June 11, 2012
NORFOLK, Va. -- Redshirt sophomore Eriq Lewis (Washington, D.C.) was named to the Defensive Back Watch List by the College Football Performance Awards.
The purpose of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Lewis was a Second Team All-CAA honoree and member of the inaugural Jerry Rice Watch List for the FCS' most outstanding freshman in his first season with the Monarchs. Lewis led ODU with five interceptions and became the first Monarch with more than one interception in a game. Ranked among the top-10 in interceptions among FCS defenders, he was the top freshman in the CAA in the category and also ranked third in league in fumbles forced. He also posted 41 tackles, a team-leading nine pass break-ups and 14 passes defended along with three forced fumbles.
As the 2012 season approaches, College Football Performance Awards will be releasing a preseason watch list each week from now until pre-season. For more information on the College Football Performance Awards, click here.
2012 CFPA Defensive Back Watch List
Saeed Lee, Alabama State
Kejuan Riley, Alabama State
Demetrius McCray, Appalachian State
Ryan Shaw, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
A.J. Cruz, Brown
Steth Monroe, Campbell
Jestin Love, Central Arkansas
Charles James, Charleston Southern
D.J. Key, Chattanooga
Mike Armiento, Colgate
Travis Hawkins, Delaware
Serge Kona, Duquesne
Devontae Johnson, Florida A&M
Jeremy Moore, Georgetown
Donovan Henley, Idaho State
Pierre Warren, Jacksonville State
Darius Safford, Lafayette
Bryan Andrews, Lehigh
Walt Aikens, Liberty
Kevin Fogg, Liberty
Malcolm Bronson, McNeese State
Pat Gray, Monmouth
Kenneth Ridley, Morgan State
Chris Houston, New Hampshire
Colten Heagle, North Dakota State
Marcus Williams, North Dakota State
Garrett Scott, Nothern Iowa
Jamaal White, Northwestern State
Eriq Lewis, Old Dominion
Alvin Hines II, Samford
Dax Swanson, Sam Houston State
Darnell Taylor, Sam Houston State
Darius Drummond, South Carolina State
Winston Wright, South Dakota State
Tylor Brock, Southeast Missouri
Robert Alford, Southeastern Louisiana
Davonte Anderson, Stony Brook
Torian Phillips, Wagner
Kieron James, Western Illinois
B.W. Webb, William & Mary