Zinchini second-team All-America; Four get all-conference selections
Tennessee Tech punter Chad Zinchini has been named second-team All-America and four Golden Eagles were selected for all-conference honors on the College Sports Madness version of the all-OVC honor squad for 2012.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech's Chad Zinchini has received second-team All-America recognition from the website College Sports Madness, and four Golden Eagles were named to the organization's version of the Ohio Valley all-conference team.
Junior receiver Da'Rick Rogers was named second-team offense,
while the third-team included senior offensive linemen Slade Adams
and Michael Baker along with sophomore linebacker Tra'Darius
Goff.
Zinchini led the OVC and ranked fifth in the nation with a 46.2
punting average, setting a school record in his first year on the
roster. He is the first Tech punter to be named All-America since
Steve Davis in 1979.
The OVC placed three players on the College Sports Madness
first-team All-America list, two on the second-team, and four were
named to the third-team.
The 2012 College Sports Madness FCS All-America Teams
First Team
Offense
Defense
QB DeNarius McGhee, Montana State
DL Caleb Schreibeis, Montana
State
RB Eric Breitenstein, Wofford
DL
Brandon Thurmond, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
RB Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook
DL Colton Underwood,
Illinois State
WR Erik Lora, Eastern Illinois
DL
Lebrandon Richardson, Bethune-Cookman
WR Brandon Kaufman, E. Washington
LB Blake Peiffer, Southeast Mo
State
WR Aaron Mellette, Elon
LB Ian Sluss, Portland State
TE Kyle Juszczyk, Harvard
LB Jeremy Kimbrough, Appalachian State
OL Mike Vuono, Lehigh
LB Stephon Robertson, James
Madison
OL Mike Sellers, Citadel
DB Darnell Taylor, Sam Houston State
OL Earl Watford, James Madison
DB Jaquiski
Tartt, Samford
OL Chris Howley, Maine
DB Cooper Taylor,
Richmond
OL Patrick Ford, Eastern Kentucky
DB Marcus Williams,
North Dakota State
K Colton Cook, Southern Utah
P Andy
Wilder, Northern Arizona
KR Jerodis Williams, Furman
PR Dominic Gunn, Northern Colorado
Second Team
Offense
Defense
QB Jamal Jackson, Appalachian State
DL Jerry Ceja, Eastern
Washington
RB Tim Flanders, Sam Houston State
DL Zach Hodges, Harvard
RB Zach Bauman, Northern Arizona
DL Joseph Lebeau,
Jackson State
WR Nick Mayers, Old Dominion
DL Cole Jirik, North Dakota State
WR Cordell Roberson, S.F. Austin
LB
Robert McCabe, Georgetown
WR Jordan Harris, Bryant
LB Matt Evans, New Hampshire
TE MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois
LB Monte Gaddis,
Towson
OL Aaron Adams, Eastern Kentucky
LB Jordan Tripp,
Montana
OL Tytan Timoteo, Weber State
DB Nico Molino, Cal Poly
OL Kadeem Williams, Albany
DB Demetrius McCray, Appalachian State
OL Jack Lowney, Old Dominion
DB Eric Loper, Villanova
OL Jack Templeton, Brown
DB Robert Alford, Southeastern Louisiana
K Patrick Murray, Fordham
P Chad Zinchini, Tennessee
Tech
KR Otis Wright, Wagner
PR Austin Shanks, Northern Arizona
Third Team
Offense
Defense
QB Casey Brockman, Murray State
DL Dion Dubose, Georgia
Southern
RB Zach Zenner, South Dakota State
DL Jeremy Stephens, Butler
RB Terrance West, Towson
DL Cody Larson, Southern Utah
WR Quentin Sims, Tennessee-Martin
DL Ryan Nearhoof, Robert
Morris
WR Walter Powell, Murray State
LB Jayson
DiManche, Southern Illinois
WR Rico Richardson, Jackson State
LB Wes Dothard,
Chattanooga
TE Faysal Shafaat, Chattanooga
LB Tanner
Burch, Gardner-Webb
OL Mark Pratt, Youngstown State
LB Todd Davis,
Sacramento State
OL Jamie Dunaway, Gardner-Webb
DB Johnny Towalid,
Indiana State
OL Dorian Byrd, Georgia Southern
DB Blake Wylie,
Wofford
OL Billy Turner, North Dakota State
DB Lucky Dozier,
Northern Arizona
OL Cory Howard, Central Arkansas
DB Ben Ericksen,
Illinois State
K Jimmy Pavel, Eastern Washington
P Matt Hubbard, Georgia
State
KR Greg Hardin, North Dakota
PR Walter Powell, Murray State
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