Nashville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) – Ohio Valley Conference champion
Jacksonville State captured three of the four major individual awards and had
the most all-conference selections when voting was announced Tuesday.
Junior defensive tackle Devaunte Sigler was named OVC Defensive Player of the
Year, offensive tackle Justin Lea was named OVC Freshman of the Year and coach
John Grass was tabbed the OVC Roy Kidd Coach of the Year.
Meanwhile, Eastern Kentucky running back Dy’Shawn Mobley was named OVC
Offensive Player of the Year.
Jacksonville State had eight first-team selections and 18 total selections
across the OVC’s first-team, second-team and All-Newcomer squads.
2014 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM
(As voted on by OVC head coaches and sports information directors)
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
QB – Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville State
RB – Dy’Shawn Mobley, Eastern Kentucky
RB – DaMarcus James, Jacksonville State
WR – Adam Drake, Eastern Illinois
WR – Paul McRoberts, Southeast Missouri
TE – Jeff LePak, Eastern Illinois
C – Max Holcombe, Jacksonville State
OG – Collin Seibert, Eastern Illinois
OG – Adam Wright, Jacksonville State
OT – Charles Sweeton, UT Martin
OT – Brett Eyckmans, Eastern Kentucky
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
DL – Devaunte Sigler, Jacksonville Stat
DL – LaMichael Fanning, Jacksonville State
DL – Samquan Evans, Tennessee State
DL – Anthony Bass, Tennessee State
LB – Tony Bell, UT Martin
LB – Nick Thrasher, Tennessee State
LB – Kamu Grugier-Hill, Eastern Illinois
DB – DeAnte Saunders, Tennessee State
DB – Jermaine Hough, Jacksonville State
DB – Jourdan Wickliffe, Eastern Illinois
DB – Marty Jones, Tennessee Tech
FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS
K – Ryan McCrum, Southeast Missouri
P – Hamish MacInnes, Jacksonville State
RS – Pokey Harris, Murray State
