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Three Falcons Named to MAC Report Online Preseason Team

Sinisa Vrvilo, Diyral Briggs and P.J. Mahone earn preseason honor.

June 16, 2008

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The MAC Report Online has just released their 2008 Preseason Football Teams, with three members of the Bowling Green State University football team earning honors. Senior kicker Sinisa Vrvilo was the lone Falcon to earn first team honors, while senior Diyral Briggs and junior P.J. Mahone were named to the second team.

Vrvilo was named to third team All-MAC last season after converting on 15 of 19 field goals and all 47 of his extra points. His 15 made field goals in a season rank fifth all-time in BGSU history while his 47 extra points were fourth in the school record books. He was also a perfect 9 of 9 on field goals under 40 yards.

Briggs earned first team All-MAC honors last season after finishing with 54 tackles and five sacks. He also had 7.0 tackles for loss, second best on the team.

Mahone was named to the second team All-MAC last season after finishing the season with 90 tackles and seven interceptions. He finished the season with 220 return yards on those seven interceptions, establishing a new school record. He also had three different games in which he had two interceptions (Western Kentucky, Akron and Toledo). 

Complete MAC Report Online Preseason Teams
FIRST TEAM ALL-MAC OFFENSE:


	
PosPlayerSchoolHeightWeightClass

	
QBDan LeFevourCMU6-3225Jr

	
RBEugene JarvisKent State5-5170Jr

	
RBJames StarksBuffalo6-2210Jr

	
WRDante LoveBall State6-6236Sr

	
WRBryan AndersonCMU6-5205Jr

	
TEDarius HillBall State6-6236Sr

	
OLRobert BrewsterBall State6-5310Sr

	
OLAlex DerenthalTemple6-4295Sr

	
OLGus ParrishKent State6-5305Sr

	
OLAndrew HartlineCMU6-5297Sr

	
OLJon BrostNIU6-6303Sr




 
FIRST TEAM ALL-MAC DEFENSE:


	
PosPlayerSchoolHeightWeightClass

	
DLLarry EnglishNIU6-3254Sr

	
DLAlmondo SewellAkron6-2260So

	
DLAndre NeblettTemple6-2290Jr

	
DLZach DavidsonWMU6-2257Sr

	
LBD. HoltzclawEMU6-1246Sr

	
LBClayton MullinsMiami6-2241Sr

	
LBCaleb BosticMiami6-3225Jr

	
DBBarry ChurchToledo6-2212Jr

	
DBDavonte ShannonBuffalo6-1180So

	
DBLonden FryarWMU5-11192Sr

	
DBBJ HillBall State5-7180Sr






 
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-MAC SPECIAL TEAMS:


	
PosPlayerSchoolHeightWeightClass

	
PKSinisa VrviloBowling Green6-1234Sr

	
PChris MillerBall State6-2211Sr

	
KRBryan WilliamsAkron6-0200Jr

	
PRAndre JonesAkron5-11185Sr






 
SECOND TEAM ALL-MAC OFFENSE:


	
PosPlayerSchoolHeightWeightClass

	
QBNate DavisBall State6-2217Jr

	
RBJustin AndersonNIU5-11222Jr

	
RBBrandon WestWMU5-10188Jr

	
WRS. WilliamsToledo6-5199Jr

	
WRJamarko SimmonsWMU6-2234Sr

	
TEAndrew MooneyOhio6-3236Sr

	
OLColin MillerCMU6-3280So

	
OLDave DiFrancoMiami6-4300Sr

	
OLChris KemmeAkron6-6305Sr

	
OLTJ LangEastern Michigan6-3307Sr

	
OLJeff NiedermierBuffalo6-3310Sr





SECOND TEAM ALL-MAC DEFENSE:


	
PosPlayerSchoolHeightWeightClass

	
DLRyan BainAkron6-2305Jr

	
DLJameson HartkeOhio6-4265Sr

	
DLDiyral BriggsBowling Green6-4230Sr

	
DLT. KnightonTemple6-4295Sr

	
LBJoey HudsonMiami6-2231Sr

	
LBDerek BurrellKent State6-2240Sr

	
LBBryant HainesBall State6-5223Sr

	
DBRyan DownardEMU6-1201So

	
DBPJ MahoneBowling Green5-11201Jr

	
DBMark ParsonOhio5-10192Sr

	
DBEJ BiggersWMU6-0180Sr






SECOND TEAM ALL-MAC SPECIAL TEAMS:
Pos	Player		School			Height	Weight	Class
PK	A. Steigerwald	Toledo			5-11	181	Jr
P	Jake Richardson	Miami			6-1	198	Sr
KR	Antonio Brown	CMU			5-11	175	So
PR	Chris Garrett	Ohio			5-8	178	Jr


Offensive Player of the Year: Dan LeFevour, QB, Central Michigan

Defensive Player of the Year: Larry English, DE, Northern Illinois
MAC Report Online is in its fifth year of publication and is published by MAC News Media Association president Dave Ruthenberg. MAC Report Online is considered the top independent authority on MAC football and basketball and is often cited by print and broadcast media outlets covering the MAC.

MAC Report Online Complete Release
There will be plenty of experience on display as the MAC approaches its 62nd season of football and reflective of the high number of returning upperclassmen this year in the Mid-American Conference, MAC Report Online's 2008 first and second team preseason all-conference selections feature 31 seniors among the 52 players selected.

There was also an even distribution among this year's squads with each MAC school landing no fewer than three representatives on this year's preseason All-MAC teams, paced by Ball State which landed seven players on the all-conference first or second team followed by defending champion Central Michigan as well as Akron, Western Michigan and defending MAC East champion Miami which all placed five players on the preseason team.

Heading up MAC Report Online's projected specialty awards are Central Michigan junior quarterback Dan LeFevour as its choice to repeat as the MAC's offensive player of the year and Northern Illinois defensive end Larry English is projected to finish the season as the MAC's top defensive player.

MAC Report Online's 2007 preseason All-MAC team featured no fewer than twenty players that went on to earn first team All-MAC postseason honors with another 21 members of MAC Report Online's 2007 preseason squad earning either second or third team all-conference honors at the conclusion of the 2007 campaign.

In addition to the 31 seniors on this year's preseason All-MAC teams, 16 juniors and five sophomores also earned recognition.