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2019 REVIEW FINAL STANDINGS Conference Overall School W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak Central Arkansas2 7-2 0.778 9-4 0.692 4-2 5-2 0-0 L1 Nicholls1 7-2 0.778 9-5 0.643 5-1 4-4 0-0 L1 Southeastern La.2 6-3 0.667 8-5 0.615 4-2 4-3 0-0 L1 Sam Houston State 6-3 0.667 7-5 0.583 4-2 2-3 1-0 W1 McNeese 5-4 0.556 7-5 0.583 5-1 2-4 0-0 W1 Abilene Christian 4-5 0.444 5-7 0.417 4-2 1-5 0-0 L3 UIW 4-5 0.444 5-7 0.417 3-3 2-4 0-0 L5 Northwestern State 3-6 0.333 3-9 0.250 1-4 2-5 0-0 L1 Stephen F. Austin* 0-6 0.000 0-9 0.000 0-3 0-5 0-1 -- Houston Baptist 2-6 0.250 5-7 0.417 4-2 1-5 0-0 L1 Lamar 2-7 0.222 4-8 0.333 3-3 1-5 0-0 L5 1 Southland Conference Champion and NCAA Playoffs Automatic Qualifier;2 NCAA Playoffs At-Large Bid; * - three victories vacated by NCAA action. VS. NON-CONFERENCE Division I-FCS ........................................................11-3 Division I-FBS ........................................................1-14 Non-Division I ..........................................................4-2 All Non-Conference Opponents ...........................16-19 PRESEASON POLL COACHES’ POLL Rk. Team (first-place votes) ........ Total 1. Nicholls (20) .............................. 200 NICHOLLS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHARE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TITLE 2. Central Arkansas ........................154 For the second-straight season, Nicholls claimed a share of the Southland Conference 3. UIW (1) .......................................150 championship and the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs after going 9-5 and 7-2 in league 4. Sam Houston State .....................146 play. Central Arkansas was crowned co-champions along with Nicholls and earned the No. 8 national seed with a 7-2 mark in conference games. 5. Lamar.........................................123 They and Southeastern Louisiana all three earned bids to the FCS Playoffs. Nicholls 6. McNeese ....................................114 defeated North Dakota 24-6 in the first round before falling 37-13 to national champion 7. Abilene Christian (1) .................... 112 North Dakota State the following week. UCA dropped a 24-14 decision to Illinois State, and SLU edged Villanova 45-44 in round one before losing to Montana in the second round. 8. Southeastern Louisiana ................71 The conference produced 13 all-America selections, led by consensus first-team hon- 9. Stephen F. Austin ......................... 63 oree Sully Laiche, a senior defensive lineman from Nicholls. Nicholls offensive lineman 10. Northwestern State ..................... 56 P.J. Burkhalter, UCA defensive back Robert Rochell and HBU defensive end Andre Walker 11. Houston Baptist ............................21 also garnered first-team all-America recognition. While no Southland players heard their name called on draft weekend, a pair of of- fensive lineman were signed as undrafted free agents in Central Arkansas' Hunter Watts and Northwestern State's Jonathan Hubbard. 67 2020 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL | 67 2019 REVIEW 2020 PREVIEW PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Week One - Sept. 3 Offensive ...............Lujuan Winningham, Central Arkansas Defensive ......................Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas Special Teams ............................Bailey Raborn, McNeese Week Two - Sept. 9 Offensive ...............Lujuan Winningham, Central Arkansas Defensive ......................Davis Harrison, Central Arkansas Special Teams .................... Storm Ruiz, Stephen F. Austin Week Three - Sept. 16 Offensive ........................... Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist Defensive ..........................Andre Walker, Houston Baptist Special Teams ................... Hayden Ray, Central Arkansas Week Four - Sept. 23 Offensive ....................... Eric Schmid, Sam Houston State Defensive .......................Brennan Young, Houston Baptist Special Teams ..................... Gino Garcia, Houston Baptist Week Five - Sept. 30 Offensive ........................... Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist Defensive ....................... Amad Murray, Stephen F. Austin Special Teams ..................... Gino Garcia, Houston Baptist Week Six - Oct. 7 Breylin Smith, Central Arkansas Royce See, Sam Houston State Offensive .................................. Chase Fourcade, Nicholls Defensive .........................Royce See, Sam Houston State FINAL FCS POLLS Special Teams ............Gamar Girdy Brito, Houston Baptist STATS FCS Coaches Week Seven - Oct. 14 Rk. Team (First-place votes) Rec. Pts. Prv. Rk. Team (First-place votes) Rec. Pts. Prv. Offensive ...............................Josh Fink, Abilene Christian 1 North Dakota State (153) 16-0 3825 1 1 North Dakota St. (25) 16-0 625 1 Defensive ....................................Michael Lawson, Lamar 2 James Madison 14-2 3672 2 2 James Madison 14-2 600 2 Special Teams ................... Hayden Ray, Central Arkansas 3 Weber State 11-4 3490 4 3 Weber St. 11-4 7-22 4 4 Montana State 11-4 3366 5 4 Montana St. 11-4 7-4 5 Week Eight - Oct. 21 Offensive ............................................ Jon Copeland, UIW 5 UNI 10-5 3101 6 5 Northern Iowa 10-5 5-19 6 Defensive .........................Royce See, Sam Houston State 6 Montana 10-4 3006 7 6 Montana 10-4 5-9 8 Special Teams ...........Matt McRobert, Sam Houston State 7 Illinois State 10-5 2886 13 7 Illinois St. 10-5 3-26 14 8 Austin Peay 11-4 2592 18 8 Kennesaw St. 11-3 2-8 9 Week Nine - Oct. 28 9 Sacramento State 9-4 2590 3 9 Sacramento St. 9-4 1-30 3 Offensive .........................Breylin Smith, Central Arkansas 10 South Dakota State 8-5 2312 10 10 Austin Peay 11-4 1-28 17 Defensive ..................Ja'Quay Pough, Northwestern State 11 Central Arkansas 9-4 2123 9 11 Central Arkansas 9-4 12-28 7 Special Teams ............................Bailey Raborn, McNeese 12 Monmouth 11-3 2037 14 12 South Dakota St. 8-5 12-24 12 13 Kennesaw State 11-3 1989 15 13 Monmouth (N.J.) 11-3 12-3 11 Week 10 - Nov. 4 14 Nicholls 9-5 1707 19 14 Nicholls 9-5 9-21 19 Offensive .........................Breylin Smith, Central Arkansas Defensive .....................................Darion Dunn, McNeese 15 Villanova 9-4 1580 8 15 Villanova 9-4 9-12 10 Special Teams ........................... D'Andre Hicks, McNeese 16 Wofford 8-4 1344 11 16 Southeast Missouri St. 9-4 8-31 13 17 Southeast Missouri State 9-4 1285 12 17 Wofford 8-4 8-2 15 Week 11 - Nov. 11 18 Albany 9-5 1244 25 18 Southeastern Louisiana 8-5 7-1 24 Offensive ...................Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana 19 Southeastern Louisiana 8-5 1170 NR 19 Furman 8-5 6-2 16 Defensive ......... Ferlando Jordan, Southeastern Louisiana 20 North Carolina A&T 9-3 782 23 20 Albany 9-5 5-16 NR Special Teams ........Parker Pastorello, Northwestern State 21 Furman 8-5 770 16 21 Dartmouth 9-1 5-4 20 22 Dartmouth 9-1 607 21 22 Central Connecticut St. 11-2 4-30 18 Week 12 - Nov. 18 23 Central Connecticut State 11-2 606 17 23 North Carolina A&T 9-3 4-28 22 Offensive ....................Shelton Eppler, Northwestern State 24 Florida A&M 9-2 527 20 24 Yale 9-1 3-19 23 Defensive ........................................Sully Laiche, Nicholls Special Teams .................................. Bailey Giffen, Lamar 25 Yale 9-1 353 22 25 Florida A&M 9-2 3-1 21 Week 13 - Nov. 25 Others receiving votes: North Dakota (257), Southern Others receiving votes: North Dakota, 36; Southern Illinois, Offensive ....................................Dai'Jean Dixon, Nicholls Illinois (143), San Diego (119), Towson (104), Holy Cross 26; San Diego, 14; South Carolina St., 13; Towson, 10; Holy Defensive ................................... Kevin Moore III, Nicholls (29), Alcorn State (26), Princeton (22), Eastern Washington Cross, 9; Eastern Washington, 4; UT Martin, 3. Special Teams .................... Storm Ruiz, Stephen F. Austin (21), UT Martin (19), South Carolina State (9), New Hampshire (9), Maine (3) 68 2019 ALL-CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL HONORS ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TEAMS Player of the Year: First-Team Offense Sully Laiche, Nicholls Pos. Name University Cl. Hometown QB Chase Fourcade2 Nicholls Sr. Metairie, La. Offensive Player of the Year: RB Julien Gums Nicholls So. New Orleans, La. Chase Fourcade, Nicholls RB Tracy James Abilene Christian Sr. Dallas, Texas TE/HB Woody Brandom Sam Houston State R-Sr. Corona, Calif. Defensive Player of the Year: WR Quan Shorts Northwestern State Sr. Humble, Texas Chris Livings, McNeese WR Lujuan Winningham Central Arkansas So. Humble, Texas WR Dai’Jean Dixon2 Nicholls Jr. New Orleans, La. Offensive Lineman of the Year: P.J. Burkhalter, Nicholls OL PJ Burkhalter Nicholls R-Jr. Franklinton, La. OL Pat Allen Southeastern Louisiana Sr. Reisertown, Md. 2 Freshman of the Year: OL Hunter Watts Central Arkansas Sr. San Antonio, Texas Tyler Hudson, Central Arkansas OL Bradston Burnside Nicholls Sr. Hattiesburg, Miss. OL Colby Thomas Sam Houston State Jr. Manvel, Texas Newcomer of the Year: PK Storm Ruiz Stephen F. Austin Sr. League City, Texas Trace Mascorro, Sam Houston State P Matt McRobert Sam Houston State R-Jr. Berowra, Australia Coach of the Year: First-Team Defense Frank Scelfo, Southeastern Louisiana Pos. Name University Cl. Hometown DL Sully Laiche4 Nicholls Sr. Gramercy, La. Third-Team Offense DL Trace Mascorro Sam Houston State Jr. Refugio, Texas QB DL Chris Livings2 McNeese Sr. Lake Charles, La. Chason Virgil, Southeastern Louisiana DL Andre Walker Houston Baptist Sr. Slidell, La. RB LB Jeremiah Chambers2 Abilene Christian Sr. Austin, Texas Devonte Williams, Southeastern Louisiana Justin Pratt, McNeese LB Royce See Sam Houston State Sr. Shepherd, Texas 4 TE/HB LB Allen Pittman Nicholls Sr. St. Rose, La. Jordan Talley, Nicholls DB Ferlando Jordan Southeastern Louisiana R-So. Atlanta, Ga. WR DB Robert Rochell Central Arkansas Jr. Shreveport, La. Ben Ratzlaff, Houston Baptist DB Michael Lawson Lamar Jr. Patterson, Calif. Jerreth Sterns, Houston Baptist DB Darion Dunn McNeese Jr. Oakdale, La. Austin Mitchell, Southeastern Louisiana DB Kevin Moore III Nicholls Jr. Lafayette, La. OL KR Gamar Girdy Brito Houston Baptist Sr. Victoria, Texas Jaylin Hendrix, Central Arkansas PR Michael Lawson Lamar Jr.