB- Marco Nelson, Jr., Tulsa
SPECIAL TEAMS
K- Chris Boswell, Jr., Rice
P- Ian Campbell, Sr., UTEP
KR- Trey Watts, Jr., Tulsa
PR- Justin Hardy, So., East Carolina
LS- Brandon Hartson, Sr., Houston
HONORABLE MENTION
OFFENSE
QB- Shane Carden, So., East Carolina
QB- Cody Green, Jr., Tulsa
QB- Ryan Griffin, Sr., Tulane
QB- Taylor McHargue, Jr., Rice
RB- Nathan Jeffery, So., UTEP
RB- Alex Singleton, Sr., Tulsa
RB- Trey Watts, Jr., Tulsa
OL- Eloy Atkinson, Sr., UTEP
OL- Drew Carroll, So., Rice
OL- Adhem Elsawi, Jr., East Carolina
OL- Jordan Free, Sr., SMU
OL- Chris Jasperse, So., Marshall
OL- Jordan Jeffries, Jr., Marshall
OL- Eric Jones, Sr., Tulane
OL- Jordan McCray, Jr., UCF
OL- James Nelson, Sr., UTEP
OL- Austin Quattrochi, Sr., Southern Miss
OL- Bryce Redman, So., Houston
OL- Alex Schooler, Jr., Marshall
OL- Jason Weaver, Sr., Southern Miss
OL- Caleb Williams, Fr., Rice
TE- Kennard Backman, So., UAB
TE- Justin Tukes, So., UCF
TE- Craig Wenrick, Jr., UTEP
TE- Luke Willson, Sr., Rice
WR- Mike Edwards, Sr., UTEP
WR- Rannell Hall, So., UCF
WR- Jordan James, Jr., Tulsa
WR- Jeremy Johnson, Jr., SMU
WR- Sam McGuffie, Sr., Rice
WR- Marcus Rucker, Sr., Memphis
WR- Jackie Williams, Jr., UAB
WR- Antavious Wilson, Sr., Marshall
DEFENSE
DL- Marcus Bagley, Jr., UTEP
DL- Alex Bazzie, Jr., Marshall
DL- Cody Bauer, Jr., Rice
DL- Christian Covington, Fr., Rice
DL- Austen Jacks, Sr., Tulane
DL- Derrick Jackson, Sr., Tulsa
DL- Horace Miller, Jr., UTEP
DL- Lee Pegues, Jr., East Carolina
DL- Torlan Pittman, Sr., SMU
DL- Terry Redden, So., Memphis
DL- Hosam Shahin, Jr., Rice
DL- Brandon Sparrow, Jr., Marshall
DL- Rakeem Nunez-Roches, So., Southern Miss
DL- Julius Warmsley, Jr., Tulane
DL- Greg Watkins, Sr., UTEP
LB- Anthony Brown, Jr., Memphis
LB- Jeremy Grove, So., East Carolina
LB- Shawn Jackson, Jr., Tulsa
LB- Tank Jakes, So., Memphis
LB- Derrick Mathews, So., Houston
LB- Cameron Nwosu, Jr., Rice
LB- Josh Fely, Sr., UTEP
DB- Lonnie Ballentine, Jr., Memphis
DB- Jordan Batiste, Fr., Tulane
DB- Lorenzo Doss, Fr., Tulane
DB- DeShawn Grayson, Sr., UTEP
DB- Calvin Jones, Jr., UAB
DB- Damon Magazu, Jr., East Carolina
DB- Zach McMillian, Jr., Houston
DB- Okechukwu Okoroha, Gr., Marshall
DB- Paul Porras, Jr., Rice
DB- Lowell Rose, Sr., Tulsa
DB- Deron Wilson, Sr., Southern Miss
DB- Darren Woodard, Sr., UTEP
SPECIAL TEAMS
K- Justin Haig, So., Marshall
K- Warren Harvey, So., East Carolina
K- Matt Hogan, Sr., Houston
K- Ty Long, So.., UAB
P- Tom Hornsey, Jr.., Memphis
P- Mike Loftus, So., SMU
P- Hunter Mullins, So., UAB
P- Trent Tignor, Jr., East Carolina
KR- Autrey Golden, Fr., UTEP
KR- Bobby McCain, So., Memphis
PR- Mike Edwards, Sr., UTEP
LS- Nick Dooley, Fr., UTEP
LS- Trevor Gillette, Jr., Rice
LS- Taylor Klein, Sr., UAB
