IRVING, TEXAS – Old Dominion University football had seven players honored on the All-Conference USA squad, the league announced on Tuesday. Junior linebacker TJ Ricks, wide receiver Zach Pascal and sophomore running back Ray Lawry earned second-team honors while senior safety Fellonte Misher was named honorable mention while center Nick Clarke, defensive end Oshane Ximines and kicker Chris Kirtley were named to the All-Freshmen team.
A native of Logan Township, N.J., Lawry led Conference USA in rushing with 1,136 yards and in yards per game with 103.3 and was third in the league in rushing touchdowns. He tied for the league high in games over 100 yards with fellow second team all-conference pick Anthony Wales of WKU and Ito Smith of Southern Miss with six and he was the only player in the league to have a pair of 200-yard rushing games. He had three-straight 100-yard rushing games against FIU, WKU and UTSA and started the season with two-straight 200-yard games at Eastern Michigan and Norfolk State.
A native of Upper Marlboro, Md., Pascal led the Monarchs and finished sixth in the league with 68 catches for 970 yards and eight touchdowns. He had100-receiving yards or more in four of the last five games and had the second highest total of receiving yards in a game on the year, his 231 in the win over Charlotte was second only to Davonte Allen’s 232 for Marshall, also against Charlotte. Pascal also rushed 15 times on the year for 165 yards including a 75-yard touchdown run at FIU.
Ricks led Conference USA in tackling with 123 stops on the year and 10.2 per game. A native of Hampton, Va., he had six games of double-digit tackles on the year, along with 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. He tied for the team lead with two fumble recoveries and was second on the team with seven pass breakups and intercepted his first pass of the season against Florida Atlantic.
Misher finished seventh in Conference USA with 99 tackles and 8.2 tackles per game. He tied for the league lead with four interceptions and ranks third in school history with eight career interceptions. He recorded his first career half a sack this season and finished with 1.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and five pass breakups. He completed his ODU career second in school history with 288 tackles.
Clarke played in all 12 games at center, starting nine, including the final six games of the season. He helped pave the way for Ray Lawry to become ODU’s first 1,000-yard rusher in school history.
Ximines led the Monarchs with five sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss. He finished his redshirt freshman season with 32 tackles, nine quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
Kirtley took over place-kicking duties the fifth game of the season and went 21-of-23 on extra points and 10-of-13 on field goal opportunities. His only two missed extra points were blocked. He was 4-of-5 between 40-49 yards with a long of 45 in the win over Charlotte. Kirtley finished the year making six-straight field goals including a 43-yarder in the finale against Florida Atlantic.
2015 C-USA FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
QB – Brandon Doughty, WKU, Sr.
RB – Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
RB – Jalen Richard, Southern Miss, Sr.
OL – Sebastian Johansson, Marshall, Sr.
OL – Jaylen Hunter, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
OL – Andrew Reue, Rice, Sr.
OL – Cameron Tom, Southern Miss, Jr.
OL – Forrest Lamp, WKU, Jr.
TE – Tyler Higbee, WKU, Sr.
WR – Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech, Jr.
WR – Richie James, Middle Tennessee, Fr.
WR – Taywan Taylor, WKU, Sr.
DEFENSE
DL – Michael Wakefield, FIU, Sr.
DL – Trevon Coley, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
DL – Trey Hendrickson, Florida Atlantic, Jr.
DL – Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
LB – Evan McKelvey, Marshall, Sr.
LB – T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
LB – Nick Holt, WKU, Sr.
DB – Richard Leonard, FIU, Sr.
DB – Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech, Jr.
DB – Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
DB – Kalan Reed, Southern Miss, Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Garrett Schwettman, WKU, Sr.
P – Dalton Schomp, Florida Atlantic, Jr.
KR – Deandre Reaves, Marshall, Sr.
PR – Richard Leonard, FIU, Sr.
LS – Lance Schuffert, Southern Miss, Sr.
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB – Nick Mullens, Southern Miss, Jr.
RB – Kalif Phillips, Charlotte, Jr.
RB – Ray Lawry, Old Dominion, So.
RB – Ito Smith, Southern Miss, So.
RB – Anthony Wales, WKU, Jr.
OL – Michael Montero, FIU, Jr.
OL – Reggie Bain, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
OL – Darrell Brown, Louisiana Tech, Jr.
OL – Jens Danielsen, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
OL – Michael Selby, Marshall, Jr.
OL – Rashod Hill, Southern Miss, Sr.
TE – David Morgan II, UTSA, Sr.
WR – Ed Batties, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
WR – Zach Pascal, Old Dominion, Jr.
WR – Mike Thomas, Southern Miss, Sr.
DEFENSE
DL – Larry Ogunjobi, Charlotte, Jr.
DL – Jarquez Samuel, Marshall, Sr.
DL – Michael Smith, Southern Miss, Sr.
DL – Jason Neill, UTSA, Sr.
LB – Anthony Wint, FIU, So.
LB – Nick Thomason, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
LB – TJ Ricks, Old Dominion, Jr.
LB – Brian Anderson, Southern Miss, Sr.
DB – Cre’von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
DB – Bryson Abraham, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
DB – Jeremy Cutrer, Middle Tennessee, Jr.
DB – Bennett Okotcha, UTSA, Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Jonathan Barnes, Louisiana Tech, So.
P – Tyler Williams, Marshall, Sr.
KR – Kylen Towner, WKU, So.
PR – Deandre Reaves, Marshall, Sr.
LS – Matt Cincotta, Marshall, Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
OFFENSE
QB – Jeff Driskel, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
QB – Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee, Fr.
RB – Aaron Jones, UTEP, Jr.
RB – Jarveon Williams, UTSA, Jr.
OL – Mikingson Marsaille, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
OL – Kelly Parfaitt, Florida Atlantic, Jr.
OL – David Mahaffey, Louisiana Tech, Jr.
OL – Josh Robinson, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
OL – Marquice Shakir, Middle Tennessee, Jr.
OL – Kaydon Kirby, North Texas, Jr.
OL – Will Hernandez, UTEP, So.
TE – Jonnu Smith, FIU, Jr.
TE – Ryan Yurahek, Marshall, So.
TE – Hayden Plinke, UTEP, Jr.
WR – Jenson Stoshak, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
WR – Carlos Henderson, Louisiana Tech, So.
WR – Paul Turner, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
WR – Davonte Allen, Marshall, Sr.
WR – Zach Wright, Rice, Jr.
WR – Casey Martin, Southern Miss, So.
WR – Kerry Thomas, Jr., UTSA, Jr.
WR – Jared Dangerfield, WKU, Sr.
WR – Nicholas Norris, WKU, Jr.
DEFENSE
DL – Denzell Perine, FIU, Sr.
DL – Vontarrius Dora, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
DL – Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech, Fr.
DL – Gary Thompson, Marshall, Jr.
DL – Pat McNeil, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
DL – Dylan Bradley, Southern Miss, Jr.
DL – Andrew Bolton, Southern Miss, Sr.
DL – Nick Usher, UTEP, Jr.
DL – Marcus Davenport, UTSA, So.
DL – Jontavius Morris, WKU, Sr.
LB – Jens Jeters, UTSA, Sr.
LB – Ocie Rose, Florida Atlantic, Fr.
LB – Beau Fitte, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
LB – D.J. Hunter, Marshall, Sr.
LB – Cavellis Luckett, Middle Tennessee, Sr.
LB – Alex Lyons, Rice, Jr.
LB – Alvin Jones, UTEP, So.
LB – Jimmy Musgraves, UTEP, Sr.
LB – Drew Douglas, UTSA, Sr.
LB – T.J. McCollum, WKU, So.
DB – Jeremiah McKinnon, FIU, Sr.
DB – Jalen Young, Florida Atlantic, Fr.
DB – Kentrell Brice, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
DB – Adairius Barnes, Louisiana Tech, Sr.
DB – Taj Letman, Marshall, Sr.
DB – Corey Tindal, Marshall, Jr.
DB – Tiquan Lang, Marshall, Jr.
DB – Fellonte Misher, Old Dominion, Sr.
DB – D’Nerius Antoine, Southern Miss, Jr.
DB – Michael Egwuagu, UTSA, Jr.
DB – Prince Charles Iworah, WKU,. Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Jay Mattox, UTEP, Jr.
P – James Farrimond, Rice, Sr.
P – Alex Luna, UTEP, So.
KR – Richard Leonard, FIU, Jr.
KR – Carlos Henderson, Louisiana Tech, Fr.
LS – Sam Medlock, FIU, Jr.
LS – Darrell Travis, Louisiana Tech, So.
LS – William Eads, Middle Tennessee, Jr.
LS – Nolan Dowling, WKU, So.
2015 C-USA FOOTBALL ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
OFFENSE
QB – Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
RB – Samuel Stewart, Rice
RB – D'Andre Ferby, WKU
OL – O'Shea Dugas, Louisiana Tech
OL – Chandler Brewer, Middle Tennessee
OL – Chris Miles, North Texas
OL – Nick Clarke, Old Dominion
OL – Dennis Edwards, WKU
TE – Cole Ford, UTEP
WR – Richie James, Middle Tennessee
WR – Parker Smith, Rice
DEFENSE
DL – Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech
DL – Ryan Bee, Marshall
DL – Oshane Ximines, Old Dominion
DL – Darian Yancey, Southern Miss
LB – Ocie Rose, Florida Atlantic
LB – Azeez Al-Shaair, Florida Atlantic
LB – Darius Harris, Middle Tennesse
DB – Jalen Young, Florida Atlantic
DB – Michael Lewis, UTEP
DB – Nate Brooks, North Texas
DB – Justin Bickham, Rice
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Chris Kirtley, Old Dominion
P – Jake Collins, WKU
KR – Austin Walter, Rice
PR – Warren Redix, UTEP
LS – Casey Winner, Florida Atlantic