CollegeFootballNews.com Preview 2017: All-Conference USA Team & Top 30 Players
Who are the best and brightest stars of the Conference USA going into the 2017 season? Welcome to the CFN All-Conference USA Team & Top 30 Players.
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EAST: Charlotte | FAU | FIU | Marshall
Middle Tenn | Old Dominion | WKU
WEST: La Tech | North Texas | Rice
So Miss | UAB | UTEP | UTSA
2017 All-C-USA Team & Top 30 Players
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2017 CFN Preseason Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year
QB Mike White, Sr. WKU
He might not have been the right guy for South Florida, but he’s the main man for WKU. The 6-4, 225-pound White turned into the exact bomber the offense needed, throwing for 4,363 yards and 37 touchdowns as the leader of a Conference USA champion. He might lose a slew of his key weapons, but he and the offense will be good enough to crank it all up again.
2017 CFN Preseason Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year
DE Jaylon Ferguson, Jr. Louisiana Tech
The Bulldogs might have been all about the offense last season – at least when it came to the attention – but the defense had a few stars, too. Now they have the conference’s best returning player in Ferguson, a 6-5, 255-pound pass rushing blur who led the league with 14.5 sacks to go along with 49 tackles and 16 tackles for loss. Now he’ll be expected to do it again.
2017 CFN All-Conference USA Offense
QB – Mike White, Sr. WKU
RB – Ray Lawry, Sr. Old Dominion
RB – Ito Smith, Sr. Southern Miss
WR – Richie James, Jr. MTSU
WR – Allenzae Staggers, Sr. Southern Miss
TE – Ryan Yurachek, Sr. Marshall
OL – Calvin Anderson, Jr. Rice
OL – Chandler Brewer, Jr. MTSU
OL – O’Shea Dugas, Jr. Louisiana Tech
OL – Will Hernandez, Sr. UTEP
OL – Jordan Murray, Jr. North Texas
2017 CFN All-Conference USA Defense
DE – Marcus Davenport, Sr. UTSA
DT – Preston Gordon, Jr. Rice
DT – Chris Johnson, Sr. WKU
DE – Jaylon Ferguson, Jr. La Tech
LB – Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr. Rice
LB – Alvin Jones, Sr. UTEP
LB – Joshua Tauaefa, Soph. UTSA
CB – Brandon Addison, Sr. Old Dominion
S – Devin Cockrell, Jr. UTEP
S – Kishawn McClain, Sr. North Texas
CB – Joe Brown, Sr. WKU
2017 CFN All-Conference USA Special Teams
PK – Canon Rooker, Sr. MTSU
P – Jake Collins, Jr. WKU
KR – Kylen Towner, Sr. WKU
PR – Allenzae Staggers, Sr. Southern Miss
2017 CFN All-Conference USA Top 30 Players
1. DE Jaylon Ferguson, Jr. La Tech
2. QB Mike White, Sr. WKU
3. QB Brent Stockstill, Jr. MTSU
4. WR Richie James, Jr. MTSU
5. LB Joshua Tauaefa, Soph. UTSA
6. RB Ito Smith, Sr. Southern Miss
7. LB Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr. Rice
8. DE Marcus Davenport, Sr. UTSA
9. OG Will Hernandez, Sr. UTEP
10. S Kishawn McClain, Sr. North Texas
11. LB Alvin Jones, Sr. UTEP
12. RB Ray Lawry, Sr. Old Dominion
13. DE Walter Brady, Jr. Middle Tennessee
14. RB Alex Gardner, Sr. FIU
15. CB Joe Brown, Sr. WKU
16. LB Anthony Wint, Sr. FIU
17. DE Oshane Ximines, Jr. Old Dominion
18. CB Brandon Addison, Sr. Old Dominion
19. LB Azeez Al-Shaair, Jr. Florida Atlantic
20. DT Chris Johnson, Sr. WKU
21. LB Treyvon Williams, Sr. FIU
22. OT Calvin Anderson, Jr. Rice
23. RB Jeffery Wilson, Sr. North Texas
24. DE Deldrick Canty, Sr. Louisiana Tech
25. RB Devin Singletary, Soph. Florida Atlantic
26. CB Nate Brooks, Jr. North Texas
27. WR Allenzae Staggers, Sr. Southern Miss
28. QB De’Andre Johnson, Soph. Florida Atlantic
29. TE Ryan Yurachek, Sr. Marshall
30. LB Russell Farris, Sr. Louisiana Tech
– CFN 2017 C-USA Preview: New Coaches, Great Os
– CFN Preview 2017: All 130 Team Previews
– Conference USA Team Rankings
– Every C-USA Team’s QB Situation
– Conference USA Bowl Projections
Conference USA Team Previews
EAST: Charlotte | FAU | FIU | Marshall
Middle Tenn | Old Dominion | WKU
WEST: La Tech | North Texas | Rice
So Miss | UAB | UTEP | UTSA