Southeastern’s Frank Scelfo was named the Southland Coach of the Year after leading the Lions to their third Southland championship with a 5-1 conference record and 8-3 overall mark. He’s the first NSU player to win Newcomer of the Year since 2013. He had 83 catches for 710 yards and five touchdowns in his first season for the Demons. He ranked fourth in the league in receiving yards per game at 64.5. Wide receiver Zach Patterson of Northwestern State was named the Newcomer of the Year, and also earned second team all-conference honors. He’s the first Colonel to win this award since 2004. The linebacker is a Jerry Rice Award nominee and led the conference in tackles for loss at 1.11 per game. He’s the first Lion to ever win this award.įreshman of the Year honors went to Eli Ennis of Nicholls. The Lions finished in the top three in the conference in both rushing and passing offense. John Allen of Southeastern was named the Offensive Lineman of the Year, helping pave the way for a Lion offense that averaged 432.8 yards per game and claimed co-Southland championship honors. He added 7.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, a fumble recovery, and three pass breakups. The Buck Buchanan Award finalist had double-digit tackles in six games, including 15 stops in a win at Texas A&M-Commerce. He also won first team all-Southland at linebacker, recording 88 total tackles (8.0 per game). UIW’s Kelechi Anyalebechi earned Defensive Player of the Year honors, becoming the first UIW player to win the award. He is the first McNeese player to win Offensive Player of the Year since Cody Stroud in 2013. As well as his first team all-Southland honors at running back, McMahon is the second team honoree at kickoff returner. He is the first McNeese Cowboy to lead the SLC in rushing since Toddrick Penland in 2008. He ranks fifth nationally in total rushing yardage and yards per game, carrying the ball 191 times for 1,408 yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging 128.0 yards per game. The conference’s other Walter Payton Award nominee – running back Deonta McMahon of McNeese – was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Scott also earns first team all-Southland honors at quarterback and is the first UIW player to ever earn Southland Player of the Year laurels. Scott leads the nation in passing efficiency (218.1), yards per pass attempt (11.56), point responsibility (348), and point responsibility per game (31.6), and ranks second in the nation in passing touchdowns (50), total passing yards (3,791), and passing yards per game (344.6). He became the first FCS quarterback to throw seven touchdown passes in a half on two occasions. He completed 240-of-328 passes for 3,791 yards with 50 touchdown passes against only four interceptions. Walter Payton Award nominee Scott’s impressive season helped push UIW to a co-conference championship, a 10-1 record, and the No. Northwestern State and McNeese each had eight honorees, Texas A&M-Commerce had five picks, Nicholls earned four selections, HCU notched three picks, and Lamar had one honoree. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.įRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference announced its annual football awards and all-conference teams Wednesday, highlighted by Player of the Year Lindsey Scott, Jr., of UIW and Coach of the Year Frank Scelfo of Southeastern.Ĭonference co-champions UIW and Southeastern led the all-conference honorees with the Lions earning 14 picks (six first teamers and eight second teamers) and the Cardinals earning 13 picks (nine first teamers and four second teamers. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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