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He also amassed 242 receiving yards and a pair of touchdown catches.
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Holmes leads the SoCon with 13 rushing touchdowns this season and is sixth in the league with 74.5 yards per game on the ground. Holmes, a redshirt freshman, becomes ETSU’s fourth-ever SoCon Freshman of the Year and its first since 1997 (ETSU did not field a program from 2004-14), making him the Bucs’ first player to earn the distinction since their return to the league. He is a finalist for the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award. He was second in the league with 8.5 sacks and 0.77 sacks per game, both of which rank 19th in the FCS. Mack finished the season with 78 total tackles, an average of 7.1 per game. Former Moc Davis Tull won the award three times from 2012-14 and current New England Patriot Keionta Davis earned it in 2016. Mack becomes the sixth different Chattanooga player to claim the defensive player of the year award, earning the Mocs’ eighth overall and fifth since 2012. Hodges accounted for 40 touchdowns this season, throwing for 32 and rushing for eight. He averaged 389.4 passing yards per game and 417.8 yards of total offense per game. Hodges surpassed his own SoCon records with 4,283 passing yards and 4,596 yards of total offense this season. Hodges, a finalist for the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award for the second straight season, became the FCS career leader in passing yards, completions and attempts this season and finished his career second in total offense behind only Alcorn State great Steve McNair. Hodges was named the offensive player of the year for the third straight year, joining former Chattanooga quarterback Jacob Huesman as the only players in league history to earn three offensive player of the year awards from the coaches. Jacobs Blocking Award – Matt Pyke, ETSU, Sr., OL Offensive Player of the Year – Devlin Hodges, Samford, R-Sr., QBĭefensive Player of the Year – Isaiah Mack, Chattanooga, Sr., DLįreshman of the Year – Quay Holmes, ETSU, RB Due to ties in the voting, there were additional spots at defensive lineman and linebacker on the second team defense and an extra special teams player on the all-freshman squad.Ģ018 Coaches All-Southern Conference Football Team The coaches, who could not vote for their own players, selected all-conference first and second teams and all-freshman teams on offense, defense and special teams.
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ETSU claimed a trio of individual awards, as running back Quay Holmes was named the freshman of the year, senior offensive lineman Matt Pykes earned the Jacobs Blocking Award and Randy Sanders was named the coach of the year. Samford redshirt senior quarterback Devlin Hodges was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the third straight season, while Chattanooga defensive lineman Isaiah Mack was tabbed the defensive player of the year. – The Southern Conference’s nine football coaches have selected their annual all-conference teams and specialty awards for the 2018 season.