By CollegeFootballNews.com | June 23, 2017 12:29 am CT

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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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