The Sports Network Preseason All-American List Includes Five Eagles
7/22/2011 9:32:00 PM | Football
Philadelphia, PA - The Sports Network/Fathead.com named five Georgia Southern players to its preseason All-America team, announced Friday, July 22nd. Two teams, Georgia Southern and Eastern Washington, each had five players selected on the squads with Liberty and Montana State placing four selections each.
Georgia Southern's selections included two on the preseason first team, senior offensive lineman Brett Moore (Warner Robins, Ga.) and junior nose tackle Brent Russell, who made the All-America second team after collecting 18.5 tackles for loss, including eight sacks, last season. Also returning from Georgia Southern's 10-5 squad are junior placekicker Adrian Mora (Dalton, Ga.), senior defensive tackle Roderick Tinsley (Soperton, Ga.) and senior cornerback Laron Scott (Warner Robins), who each made the third team.
The Sports Network/Fathead.com All-America Team will be announced on December 19th.
TSN presents and Fathead.com sponsors the four major awards in the division the Walter Payton, the Buck Buchanan, the Jerry Rice (FCS outstanding freshman player) and the Eddie Robinson (FCS coach of the year) - and team up for the FCS's most widely recognized weekly Top 25 poll and weekly awards honoring the nation's top offensive player, defensive player and special teams players.
