NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University Football placed seven players on the Phil Steele All-Conference USA Team, as announced by Phil Steele on Tuesday.
TJ Ricks earned first-team accolades after leading ODU with 93 tackles on the year. He added two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries to go along with five tackles for loss.
Zach Pascal, Troy Butler, Oshane Ximines and Rashaad Coward all received second-team honors.
Pascal led ODU with 63 catches for 893 yards and eight touchdowns, while rushing for 120 yards. He has caught a pass in all 48 games he has played in, the second longest active streak in FBS.
Butler started 11 games at right guard, helping ODU to the top rushing attack in Conference USA.
Ximines leads the Monarchs in sacks with 7.5 and tackles for loss with 11.5. He has 41 tackles and a team-best three forced fumbles.
Coward leads all ODU defensive lineman and is fourth on the team with 46 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss.
Ray Lawry and Brandon Addison received third-team honors.
Lawry finished fifth in Conference USA with 1,122 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. He has six 100-yard rushing games on the year. He neads 15 yards to pass his single-season rushing record he set last season.
Addison is sixth on the team in tackles with 43 and has three tackles for loss. He leads the team with 10 pass breakups and is one away from tying his own single-season record he set last season. He also holds the ODU career record with 21.