Topic: HZ: Hunter Leads Nine Marshall Honorees on Phil Steele's Postseason List

[ZackUSAF82]

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Marshall linebacker D.J. Hunter earned a second team spot on Phil Steele’s Freshman All-America football team, while eight other Herd student-athletes were selected to his three All-Conference USA teams.

Quarterback Rakeem Cato, tight end Gator Hoskins and wide receiver Tommy Shuler placed on the first team, while wideout Aaron Dobson and safety Dominick LeGrande made the second team. Defensive lineman Alex Bazzie, linebacker Jermaine Holmes and safety Okechukwu Okoroha were third-team honorees.

Hunter, a redshirt freshman from Middletown, Ohio, played in every game and started the last 11 at strongside linebacker for the Herd, piling up 102 tackles (the most among freshmen linebackers in C-USA) to go with 3.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. He posted four double-digit tackle games this season, including three straight against Southern Miss (11), UCF (10) and Memphis (12) and a season-high 18 in the season finale at East Carolina. Against league-leading Tulsa, he also returned a fumbled point-after attempt for two points. This is his second top honor as The Sporting News also bestowed him with Freshman All-America honors after also earning All-Freshman Team honors from the league’s 12 head coaches.

Link: http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121212aab.html

[whf]

Every time I hear of more accolades it just infuriates me further about the season.  Glad for the players, sad for the rest of the team and fans.

[Greg H]

Interesting thing.  Under Tan Man, we never had nearly this much recognized talent.  Not even close.  These articles prove that.  We are close...real close.  One good DC and this team could explode to a 14-0 year.  Again, not counting my chickens, but the tools are ther...thanks to Doc Holliday.  If he has another failing season...no excuses, its over.

[HerdHead]

Interesting thing.  Under Tan Man, we never had nearly this much recognized talent.  Not even close.  These articles prove that. 

NFL players Daniel Baldridge, Ahmad Bradshaw, Vinny Curry, Mario Harvey, Johnny Jones, Doug Legursky, Albert McClellan, Cody Slate, Lee Smith, C.J. Spillman, and other pro players/prospects like Bernie Morris, Derek Devine, Curtis Keyes, and Dennis Thornton might disagree with you. 

[herdfan429]

NFL players Daniel Baldridge, Ahmad Bradshaw, Vinny Curry, Mario Harvey, Johnny Jones, Doug Legursky, Albert McClellan, Cody Slate, Lee Smith, C.J. Spillman, and other pro players/prospects like Bernie Morris, Derek Devine, Curtis Keyes, and Dennis Thornton might disagree with you. 

PRUETTS GUYS

[HerdHead]

They all played under Tan Man.

I will also add:

Darius Passmore, Darius Marshall, Ashton Hall, Maurice Kitchens, and Ian O'Connor. 

[Greg H]

I was talking about in one given year.