CLEVELAND (12/1/10) – For the second consecutive year, a school record eight Temple Owls earned first-team All-Mid-American Conference honors for football, the league announced on Wednesday.
Named to the first team were senior DB Jaiquawn Jarrett (Brooklyn, N.Y.), senior NT Elisha Joseph (Hartford, Conn.), senior OL Colin Madison (Villa Park, Ill.), r-senior OL Darius Morris (Long Branch, N.J.), sophomore RB Bernard Pierce (Ardmore, Pa.), junior DE Adrian Robinson (Harrisburg, Pa.), r-junior TE Evan Rodriguez (North Bergen, N.J.), and junior DT Muhammad Wilkerson (Linden, N.J).
Named to the second team were sophomore RB Matt Brown (Baltimore, Md.) and senior LB Elijah “Peanut” Joseph (Hartford, Conn.). Senior WR Michael Campbell (Edison, N.J.) earned third-team honors.
The 11 All-MAC honorees are the second-most for the Owls since joining the MAC in 2007. Last season, Temple also had eight first-team honorees and a school record 15 All-MAC honorees overall.
Jarrett, Madison, Morris, Pierce, Robinson, and Wilkerson are Temple’s first repeat MAC first-team selections. They join DT Dan Klecko (Big East 2001, 2002) as the only two-time first-team conference honorees in school history.
Temple led all MAC schools with 11 honorees, followed by Central Michigan and Kent State with nine each, and Miami with eight. The Owls’ eight first-team selections were the most of any MAC team, followed by Northern Illinois with six.
During its fourth season of MAC play, the Owls finished the regular season at 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the MAC’s East Division. Temple now awaits a bowl bid which will be announced on Dec. 5.
The 2010 Vern Smith Leadership Award and MAC Offensive Player of the Year honors went to Northern Illinois RB Chad Spann. Kent State DL Roosevelt Nix was the Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Toledo’s Eric Page was named the Special Teams Player of the Year, while Miami’s Michael Haywood was named the MAC Coach of the Year.
The All-MAC teams and the Vern Smith Leadership Award were selected by the MAC head coaches. The other award winners were selected by the MAC News Media Association.
Team captain Jarrett has started all 12 games at free safety this fall and has played in every game of his collegiate career. The Owls’ top defender with 74 tackles, Jarrett also has two interceptions, two break-ups, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. On the career charts, he ranks No. 9 in interceptions (9) and No. 11 in tackles (299).
Team captain Eli Joseph is a first-time honoree. Taking over at nose tackle this fall, he started all 12 games at his new position. He has 44 tackles on the year. Joseph made a career-high seven solo stops in the win over Bowling Green. A 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee, he was named to the Academic All-MAC team in 2009.
Team captain Madison played on the offensive line in all 12 games. A starter at right guard for nine contests, Madison also started at left guard twice. Named to the 2010 New York Post’s Most-Under-Publicized Team, he was named the coaches’ offensive player of the game following the game at Northern Illinois.
Team captain Morris started all 12 games at right tackle. A 2010 preseason All-MAC honoree by Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook and by Phil Steele’s College Football, Morris received the 2009 Top Hog Award as the team’s best offensive lineman.
Heisman hopeful Pierce played in 10 games with five starts at running back. He is second in team rushing with 728 yards and 10 touchdowns on 154 carries. On Temple’s career charts, he ranks No. 6 in rushing yards (2,089), No. 3 in 100-yard games (9), and No. 2 in rushing TDs (26). As a true freshman in 2009, Pierce was a first-team All-MAC selection as well as the MAC Freshman of the Year.
Robinson started all 12 games at right end. He has 38 tackles, 3.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and two blocked kicks this fall. Robinson had two solo tackles, a 14-yard sack, and a PAT block in the win over Bowling Green. He blocked the PAT on the Falcons’ first TD, forcing BGSU to go for two on the game’s final play en route to MAC and coaches’ specialist of the week honors. Robinson was a first-team All-MAC selection and the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2009.
Rodriguez played in 11 games with nine starts at tight end this fall. He is the top TE with 247 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 21 receptions. Rodriguez had a career-high 43 yards on three receptions, including a 31-yard touchdown reception, at Northern Illinois.
Team captain Wilkerson has started all 12 games at tackle. He is third in tackles with 70 and leads the Owls with 13.0 TFL and 9.5 sacks. Wilkerson led the Owls with a career-high three sacks (for a loss of 21 yards) in the win at Kent State. He had six tackles, three TFL, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a break-up in the win over Central Michigan en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
Brown played in all 12 games with seven starts at running back. Named a team captain for the Buffalo game, he is the team’s leading rusher with 830 yards and seven touchdowns on 162 carries. Brown set the school record with four rushing touchdowns in the win at Army. He ranks No. 16 on Temple’s career chart for rushing with 1,357 yards and has four 100-yard performances.
Elijah “Peanut” Joseph played in all 10 games with seven starts at middle linebacker this fall. Second in team defense, Joseph has 71 tackles, including a team-best 46 solo takedowns, and a team-high six break-ups. He led TU with a career-high 12 tackles in the win at Army. The team captain suffered a season-ending knee injury against Ohio and missed the regular-season finale at Miami. He was a first-team All-MAC selection in 2009.
The Owls’ top receiver,Campbell played in all 12 games with 10 starts this season. He has 724 yards and six touchdowns on 45 receptions. Named a team captain for the Villanova game, Campbell moved up on TU’s career charts and now stand No. 4 with four 100-yard receiving games and No. 14 in receiving yards with 1,229.
2010All-MAC Football Awards
FIRST TEAM
QB – Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois
C – Scott Wedige, Northern Illinois
OL – Trevor Olson, Northern Illinois
OL – Colin Madison, Temple
OL - Darius Morris, Temple
OL – Joe Flading, Ohio
TE – Evan Rodriquez, Temple
WR – Juan Nunez, Western Michigan
WR – Eric Page, Toledo
WR – Jordan White, Western Michigan
WR – Kamar Jorden, Bowling Green
RB - Chad Spann, Northern Illinois
RB - Bernard Pierce, Temple
PK – Trevor Cook, Miami
OLB – Adrian Robinson, Temple
OLB – Matt Berning, Central Michigan
ILB - Nick Bellore, Central Michigan
ILB - Cobrani Mixon, Kent State
DL – Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple
DL – Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
DL – Sean Progar, Northern Illinois
DL – Elisha Joseph, Temple
DB – Davonte Shannon, Buffalo
DB – Jaiquawn Jarrett, Temple
DB – Domonic Cook, Buffalo
DB – Chris Smith, Northern Illinois
P - Matt Rinehart, Kent State
KOR – Eric Page, Toledo
PR –Terrell Jackson, Buffalo
SECOND TEAM
QB – Zac Dysert, Miami
C - Colin Miller, Central Michigan
OL – Joe Pawlak, Northern Illinois
OL - Brandon Brooks, Miami
OL – Jeff Maddux, Central Michigan
OL – A.J. Strum, Ohio
TE – Jordan Thompson, Ohio
WR – Armand Robinson, Miami
WR – Cody Wilson, Central Michigan
WR – Nick Harwell, Miami
WR – Tyshon Goode, Kent State
RB – Adonis Thomas, Toledo
RB – Matt Brown, Temple
PK – Ian McGarvey, Ball State
OLB – Archie Donald, Toledo
OLB – Robert Eddins, Ball State
ILB – Elijah “Peanut” Joseph, Temple
ILB – Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green
DL – Stafford Gatling, Ohio
DL – Austin Brown, Miami
DL – Shawn Lemon, Akron
DL – Jake Coffman, Northern Illinois
DB – Steven Jackson, Ohio
DB – Donovan Fletcher, Ohio
DB – Brian Lainhart, Kent State
DB – Sean Baker, Ball State
P – Bryan Wright, Bowling Green
KOR – Eric Williams, Ball State
PR – Eugene Cooper, Bowling Green
THIRD TEAM
QB – Alex Carder, Western Michigan
C – Chris Anzevino, Kent State
OL – Michael Switzer, Ball State
OL – Mike VanDerMeulen, Toledo
OL – Brian Winters, Kent State
OL – Bob Gulley, Miami
TE – Jason Schepler, Northern Illinois
WR – Michael Campbell, Temple
WR – Sam Kirkland, Kent State
WR – Landon Cox, Northern Illinois
WR – Terrence McCrae, Ohio
RB – Eric Williams, Ball State
RB – Willie Geter, Bowling Green
PK – John Potter, Western Michigan
OLB – Alex Kube, Northern Illinois
OLB – Dorian Wood, Kent State
ILB – Devon Butler, Northern Illinois
ILB – Dan Molls, Toledo
DL – Sean Murnane, Central Michigan
DL – Paul Hazel, Western Michigan
DL – Chris Jones, Bowling Green
DL – T.J. Fatinikun, Toledo
DB – Jahleel Addae, Central Michigan
DB – Vince Agnew, Central Michigan
DB – Jason Pinkston, Ball State
DB – Jamail Berry, Western Michigan
P – Zac Murphy, Miami
KOR – Tommy Davis, Northern Illinois
PR – Cody Wilson, Central Michigan
SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS
Vern Smith Leadership Award Winner: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois
Coach of the Year: Michael Haywood, Miami
Offensive Player of the Year: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois
Defensive Player of the Year: Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
Special Teams Player of the Year: Eric Page, Toledo
Freshman of the Year: Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
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