BATON ROUGE, La. – Departing veterans Hunter Kissinger and Gerrand Johnson as well as rising sophomore Ben Banogu were named All-Louisiana as the Louisiana Sports Writer's Association released the annual All-Louisiana football teams and specialty awards.
First Team All-Louisiana Selection
Hunter Kissinger (Grad., LB, Springdale, Ark.)
Hunter Kissinger finished the 2015 season with 133 total tackles despite missing the first two games of the season due to a non-football related surgery. Of his 133 tackles, 81 were solo and he finished with 11.5 tackles for loss including two sacks. He also had one interception and one fumble recovery, both coming in the season finale against New Mexico State as the Warhawks rallied for a 42-35 win over the Aggies.
Second Team All-Louisiana Selection
Gerrand Johnson (Grad., DL, Rayville, La.)
Gerrand Johnson finished his final collegiate season with 65 total tackles including 10 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. He forced one fumble on the season and finished with three pass breakups and one quarterback hurry as he was a focal point of opposing offensive lines during the 2015 season.
Honorable Mention All-Louisiana Selection
Ben Banogu Mitchell (RFr., DL, McKinney, Texas)
Ben Banogu was a force from his defensive end position as he tallied team highs in both tackles for loss (14.5) and sacks (5.0) as he started all 13 games. He finished with 45 total tackles and five quarterback hurries. Banogu also forced a pair of fumbles and recovered one during his first collegiate season.
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LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
POS/NAME, SCHOOL/CL/HOMETOWN/NOTES
OL/Vadal Alexander, LSU/Sr./Buford, Ga./Second Team A-A, First Team All-SEC
OL/Darrell Brown, Louisiana Tech/Jr./Abilene, Texas/Second Team All-C-USA
OL/Quentin Marsh, McNeese/Sr./Dickinson, Texas/First Team All-SLC
OL/Anthony Mosley, Southern/Sr./Cairo, Ga./First Team All-SWAC
OL/Ethan Pocic, LSU/Jr./Lemont, Ill./Second Team All-SEC
RB/Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech/Sr./Strong, Ark./First Team All-C-USA; 22 total TDs
RB/Leonard Fournette, LSU/So./New Orleans, La./First Team A-A, LSU record, 1,741 rush yds
WR/Jamal Robinson, UL-Lafayette/Sr./Slidell, La./First Team All-SBC, 842 yds, 5 TDs
WR/Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech/Jr./Shreveport, La./First Team All-C-USA; 1,133 yds, 8 TDs
TE/Montrell Jones, Southern/Sr./Milwaukee, Wis./First Team All-SWAC; 21 rec. 295 yds
QB/Jeff Driskel, Louisiana Tech/Sr./Oviedo, Fla./C-USA Newcomer, 3,575 yds passing, 29 total TDs
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
POS/NAME, SCHOOL/CL/HOMETOWN/NOTES
DL/Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech/Sr./Summit, Miss./First Team All-C-USA; 48 T, 10 TFL, 3 Sacks
DL/Isaiah Golden, McNeese/So./Carthage, Texas/First Team All-SLC; 38 T, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks
DL/Lewis Neal, LSU/Jr./Wilson, N.C./Team lead sacks (8), TFL (9.5), 6 PBU
DL/Tanzel Smart, Tulane/Fr./Baton Rouge, La./First Team All-AAC, 62 T, 15 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 FR
LB/Deion Jones, LSU/Sr./New Orleans, La./Butkus Finalist, 92 T, 11.5 TFL, 4 sacks, 2 Ints
LB/Hunter Kissinger, ULM/GR/Springdale, Ark./First Team All-SBC, 133 T, 11.5 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 Int.
LB/Nico Marley, Tulane/Jr./Weston, Fla./First Team All-AAC, 82 T, 13 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 Int.
DB/Jamal Adams, LSU/So./Lewisville, Texas/Second Team All-SEC, 60 T, 5.5 TFL, 4 Ints.
DB/Harlan Miller, Southeastern Louisiana/Sr./Kentwood, La./First Team All-SLC, 49 T, 4 Ints, 10 PBU
DB/Wallace Scott, McNeese/Sr./Weyanoke, La./SLC Def. POY, 58 T, 2 sacks, 1 Int., 3 FR-2 TDs
DB/Tre'Davious White, LSU/Jr./Shreveport, La./Second Team All-SEC, 38 T, 6 PBUs
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
POS/NAME, SCHOOL/CL/HOMETOWN/NOTES
PK/Chris Moore, Northwestern State/Sr./Plano, Texas/Third Team A-A, First Team All-SLC, 16-19 FGs
P/Jean Breaux, McNeese/Sr./Scott, La./First Team All-SLC, 42.9 avg; 22 inside 20; 12 50 yds+; 22 FC
RS/Willie Quinn, Southern/Sr./Miami, Fla./First Team All-SWAC, TDs punt & KOR (100 yds); 28.4 KO avg.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Matt Viator, McNeese State
Voting – Viator 20; Broderick Fobbs, Grambling 3
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Leonard Fournette, LSU
Voting – Fournette 19; Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech 4
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Wallace Scott, McNeese
Voting – Scott 12; Deion Jones, LSU 7; Hunter Kissinger, ULM 2; Dominique Tovell, UL-Lafayette 1; Harland Miller, Southeastern Louisiana 1
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Arden Key, LSU
Voting – Key 13; Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech 9; Ben Banogu, ULM 1
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Driskel – Louisiana Tech
Voting – Driskel 20; Isaiah Golden, McNeese 3
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
OL – Jens Danielsen, Louisiana Tech, Wichita, Kan.; Joe Graves, Southeastern Louisiana, Covington, La.; Ben Jones, McNeese, Nederland, Texas; Justin Miller, Grambling, Ruston, La.; Pace Murphy, Northwestern State, Houston, Texas.
RB – Elijah McGuire, UL-Lafayette, Houma, La; Lenard Tillery, Southern, Baton Rouge, La.
WR – Ed Eagan, Northwestern State, New Orleans, La.; Chad Williams, Grambling, Baton Rouge, La.
TE – Zach Hetrick, McNeese, Baton Rouge, La.
QB – Johnathan Williams, Grambling, Tampa, Fla.
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech, St. Francisville, La.; Devon Godchaux, LSU, Plaquemine, La.; Gerrand Johnson, ULM, Rayville, La.; Arden Key, LSU, Atlanta, Ga.
LB – Kendell Beckwith, LSU, Clinton, La.; Bo Brown, McNeese, Katy, Texas; Dominique Tovell, UL-Lafayette, Columbia, Miss.
DB – Bryson Abraham, Louisiana Tech, Jennings, La.; B.T. Sanders, Nicholls, Foley, Ala.; Micah Eugene, Southeastern Louisiana, Lafayette, La.; Guy Stallworth, Grambling, Gulfport, La.; Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech, West Monroe, La.
SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Jonathan Barnes, Louisiana Tech, Baton Rouge, La.
P – Steven Coutts, UL-Lafayette, Brisbane, Australia
RS – Ed Eagan, Northwestern State, New Orleans, La.
HONORABLE MENTION
WR—Malachi Dupre, LSU, New Orleans, La.
DL – Ben Banogu, ULM, McKinney, Texas; Ashton Henderson, Southeastern Louisiana, Tulsa, Okla.
DB – Savion Brown, UL-Lafayette, Shreveport, La.
