Football

November 18, 2021

Crile Named to All-SAC Football Team

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) -- The South Atlantic Conference released the 2021 All-Conference Football Teams on Thursday and Catawba punter Clayton Crile earned second team honors.

Crile averaged a school-record 47.6 yards over 44 punts this season. That average leads both the SAC and NCAA II. Of those 44 punts, 16 were 50 yards or more with a long of 72. He had a dozen punts downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard-line.

2021 SAC Football All-Conference

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
QB –     Grayson Willingham, Lenoir-Rhyne
RB –     Dwayne McGee, Lenoir-Rhyne
RB –     Mario Anderson, Newberry
RB –     Nijere Peoples, Wingate
WR –    CJ Thompson, Mars Hill
WR –    Bryson Woodruff, Newberry
WR –    Devin Heckstall, UVA Wise
OL –     Blake Jefferson, Lenoir-Rhyne
OL –     Andrew Strickland, Wingate
OL –     Thomas Mahoney, Tusculum
OL –     Alec Blackmon, Newberry
OL –     Leondre Andreas, Mars Hill
TE –      Ty Snelson, Mars Hill
PK –     McLean Robertson, Wingate
LS –      Tyler Keaton, Lenoir-Rhyne
RS –      Leonte Dundley, Carson-Newman
 
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL –     Amari Houston, Lenoir-Rhyne
DL –     Dan Louba, Lenoir-Rhyne
DL –     TyRan Dixon, Newberry
DL –     Chavon Fields, UVA Wise
LB –      Dexter Fitzpatrick, Mars Hill
LB –      Landon Honeycutt, Mars Hill
LB –      Nick Yearwood, Newberry
LB –      Jaquan Edwards, Wingate
DB –     Anthony Blue, Newberry
DB –     Tristan Rankin, Mars Hill
DB –     Eric Jackson, Lenoir-Rhyne
DB –     Markel Dailey, UVA Wise
P –        Ethan Evans, Wingate
                 
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
QB –     Dre Harris, Newberry                
RB –     Courtney Jackson, Tusculum
RB –     Troy Dendy, Carson-Newman
RB –     Jaevon Gillespie, UVA Wise
WR –    Deondre Lester, Lenoir-Rhyne
WR –    Justice Parham, Tusculum
WR –    Dareke Young, Lenoir-Rhyne
OL –     Cameron Thomason, Limestone
OL –     Cam Williams, Newberry
OL –     Justin Bullock, Mars Hill
OL –     Bryce Heidinger, Lenoir-Rhyne
OL –     Ian Brinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
TE –      Ryder Martin, Wingate
PK –     Chase Allbaugh, Lenoir-Rhyne
LS –      Blake Arnoult, Newberry
RS –      Ryan Carter, Lenoir-Rhyne
 
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL –     Nelson Louis, Tusculum
DL –     Andre Jefferson, Lenoir-Rhyne
DL –     Jordon Anderson, Wingate
DL –     Ty Kelly, Newberry
LB –      Jon Ross Maye, Lenoir-Rhyne
LB –      Preston Joseph, Lenoir-Rhyne
LB –      AJ Valentine, Newberry
LB –      Rondrow Pebbles, Carson-Newman
DB –     David Vereen, Newberry
DB –     Jordan Taylor, Tusculum
DB –     Kris Williams, Limestone
DB –     Marcus Morgan, Newberry
P -       Clayton Crile, Catawba
 
Offensive Freshman of the Year: Dwayne McGee, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Freshman of the Year: Tristan Rankin, Mars Hill
Offensive Player of the Year: Dwayne McGee, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Player of the Year: Amari Houston, Lenoir-Rhyne
Jacobs Blocking Trophy: Andrew Strickland, Wingate
Coach of the Year: Todd Knight, Newberry