Dec. 18, 2002
Senior cornerback Leigh Bodden (Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern), Duquesne University's all-time interception leader, was named to the American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA All-America Team for the second consecutive season it was announced today.
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| Duquesne record-holder and All-American Bodden grabs one of his seven interceptions this season |
Bodden, who made school history by becoming the first player from DU to earn a spot on AFCA team last year, is one of three repeaters on the 2002 squad. He is one of just two players who compete at the I-AA Mid-Major level to earn a spot on the 25-man team.
Bodden, the 2002 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League Defensive Player of the Year, finished his career with 28 interceptions, tying the previous I-AA career record since broken by fellow AFCA All-American Rashean Mathis of Bethune-Cookman.
The holder of every Duquesne interception record, he picked off seven passes this season including a school record-tying three vs. Iona. He was a prime reason DU's defense was ranked No. 1 in Division I-AA in total and scoring defense and second in pass and pass efficiency defense.
The I-AA AFCA All-America team, which is the only All-America squad chosen by the nation's coaches, has been in existence since 1979.
2002 AFCA Division I-AA Coaches' All-America Team
OffensePos Name Ht Wt Cl School Coach Hometown (High School)WR Carl Morris 6-3 205 Sr. Harvard Tim Murphy Sterling, Va. (Episcopal)WR Willie Ponder 6-1 205 Sr. SE Missouri St. Tim Billings Tulsa, Okla. (Tulsa Central)TE Casey Cramer 6-2 230 Jr. Dartmouth John Lyons Middleton, Wis. (Middleton)OL Jeff Santacroce 6-3 290 Sr. Lehigh Pete Lembo Mount Airy, Md. (Urbana)OL Dwight Beard 6-4 315 Sr. William & Mary Jimmye Laycock Shippensburg, (Pa.) ShippensburgOL Chris Price 6-0 295 Sr. Western Kentucky Jack Harbaugh Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)OL Nathan Frowsing 6-2 295 Sr. St. Mary's (Calif.) Tim Landis Madera, Calif. (Sierra)OL Trevor Kruger 6-3 275 Sr. Furman Bobby Lamb Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County)QB Tony Romo 6-3 215 Sr. Eastern Illinois Bob Spoo Burlington, Wis. (Burlington)RB Jay Bailey 6-0 205 Sr. Austin Peay Bill Schmitz Clarksville, Tenn. (Clarksville)RB Stephan Lewis 5-8 210 Sr. New Hampshire Sean McDonnell Coatesville, Pa. (Coatesville)
DefenseDL Adam Lord* 6-2 265 Sr. Bucknell Dave Kotulski Troy, N.Y. (Troy)DL Josh Jeffries* 6-2 260 Sr. Appalachian St. Jerry Moore Rougemont, N.C. (Northern Durham)DL Freddy Pesqueira 6-1 241 Sr. Georgia Southern Mike Sewak Acworth, Ga. (North Cobb)DL Roy Locks 5-11 240 Sr. Northwestern St. Scott Stoker Orange, Texas (West Orange Stark)LB Stephan Cooper 6-2 220 Sr. Maine Jack Cosgrove Wareham, Mass. (Wareham)LB Joe Sentipal 5-11 225 Sr. Monmouth Kevin Callahan Hasbrouck Hts., N.J. (Hasbrouck)LB Elgin Andrews 6-1 240 Sr. Jackson State Robert Hughes Macomb, Miss. (South Pike)DB Leigh Bodden* 6-1 198 Sr. Duquesne Greg Gattuso Hyattsville, Md. (Northwestern)DB Rashean Mathis 6-2 185 Sr. Bethune-Cookman Alvin Wyatt Jacksonville, Fla. (Englewood)DB Trey Young 6-1 200 Sr. Montana Joe Glenn San Diego, Calif. (Helix)DB Hadley Prince 5-9 200 Sr. McNeese State Tommy Tate Sulphur, La. (Sulphur)
SpecialistsP Mike Scifres 6-2 230 Sr. Western Illinois Don Patterson Destrehan, La. (Destrehan)PK Mackenzie Hoambrecker 6-0 185 Sr. Northern Iowa Mark Farley Devenport, Iowa (West)RS Zuriel Smith 6-2 180 Sr. Hampton Joe Taylor Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee)
