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smallcollegefbfan
November 20th, 2007, 11:04 AM
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2007 All-OVC Football Teams Release: Eastern Kentucky's Holland, Huff and Hope Highlight 2007 All-OVC Football Teams

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Ohio Valley Conference champion Eastern Kentucky won three of the four major awards and placed 14 total players on the 2007 All-OVC Football Team which was released on Tuesday. Junior quarterback Allan Holland was named Offensive Player of the Year, senior defensive back Derrick Huff earned Defensive Player of the Year honors and head coach Danny Hope was bestowed the Roy Kidd OVC Coach of the Year honor. Murray State redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff Ehrhardt was tabbed as the OVC Freshman of the Year.

EKU, which finished the season 9-2 overall and a perfect 8-0 in the OVC on its way to a Top 10 national ranking and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff berth, placed seven players on each the All-OVC first and second teams. Eastern Illinois, which finished the regular season 8-3 and 7-1 in the OVC and earned an at-large bid to the playoffs, was second with 13 All-OVC honorees (six first team, four second-team and three All-Newcomer picks).


In taking over the reigns of the Colonel program in the second contest of the year, the junior Holland finished the season by completing 173-of-284 passes for 1,962 yards and 14 touchdowns. He had a passing efficiency of 133.10 (30th nationally) and also carried the ball 70 times for 201 yards and four additional scores. The Hazard, Ky. native directed the EKU offense to 33.5 points per game, which led the OVC and ranked 19th nationally. He is the second Eastern Kentucky quarterback to earn Offensive Player of the Year honors in the last three years (Josh Greco, 2005) and 10th EKU player overall.


Huff led the nation in interceptions, picking off nine passes in 10 games this season (he missed the regular season finale due to injury). He returned one of those picks for a 68-yard touchdown in a win over Tennessee State. Huff had multiple interceptions in two games, including three against Murray State in a performance that earned him National Defensive Player of the Week honors. Huff, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, added 58 tackles (one tackle-for-loss), seven pass break-ups, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick. He is the first EKU player to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors since Justen Rivers in 2004 and the 11th overall since the awards were first handed out in 1963.


In his first collegiate season, the Racers’ Ehrhardt put up some impressive numbers as Murray State’s signal caller. He completed 236-of-393 (60.1%) passes for 2,567 yards and 21 touchdowns. He also rushed for 375 yards and five additional scores. Ehrhardt had three games of 300 or more yards, including 344 yards against Eastern Kentucky. He tossed multiple touchdown passes in six contests in 2007, including four in a win over Lambuth. Most impressively he was one of just five FCS quarterbacks this season to pass for more than 300 yards (330) and rush for more than 100 yards (104) in the same game. In that game he completed 36 passes (a Murray State record) and accounted for three touchdowns. His 21.45 completions/game ranked 10th nationally, while his total yards passing was 12th (second among freshmen) and he was also 12th nationally in points responsible for per game (14.55).


Now in his fifth season as head coach at his alma mater, Hope won his first Roy Kidd Coach of the Year award. The honor is named after legendary EKU coach Roy Kidd (who won the award 10 times), who coached Hope when he was a four-year starter as an offensive lineman for the Colonels. Hope led the Colonels to their 19th OVC Championship (most in Conference history and second most among all FCS schools) and first in 10 years (1997). He also secured the program’s first playoff appearance in a decade (1997) and 18th all-time (first among all FCS schools). The season marked the program’s 30th consecutive winning season, which is currently the second longest active streak (behind Florida State) at the Division I level. Hope is 35-21 all-time as a head coach and has a 32-18 OVC mark.

TTUEagles
November 20th, 2007, 01:53 PM
To leave out TTU's Derek White (RB) on at least 2nd team was a gross injustice. There were a bunch of great RB's this year, though. Also think that PK & P Justin Kraemer deserved some all-conf (newcomer team) recognition.
I guess that's what happens when you go 4-7...
Next year should be MUCH better...

Maroons
November 20th, 2007, 03:32 PM
A little more digestable...

2007 ALL-OVC FOOTBALL TEAM AND AWARD WINNERS
OVC Offensive Player of the Year: Allan Holland, Eastern Kentucky
OVC Defensive Player of the Year: Derrick Huff, Eastern Kentucky
OVC Freshman of the Year: Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State
OVC Roy Kidd Coach of the Year: Danny Hope, Eastern Kentucky

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
QB - Allan Holland, Eastern Kentucky
RB - Chris Fletcher, Austin Peay
RB - Ademola Adeniji, Eastern Illinois
WR - *%Micah Rucker, Eastern Illinois
WR - *Larry Shipp, Tennessee Tech
TE - DeAngelo Nelson, Murray State
C - Shawn Dedden, Eastern Kentucky
G - Chaz Millard, Eastern Illinois
G - Bakahri Thornton, Eastern Kentucky
T - *Anthony Rubican, Eastern Illinois
T - #Sean Dumford, Eastern Kentucky

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
DL - #Pierre Walters, Eastern Illinois
DL - Chris Coy, Eastern Kentucky
DL - John Scott, Jacksonville State
DL - %Shaun Richardson, Tennessee State
LB - *Donald Thomas, Eastern Illinois
LB - *Adam Casper, Southeast Missouri
LB - Josh Yarbrough, UT Martin
DB - Derrick Huff, Eastern Kentucky
DB - *Brandon Gathof, Eastern Kentucky
DB - *Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
DB - Maurice Smith, Tennessee Tech

FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS
K - Gavin Hallford, Jacksonville State
P - Doug Spada, Southeast Missouri
RS - Larry Shipp, Tennessee Tech

* - 1st team All-OVC team in 2006 # - 2nd team All-OVC team in 2006 % - OVC All-Newcomer team in 2006


SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
QB - Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State
RB - %Bobby Washington, Eastern Kentucky
RB - Don Chapman, UT Martin
WR - Rod Harper, Murray State
WR - #Jeff Moore, Samford
TE - Stephen Sizemore, Eastern Kentucky
C - Drew Cairo-Gross, Eastern Illinois
G - %Devon May, Jacksonville State
G - Kevin Bannon, UT Martin
T - Cage Major, Austin Peay
T - Cornelius Lewis, Tennessee State
T - *Adam Hansen, UT Martin

SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
DL - Cardius Dowell, Eastern Kentucky
DL - John Jackson, Tennessee Tech
DL - *Geoffrey Woods, Tennessee Tech
DL - Ray Williams, UT Martin
LB - George Anderson, Eastern Kentucky
LB - Justin Curry, Eastern Kentucky
LB - Devin Phillips, Jacksonville State
DB - Rashad Haynes, Eastern Illinois
DB - Ke’Andre Sams, Eastern Illinois
DB - Zach Denton, Eastern Kentucky
DB - Derrick Parrott, Murray State

SECOND-TEAM SPECIALISTS
K - Taylor Long, Eastern Kentucky
P - Kevin Cook, Eastern Illinois
RS - Maurice Dupree, Jacksonville State

Note: There are three offensive tackles on the second-team All-OVC squad due to a tie in voting.
* - 1st team All-OVC team in 2006 # - 2nd team All-OVC team in 2006 % - OVC All-Newcomer team in 2006

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM
Terrence Holt, Austin Peay (RS/RB)
Kevin Cook, Eastern Illinois (P)
Rashad Haynes, Eastern Illinois (DB)
Kevin Mahoney, Eastern Illinois (OG)
Cedric Johnson, Jacksonville State (QB)
Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State (QB)
Chris Evans, Samford (RB)
Thomas Gray, Samford (OL)
Miles Edwards, Southeast Missouri (WR)
Henry Sailes, Tennessee Tech (RB/RS)
Cade Thompson, UT Martin (QB)

Note: The All-Newcomer team is comprised of first-year players in the OVC - that can be either true freshmen, redshirt freshmen or first-year transfers. The team consists of 11 total players and is not voted on by position.

gmoney55
November 20th, 2007, 03:52 PM
Wow, Huff should have a good shot at the Buchanan Award.

smallcollegefbfan
November 20th, 2007, 03:56 PM
Wow, Huff should have a good shot at the Buchanan Award.

Huff is not on the Buchanan watch list so I doubt he will get anything but a few write-in votes.

EKU05
November 20th, 2007, 05:33 PM
Maroons has been lobbying for Huff for the Buchanon for a few weeks, and I agree. It basically makes the award a joke that he isn't even on the watch list. Talk about something that needs an asterisk.

Maroons
November 20th, 2007, 05:47 PM
Huff is not on the Buchanan watch list so I doubt he will get anything but a few write-in votes.

I am assuming that at this point... it's too late to add anyone, isn't it? It seems like I saw a release where they have narrowed the watch to 3 names. Correct me if I am wrong... but the list only undergoes 2 revisions after it is initially announced, correct? Still, I would have thouht Huff would be one of the additions during a revision.

smallcollegefbfan
November 20th, 2007, 05:54 PM
I am assuming that at this point... it's too late to add anyone, isn't it? It seems like I saw a release where they have narrowed the watch to 3 names. Correct me if I am wrong... but the list only undergoes 2 revisions after it is initially announced, correct? Still, I would have thouht Huff would be one of the additions during a revision.

There are 16 final candidates. I think Coulson was just stating that the race seems to be down to just 3 players worthy of consideration.

A lot of great players on the list. Who would you take off the list to make room for Huff?

Maroons
November 20th, 2007, 06:06 PM
There are 16 final candidates. I think Coulson was just stating that the race seems to be down to just 3 players worthy of consideration.

A lot of great players on the list. Who would you take off the list to make room for Huff?

Can I just say I'm glad I don't have to make that call and state that I feel Huff deserves to be included? :D