STERLING,
Va. – As chosen by the sports
information directors and
D3football.com
staff,
a
total of 75 players
were selected to this year's All-South
Region Team. Senior
defensive tackle Casey Younger landed on the First Team defense,
followed by fellow Vicksburg native and senior safety Ray
Kline on the Second Team and sophomore offensive guard John
Shivers
on
the Third
Team,
respectively.
For the second consecutive year, the Majors did not have
a selection to the All-South Region preseason squad, but
landed several on the postseason team. Millsaps had five
selections in 2006, highlighted by senior kick returner Chris
Jackson on the First Team, and backed that up with three
this year.
Younger, a 6-foot-1, 260-pound senior from Vicksburg is the
first repeat performer on the All-South Region squad for
Millsaps,
earning
Third
Team
honors
a year
ago.
With Football Gazette honors still in the future,
the Vicksburg senior continues to add to his postseason accolades
that include SCAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, All-SCAC
First Team and Jackson Touchdown Club Most Valuable Senior.
Notes on Younger: SCAC Defensive Player of the Week
(Week 4) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First
Team
...
2007 First Team All-SCAC & Co-Defensive Player of the Year
... 2006 First Team All-SCAC and D3Football.com Third Team
All-South Region selection ... 3rd in the SCAC in sacks and
4th in
tackles-for-loss ... had a career-high 4.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks
in a shutout win over Rhodes ... ranks amongst the Top 15
all-time in Millsaps history with 180 career tackles (29.0
tackles-for-loss), 12.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble
recovery.
Kline, a 5-foot-9, 186-pound senior safety from Vicksburg
becomes the first Second Team selection in the All-Region
Team's
third
year
of existence,
ending
2007 with 38 tackles, four INTs (2
TDs), 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a QB hurry.
Notes
on Kline: SCAC Defensive
Player of the Week and Football Gazette Team of the Week selection
in Week 10 ... started all 10 games
at strong safety, recording at least one tackle in every game
... 2nd in the SCAC in passes defended and 4th in INTs ... returned
a pair of INTs 56-yards and 48-yards for a score ... had a season-high
nine tackles against TU ... 2004 & 2005 All-SCAC Second Team
selection ... 2007 First Team All-SCAC ... 186 career tackles.
Just a sophomore and standing in at 6-foot-1, 278-pounds
from Summerville, Ala., Shivers becomes the youngest Millsaps
selection and the first to
receive
recognition
on the offensive
line,
with
QB Juan Joseph and Jackson the other two on offense.
Notes on Shivers: Graded out in the high 80s all
season ... developed into a dominant pass blocker with
great hands
and great
upper body strength ... only given up one sack in two
seasons, none this year ... started in all 21 games through
his first
two seasons ... plays with great toughness and effort
... 2007 First Team All-SCAC.
Those selected to the All-South Region Team are automatically
thrown back into the pot to receive All-America honors, which
will be released at the conclusion of the NCAA Division
III football
season.
