Bryan Smith named to 2007 Walter Camp all-America football team

It's his second straight year to be named to squad

Dec. 7, 2007

McNeese State defensive end Bryan Smith has been named to the 2007 Walter Camp Football Foundation all-American team.

This is the second straight year for the Cowboy senior to be named to the team.

The team was selected by head coaches and sports information directors of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and certified by UHY Advisors, a New Haven based accounting firm.

Quarterback Ricky Santos of New Hampshire headlines the team as a three-time pick.

The defensive team includes 11 players who are candidates for the Buck Buchanan defensive player of the year award, including McNeese's Smith.

This past season Smith was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year after being among the nation's top ranked players in quarterback sacks (10.5) and tackles for a loss (22.5).

Players from 10 different conferences and 22 total institutions are represented on the Walter Camp team.

Smith is one of three players from the Southland Conference named to the team. The others are defensive back Ladarius Webb of Nicholls State and punter Chris MacDonald of Texas State.

Walter Camp, "the father of American Football", first selected an all-America team in 1989. Camp, a former Yale University athlete and football coach - is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to 11 men per side.

The Walter Camp foundation - a New Haven based all-volunteer group - was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideas of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting all-America teams for the Football Bowl and Championship subdivisions.

OFFENSE

WR Terrell Hudgins Elon Universit y Soph. 6_2 226 Rocky Mount, NC

WR Ramses Barden Cal Poly Jr. 6_6 228 Altadena, CA

TE Matt Champa Dayton Sr. 6_2 219 Sagamore Hills, OH

OL Kerr y Brown Appalachian St ate Sr. 6_6 310 Marietta, GA

OL Mike Byrne Delaware Sr. 6_6 295 Lit itz, PA

OL Mike Austin Massachusetts Sr. 6_5 285 Reading, MA

OL Nate Safe North Dakota State Sr. 6_5 310 Cannon Falls, MN

OL Chad Rinehart Northern Iowa Sr. 6_5 308 Boone, IA

C Brennan Carvalho# Portland St ate Sr. 6_1 310 Kapaa, Hawaii

QB Ricky Santos % New Hampshire Sr. 6_2 215 Bellingham, MA

RB Omar Cuff Delaware Sr. 5_10 195 Landover, MD

RB Tim Hightower Richmond Sr. 6_1 225 Waldorf, MD

PK Dan Carpenter Montana Sr. 6_2 207 Helena, MT

DEFENSE

DL Kroy Biermann# Montana Sr. 6_3 241 Hardin, MT

DL Bryan Smith# McNeese St ate Sr. 6_3 230 Newton, TX

DL Brian Johnson Gardner_ Webb Sr. 6_5 280 San Diego, CA

DL Eric Bakht iari San Diego Sr. 6_4 260 Burlingame, CA

LB Kye St ewart Illinois St ate Sr. 6_0 210 Nashville, TN

LB Bobby Daly Montana St ate Jr. 6_1 215 Helena, MT

LB Jason Hatchell Massachusetts Sr. 6_0 240 Mullica Hill, NJ

LB Joe Mays North Dakota State Sr. 5_11 243 Chicago, IL

DB Corey Lynch Appalachian St ate Sr. 6_0 205 Cape Coral, FL

DB Tony LeZotte@ James Madison Sr. 6_0 200 Augusta, GA

DB Ladarius Webb Nicholls St ate Jr. 5_11 205 Opelika, AL

DB Derrick Huff Eastern Kentucky Sr. 5_11 188 Hamilton, OH

P Chris MacDonald Texas St ate Sr. 6_4 215 Mesa, AZ

KR Jeremy Gilchrist Hampton Jr. 5_10 174 Virginia Beach, VA