Who were the Conference USA’s best and brightest stars of the 2017 season? It’s the CFN All-Conference USA Team & Top 30 Players.
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2017 CFN C-USA Offensive Player of the Year
RB Devin Singletary, Soph. FAU
The rushing attack was a killer. QB Jason Driskel took off for 360 yards and six scores, Gregory Howell ran for 690 yards and five touchdowns, and Singletary dominated at a whole other level after the first few games, finishing with 1,796 yards and 29 scores, and catching 18 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown.
2017 CFN C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
LB Azeez Al-Shaair, Jr. FAU
The leader of the Owl defense that was almost as nasty as the offense, the 6-2, 228-pound junior led the team with 134 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and eight tackles for loss. Even though he missed a game, he still put up the gaudy statistics, helped by six straight double-digit tackle games and nine times on the season.
2017 CFN C-USA Coach of the Year
Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic
It was his Conference USA season. Kiffin brought in all the star power and all the talent the league could’ve asked for, blowing up with a brilliant season taking a 3-9 team to 10-3 and a dominant run to the conference championship.
CFN All-C-USA Offense
QB Mike White, Sr. WKU
RB Devin Singletary, Soph. FAU
RB Ito Smith, Sr. Southern Miss
WR Ty Lee, Soph. Middle Tenn
WR Korey Robertson, Jr. Southern Miss
TE Ryan Yurachek, Sr. Marshall
OT Reggie Bain, Jr. FAU
OT Brandon Ray, Sr. WKU
OG Roman Fernandez, Sr. FAU
OG Will Hernandez, Sr. UTEP
C Levi Brown, Soph. Marshall
CFN All-C-USA Defense
DE Marcus Davenport, Sr. UTSA
DT Ryan Bee, Jr. Marshall
DT Kevin Strong, Jr. UTSA
DE Brian Womac, Sr. Rice
LB Azeez Al-Shaair, Jr. FAU
LB Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr. Rice
LB Khalil Brooks, Soph. Middle Tenn
CB Curtis Mickell, Sr. Southern Miss
S Ben DeLuca, Soph. Charlotte
S Jalen Young, Jr. FAU
CB Darious Williams, Sr. UAB
CFN All-C-USA Special Teams
PK Trevor Moore, Sr. North Texas
P Alan Luna, Sr. UTEP
KR Isaiah Harper, Jr. Old Dominion
PR Darrell Brown, Soph. Old Dominion
CFN C-USA Top 30 Players
1. RB Devin Singletary, Soph. FAU
2. RB Ito Smith, Sr. Southern Miss
3. LB Azeez Al-Shaair, Jr. FAU
4. CB Darious Williams, Sr. UAB
5. WR Korey Robertson, Jr. Southern Miss
6. QB Mike White, Sr. WKU
7. RB Jeffery Wilson, Sr. North Texas
8. DE Brian Womac, Sr. Rice
9. LB Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr. Rice
10. OG Will Hernandez, Sr. UTEP
11. RB Spencer Brown, Fr. UAB
12. DE Marcus Davenport, Sr. UTSA
13. QB Mason Fine, Soph. North Texas
14. S Ben DeLuca, Soph. Charlotte
15. OT Reggie Bain, Jr. FAU
16. WR Ty Lee, Soph. Middle Tenn
17. LB Khalil Brooks, Soph. Middle Tenn
18. DE Oshane Ximines, Jr. Old Dominion
19. LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe, Jr. WKU
20. DT Ryan Bee, Jr. Marshall
21. LB Chase Hancock, Jr. Marshall
22. S Jalen Young, Jr. FAU
23. CB Curtis Mickell, Sr. Southern Miss
24. C Levi Brown, Soph. Marshall
25. LB Alvin Jones, Sr. UTEP
26. WR Thomas Owens, Sr. FIU
27. OG Roman Fernandez, Sr. FAU
28. DE Fermin Silva, Jr. FIU
29. TE Ryan Yurachek, Sr. Marshall
30. LB Anthony Wint, Sr. FIU
