July 16, 2007
Duquesne senior wide receiver Bruce Hocker (Upper Marlboro, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) has been named to the College Sporting News 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-American Team.
Hocker, who led the FCS in receiving yards per game (107.0) and touchdown receptions (16) last year, was named to the third team. The Upper Marlboro, Md. native is one of just four players from the mid-major level named to the 75-man squad.
The 6-4, 205-pound Hocker came back from a broken collarbone that limited him to three games played as a sophomore to catch 61 passes for 1,070 yards and 16 touchdowns and earn consensus All-American honors for the 7-3 Dukes in 2006. In addition to leading the nation in receiving yards per game and touchdown catches, he also posted the most points per game by a receiver (9.6). In the process, he joined current Cleveland Browns defensive back Leigh Bodden (1999-02) as the only other player in school history be be named Associated Press I-AA All-America and AFCA Division I-AA Coaches All-America as a junior.
Hocker, who was one of nine FCS pass-catchers with over 1,000 yards in 2006, enters his senior season first among FCS returning receivers in career yards per catch (17.8) and tied for second in career touchdown receptions (24).
Duquesne opens the 2007 at home versus Bucknell on Saturday, Sept. 1.
2007 COLLEGE SPORTING NEWS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
FIRST TEAMOFFENSEQB Ricky Santos, New HampshireRB Kevin Richardson, Appalachian StateFB Jerome Felton, FurmanWR Alex Watson, Northern ArizonaWR Jerome Simpson, Coastal CarolinaTE Blake Martin, Sam Houston StateC Brennan Carvalho, Portland StateOG Kerry Brown, Appalachian StateOG Matt Alfred, Eastern WashingtonOT Chad Rinehart, Northern IowaOT Brandon Hale, Sam Houston State
DEFENSEDE Bryan Smith, McNeese StateDE Kroy Biermann, MontanaDT John Faletoese, UC DavisDT Mychal Savage, Youngstown StateLB Joe Mays, North Dakota StateLB Kye Stewart, Illinois StateLB Jason Hatchell, MassachusettsS Corey Lynch, Appalachian StateS Bobbie Williams, Bethune-CookmanCB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee StateCB Andrew Berry, Harvard
SPECIAL TEAMSK Blake Bercegeay, McNeese StateP Mike Dragosavich, North Dakota StateRS Steven Whitehead, McNeese State
SECOND TEAMOFFENSEQB Josh Johnson, San DiegoRB Lex Hilliard, MontanaFB Broderick Cole, Nicholls StateWR Clyde Edwards, Grambling StateWR Ramses Barden, Cal PolyTE Chris Wagner, South Dakota StateC Billy Krause, UT-MartinOG Mitch Erickson, South Dakota StateOG Peter St. John, Portland StateOT Cody Balough, MontanaOT Matt Austin, Massachusetts
DEFENSEDE Kendall Langford, HamptonDE Brian Johnston, Gardner-WebbDT Mark Huygins, Northern IowaDT Justin Brown, FurmanLB Donald Thomas, Eastern IllinoisLB Colin Disch, AlbanyLB Mike Gallihugh, ColgateS Brent Webber, Sacramento StateS Tony LeZotte, James MadisonCB Brandon Jackson, Georgia SouthernCB Ricky Wilson, Northern Arizona
SPECIAL TEAMSK Rob Zarrilli, HofstraP Brandon Lane, ElonRS Dexter Jackson, Appalachian State
THIRD TEAMOFFENSEQB Eric Sanders, Northern IowaRB Donald Chapman, UT-MartinFB Bobby McClintock, Portland StateWR Micah Rucker, Eastern IllinoisWR Bruce Hocker, DUQUESNETE Louis Irizarry, Youngstown StateC Stephen Field, Cal PolyOG Jon Compas, UC DavisOG Matt Jenkins, Texas StateOT Nate Safe, North Dakota StateOT David Hale, Weber State
DEFENSEDE Eric Bakhtiari, San DiegoDE Mike Boyd, Texas SouthernDT Tim Washington, App. StateDT Geoffrey Woods, Tennessee TechLB Ryan Shotwell, Cal PolyLB Andrew Jones, FurmanLB James Terry, Youngstown StateS Chris Parsons, Northern IowaS Jarmaul George, SouthernCB Casey Gough, Holy CrossCB Jerome Touchstone, App. State
SPECIAL TEAMSK Parker Douglass, South Dakota StateP Chris MacDonald, Texas StateRS Jayson Foster, Georgia Southern
