3 C-USA Frosh names to All-America Football Team

[Coach Bill Lewis]

Congratulations to CUSA for having 3 Freshmen football players named to the Football Sports Writers of America Freshman "All-America" Football team for 2017. LA Tech's Amik Robertson (DB), UAB's Spencer Brown (RB) and USM's Racheem Boothe (LB) were all named to the prestigious group after outstanding seasons.


2017 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
OFFENSE (13)
Pos. Player, School Ht. Wt. Hometown
QB • Jake Fromm, Georgia 6-2 225 Warner Robins, Ga.
RB • Spencer Brown, UAB 6-0 235 Kimberly, Ala.
RB • AJ Dillon, Boston College 6-0 240 New London, Conn.
RB • Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin 5-11 214 Salem, N.J.
WR • Justin Hall, Ball State 5-9 160 Douglasville, Ga.
WR • McLane Mannix, Nevada 5-10 175 Midland, Texas
WR JD Spielman, Nebraska 5-9 180 Eden Prairie, Minn.
TE • Matt Bushman, BYU 6-5 230 Tucson, Ariz.
OT Alaric Jackson, Iowa 6-7 320 Detroit, Mich.
OT • Andrew Thomas, Georgia 6-5 320 Lithonia, Ga.
G • Navaughn Donaldson, Miami 6-6 350 Miami, Fla.
G • Trey Smith, Tennessee 6-6 320 Jackson, Tenn.
C Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin 6-3 316 Amherst, Wis.

DEFENSE (13)
Pos. Player, School Ht. Wt. Hometown
DE Curtis Weaver, Boise State 6-3 252 Long Beach, Calif.
DE • Kylan Wilborn, Arizona 6-2 245 Northridge, Calif.
DT Ross Blacklock, TCU 6-4 326 Missouri City, Texas
DT • Jordon Scott, Oregon 6-1 333 Largo, Fla.
LB Racheem Boothe, Southern Miss 6-0 210 Bassfield, Miss.
LB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern 6-4 245 Katy, Texas
LB • Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma 6-2 242 Missouri City, Texas
LB • Colin Schooler, Arizona 6-0 226 Dana Point, Calif.
DB • T.J. Carter, Memphis 5-11 180 Nashville, Tenn.
DB Chase Lucas, Arizona State 6-0 156 Chandler, Ariz.
DB • Amik Robertson, Louisiana Tech 5-9 172 Thibodaux, La.
DB • Tariq Thompson, San Diego State 6-0 190 San Diego, Calif.
DB Andraez "Greedy" Williams, LSU 6-2 181 Shreveport, La.

SPECIALISTS (4)
Pos. Player, School Ht. Wt. Hometown
P • Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech 6-0 240 Alcolu, S.C.
K Jace Christmann, Mississippi State 6-0 195 Houston, Texas
KR • Marcus Jones, Troy 5-9 170 Enterprise, Ala.
PR • Donovan Peoples-Jones, Michigan 6-2 199 Southfield, Mich.

HEAD COACH
Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
• Denotes true freshman

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