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Bulldogs picked on top in preseason poll;
Ford named Offensive Player of the Year
South Carolina State’s Will Ford and Endor Cooper of Howard earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s top football preseason awards, as announced by the league. Ford was selected as the preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Cooper was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the MEAC head football coaches and sports information directors.
For the second year in a row, the South Carolina State Bulldogs were the consensus pick to win the MEAC title in 2008. The defending MEAC Champion Delaware State Hornets finished second in the preseason poll.
Ford led the Bulldogs in total rushing yards with 1,389 yards on 210 attempts and four touchdowns. He finished second in the MEAC in rushing yards per game with an average of 126.3. Ford earned the MEAC’s Rookie of the Year honor his freshman season and was selected to the All-MEAC First Team as a sophomore.
MEAC preseason picks
2008 MEAC football preseason predicted order of finish (first-place votes)
1. South Carolina State (6) 272
2. Delaware State (6) 252
3. Norfolk State (2) 216
4. Hampton (2) 214
5. Morgan State 170
6. Florida A&M 120
7. Bethune-Cookman (1) 91
8. Howard 85
9. North Carolina A&T (1) 35
SCSU player honorees
2008 All-MEAC First Team
OFFENSE
RB - William Ford, Jr., South Carolina State, Travelers Rest, SC
OL - Devon Dawson, Jr., South Carolina State, Greer, SC
C - Raymond Harrison, r-Sr., South Carolina State, Columbia, SC
DEFENSE
DB - Markee Hamlin, Jr., South Carolina State, Lamar, SC
2008 All-MEAC Second Team
OFFENSE
WR - Oliver ‘Tre’ Young*, Jr., South Carolina State, Charleston, SC
DEFENSE
DL - James Simmons, Sr., South Carolina State, Greenville, SC
DL - Keyon Brooks, Sr., South Carolina State, Miami, Fla.
LB - Tony White, Sr., South Carolina State, Seneca, SC
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