Daktronics All-Region Football Teams Announced

NEWBERRY, S.C. – Four Lion football players were selected to the 2013 Daktronics All-Region teams. Troy Harris and Shaikel Davis made the first team while Dimitri Holmes and Sammy Siasia were second team selections.

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Harris, a senior from Orlando, Fla., started in all 11 games with 99 total tackles, (46 solo). He recorded 8.0 sacks, 20.5 tackles-for-loss, two forced fumbles and three pass break-ups.  Troy was a first team All-SAC pick, a second team Daktronics All-Region selection in 2012 as well as being named the SAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2012. He was named a 2013 Preseason All-American by Beyond Sports Network. Troy led the SAC in tackles-for-loss, was seventh in NCAA in tackles-for-loss and eighth in the SAC in total tackles.

Davis, a junior from East Flat Rock, N.C., started in the first 10 games for the Lions before suffering an injury. He rushed for 1,254 yards averaging 125.4 yards per game. He was a first team All-SAC selection in 2013 and a second team Daktronics All-Region pick in 2012. He led the SAC in rushing yards and rushing yards per game. Shaikel ranks 13th in the NCAA in rushing yards per game and 18th in the NCAA in total rushing yards despite missing the last game of the year due to injury.

Holmes, a junior from Athens, Ga., started in all 11 games for MHU. The first team All-SAC member caught 81 passes for 1,591 yards and 15 touchdowns. He averaged 19.6 yards per catch and 144.6 yards per contest. Dimitri led the SAC in receiving yards, receiving yards per game and receiving touchdowns. He was fifth in NCAA in receiving touchdowns. Dimitri was third in NCAA in receiving yards and second in the NCAA in receiving yards per game. He was second in the SAC in receptions per game. Dimitri finished the year setting program records in single-season receiving yards (1,591 – 2nd in SAC history), TD receptions (15), career receiving yards (3,449 – 3rd in SAC history) and career TD receptions (32).

Siasia, a senior from Marietta, Ga., started in all 11 games for the Lions. The All-SAC first team selection, led the conference with 155 tackles. That number placed him second in the NCAA. He also led the league in solo tackles (64) and was third in the SAC in tackles-for-loss. Sammy was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week twice and the D2Football.com national player of the week once. He totaled double-digit tackles in 10 games in 2013 and recorded a 20-tackle performance twice this season.

Tusculum quarterback Bo Cordell and North Alabama linebacker Tavarius Wilson earned regional Player of the Year honors as the 2013 Daktronics All-Super Region Two football teams were released Wednesday.

Selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) who represent Division II football schools in the region, these players represent some of the finest student-athletes in the Gulf South, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic and South Atlantic Conferences, as well as two independent institutions.

Regional finalist North Alabama leads all schools with eight total selections. Some of the region's other playoff teams were also well represented with Newberry earning seven selections, Lenoir-Rhyne claiming six picks and Carson-Newman and UNC Pembroke each netting four picks.

Other schools with top pick numbers were West Alabama with five picks and Mars Hill and Tusculum with four picks each.