Fifteen SAC Football Players Earn D2CCA All-Region Honors, Wingate's Rawlings Named Defensive Player of the Year

November 30, 2018

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The 2018 Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-Super Region 2 Football teams were announced on Friday (Nov. 30).

Fifteen South Atlantic Conference football student-athletes where named to the all-region teams, with Wingate's Cardell Rawlings leading the way as the 2018 D2CCA Super Region 2 Defensive Player of the Year.

Rawlings, a 2018 Harlon Hill Award nominee, finished the year ranked second in the nation in sacks with 17 and seventh in tackles for loss with 22. This is the second Defensive Player of the Year honor for the senior from Smithfield, N.C., as he was named SAC Defensive Player of the Year earlier this year.

Joining Rawlings on the first team were offensive selections Craig Rucker from Mars Hill and Jason Poe from Lenoir-Rhyne, while Newberry's Jamarcus Henderson was a first team selection on defense.

Earning second team honors on offense were Catawba's Jourdan Osinskie, Carson-Newman's Antonio Wimbush and Phillip McDowell, Wingate's Johnathon Black, Tusculum's Keveon Broadwater and Lenoir-Rhyne's Kyle Dugger.

On the defensive side of the ball were second team selections Joe Blue and Shea Rodgers from Newberry, Temoris Coats of Carson-Newman, Limestone's Joshua Simmons and Wingate's Davion Washington.

First Team Offense

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown / Previous School
QB	Rogan Wells	Valdosta State	So.	6-3	205	Fort Mills, S.C. / Fort Mill HS
TE	Qua Boyd	West Alabama	Sr.	6-5	245	Lafayette, La. / Jones County JC
WR	Craig Rucker	Mars Hill	Jr.	5-7	165	Orlando, Fla. / Edgewater HS
WR	Romell Guerrier	Florida Tech	R-Sr.	5-10	185	Miami, Fla. / New Mexico Military Institute
RB	Devontae Jackson	West Georgia	Sr.	5-7	175	Marietta, Ga. / Wheeler HS
RB	Tabyus Taylor	Virginia Union	So.	6-0	250	Hopewell, Va. / Hopewell HS
OL	LaVonne Gauthney	Valdosta State	R-Sr.	6-3	315	Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Akron
OL	Jeremy King	Valdosta State	R-Sr.	6-1	315	Macon, Ga. / Westside HS
OL	Adonis Sealey	Valdosta State	Jr.	6-3	295	Hamer, S.C. / Presbyterian
OL	Brandon Anderson	West Alabama	Jr.	6-3	285	Bessemer, Ala. / Shades Valley HS
OL	Jason Poe	Lenoir-Rhyne	So.	6-2	250	Fitzgerald, Ga. / Fitzgerald HS
RS	LaPerion Perry	West Georgia	R-Fr.	5-6	155	LaGrange, Ga. / LaGrange HS
K	Omar Cervantes	West Georgia	R-Fr.	6-3	245	Fort Valley, Ga. / Peach County HS

First Team Defense

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown / Previous School
DL	Adonis Davis	Florida Tech	R-Sr.	6-3	260	Columbus, Ohio / Iowa Western CC
DL	Cardell Rawlings	Wingate	R-Sr.	6-2	240	Smithﬁeld, N.C. / Cleveland HS
DL	Jamarcus Henderson	Newberry	Sr.	5-10	230	Union, S.C. / Union County HS
LB	J.T. Hassell	Florida Tech	Sr.	6-0	200	Titusville, Fla. / South Dakota State
LB	Austin Stephens	Miles	Jr.	5-11	210	Munford, Ala. / Munford HS
LB	Korie Rogers	West Georgia	Jr.	6-2	230	Buford, Ga. / Clemson
LB	Terry Samuel	West Alabama	Sr.	6-2	195	Brewton, Ala. / T.R. Miller HS
S	Montrell Pardue	West Georgia	Sr.	6-2	205	Clarksville, Tenn. / Chattanooga
S	Ravarius Rivers	Valdosta State	R-Jr.	6-1	205	Ellenwood, Ga. / Martin Luther King HS
CB	Darren Gardenhire	Delta State	Sr.	6-1	190	Los Angeles, Calif. / Montana State
CB	Aaron Watson	North Greenville	So.	5-11	165	Duncan, S.C. / James F. Byrnes HS
P	Cody Mills	Delta State	Sr.	5-7	190	Oxford, Miss. / Oxford HS

Second Team Offense

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown / Previous School
QB	Amir Hall	Bowie State	Sr.	6-4	195	Bowie, Md. / Riverdale Baptist HS
TE	Jourdan Osinskie	Catawba	Sr.	6-3	230	Greensboro, N.C. / Southern Alamance HS
WR	Kevin Greenhow	Central State	Jr.	6-3	205	Columbus, Ohio / Hocking CC
WR	Lio'undre Gallimore	Valdosta State	So.	5-10	170	Miami Gardens, Fla. / Mater Academy
RB	Antonio Wimbush	Carson-Newman	Jr.	5-10	190	Kingsland, Ga. / Camden County HS
RB	Jamar Thompkins	Valdosta State	R-Fr.	5-11	190	Miami, Fla. / Coral Gables HS
OL	Quentin Stanford	West Georgia	Sr.	6-4	310	Warner Robins, Ga. / Northside HS
OL	Call Dyer	West Alabama	Jr.	6-4	355	Gordo, Ala. / Gordo HS
OL	Phillip McDowell	Carson-Newman	Jr.	6-5	315	Inman, S.C. / Boiling Springs HS
OL	Johnathon Black	Wingate	R-Jr.	6-2	330	Newport, N.C. / West Carteret HS
OL	Keveon Broadwater	Tusculum	Jr.	6-4	315	Gaffney, S.C. / Gaffney HS
RS	Kyle Dugger	Lenoir-Rhyne	Jr.	6-2	215	Fayetteville, Ga. / Whitewater HS
K	Andrew Gray	Valdosta State	Sr.	6-0	165	Johns Creek, Ga. / Chattahoochee HS

Second Team Defense

Pos.	Player	School	Cl.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown / Previous School
DL	Chad Price	West Georgia	Jr.	6-3	245	Snellville, Ga. / Brookwood HS
DL	Joe Mozone	Valdosta State	Jr.	6-1	320	North Augusta, S.C. / North Augusta HS
DL	Jordan Jones	West Alabama	Jr.	6-2	235	Lawrenceville, Ga. / Mountain View HS
LB	Joe Blue	Newberry	Sr.	5-10	225	Dillon, S.C. / Dillon HS
LB	Devon Hunt	Shaw	Jr.	6-1	220	Hamlet, N.C. / Richmond County HS
LB	Jameon Gaskin	Valdosta State	Fr.	5-11	220	Douglas, Ga. / Coffee HS
LB	Temoris Coats	Carson-Newman	Sr.	5-11	205	Greenwood, S.C. / Greenwood HS
S	Daryus Skinner	Winston-Salem State	Jr.	5-11	175	Rockingham, N.C. / Richmond County HS
S	Joshua Simmons	Limestone	Sr.	6-3	205	Moncks Corner, S.C. / Berkeley HS
CB	Davion Washington	Wingate	Jr.	6-1	195	Greenville, S.C. / Southside HS
CB	Stephen Denmark	Valdosta State	Sr.	6-3	210	Tallahassee, Fla. / James S. Rickards HS
P	Shea Rodgers	Newberry	Jr.	6-0	185	Indian Land, S.C. / Indian Land HS

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