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Four Falcons Earn All-MAC Honors
December 02, 2009 | Football
Four Falcons earned Mid-American Conference postseason honors, announced by the league office this morning (Dec. 2). Freddie Barnes earned first-team honors, Jimmy Scheidler was named to the second-team and Tyler Sheehan and Shane Steffy earned third-team honors.
Barnes, a Biletnikoff finalist, given to college football's most outstanding wide receiver, earns first-team honors for the first time in his career. Barnes was named to the All-MAC third-team in 2007. This season the fifth-year senior leads the nation in receptions (138) and touchdowns (16) and is third in the country in yards (1,551). His top performance came on Oct. 10 when Barnes recorded 22 catches for 278 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-35 win at Kent State. A week later the Chicago Heights, Ill., native caught 10 balls for 160 yards and three scores versus Ball State, earning National Wide Receiver honors in back-to-back weeks by the College Performance Award. The 22 catches versus the Flashes were one shy of the NCAA mark. On the year he has eight games in which he caught at least 10 passes and has gone over the 100-yard mark as many times.
Scheidler played in 11 games this season, posting 25 catches for 304 yards, earning second-team honors for the first time in his career. In the season opener versus Troy he had four catches and a career-high 72 yards in the 31-14 win. Versus Ohio he had a career-high five catches and added 67 yards.
Sheehan earns third-team honors for the second time in his career after being named to the same team in 2007. He completed 340-of-528 passes, both BGSU school records and threw for 3,664 yards, the third-most in school history while adding 23 touchdowns, the fifth-most in school history. On the season he averaged a touchdown passes once every 22.9 passes and threw an interception every 88-pass attempts (23:6 ratio). He has also thrown at least one touchdown pass in 21 straight games, the third longest active streak in the country. Sheehan is eighth in the country, averaging 302.6 yards a game, and has produced eight 300-yard games this season, including a 505-yard effort in a 36-35 win at Kent State, the most yards ever by a BGSU quarterback. Overall, the senior has also thrown for 300 yards versus Troy (339), Marshall (383), Ohio (390), Ball State (376), Central Michigan (341), Buffalo (313) and Akron (338).
Steffy earns third-team honors for the first time in his career. In 2009 Steffy started all 12 games, nine of them at left guard and moved to center for three games when Ben Bojicic suffered an injury. As a unit, the Falcon offensive line allowed just 26 sacks, despite the Falcons throwing the ball more than any other team in the conference.
Barnes, a Biletnikoff finalist, given to college football's most outstanding wide receiver, earns first-team honors for the first time in his career. Barnes was named to the All-MAC third-team in 2007. This season the fifth-year senior leads the nation in receptions (138) and touchdowns (16) and is third in the country in yards (1,551). His top performance came on Oct. 10 when Barnes recorded 22 catches for 278 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-35 win at Kent State. A week later the Chicago Heights, Ill., native caught 10 balls for 160 yards and three scores versus Ball State, earning National Wide Receiver honors in back-to-back weeks by the College Performance Award. The 22 catches versus the Flashes were one shy of the NCAA mark. On the year he has eight games in which he caught at least 10 passes and has gone over the 100-yard mark as many times.
Scheidler played in 11 games this season, posting 25 catches for 304 yards, earning second-team honors for the first time in his career. In the season opener versus Troy he had four catches and a career-high 72 yards in the 31-14 win. Versus Ohio he had a career-high five catches and added 67 yards.
Sheehan earns third-team honors for the second time in his career after being named to the same team in 2007. He completed 340-of-528 passes, both BGSU school records and threw for 3,664 yards, the third-most in school history while adding 23 touchdowns, the fifth-most in school history. On the season he averaged a touchdown passes once every 22.9 passes and threw an interception every 88-pass attempts (23:6 ratio). He has also thrown at least one touchdown pass in 21 straight games, the third longest active streak in the country. Sheehan is eighth in the country, averaging 302.6 yards a game, and has produced eight 300-yard games this season, including a 505-yard effort in a 36-35 win at Kent State, the most yards ever by a BGSU quarterback. Overall, the senior has also thrown for 300 yards versus Troy (339), Marshall (383), Ohio (390), Ball State (376), Central Michigan (341), Buffalo (313) and Akron (338).
Steffy earns third-team honors for the first time in his career. In 2009 Steffy started all 12 games, nine of them at left guard and moved to center for three games when Ben Bojicic suffered an injury. As a unit, the Falcon offensive line allowed just 26 sacks, despite the Falcons throwing the ball more than any other team in the conference.
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