Jamie Collins Named 1st-Team All-Conference USA
12/4/2012 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 4, 2012
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss senior defensive lineman Jamie Collins (McCall Creek, Miss.) earned Conference USA first-team honors Tuesday in a vote taken by the league's 12 head coaches. Collins led the team in tackles in 2012 with 92 and also ranked first in C-USA in tackles for loss (20.0) and third in sacks (10.0), which both rank fifth on the school's single-season chart. His tackles for loss number currently ranked tied for No. 7 in the country, while his sack total was 21st nationally.
The Golden Eagle defensive end forced four fumbles during the campaign, which ranks tied for 3rd on the school's single-season chart and holds a 5th-place on the school's career chart with seven fumbles forced. It was the 3rd consecutive season a Golden Eagle has forced four fumbles.
He posted three double-digit tackle performances during the year including a season-high 13 against Nebraska and 10 versus Boise State.
Collins is the 42nd first-team defensive honoree for Southern Miss in Conference USA since its inaugural season in 1996.
The Golden Eagles also added four players that garnered honorable mention accolades, senior offensive linemen Jason Weaver (New Orleans, La.) and Austin Quattrochi (Marietta, Ga.) on offense and sophomore tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches (Phenix City, Ala.) and junior cornerback Deron Wilson (New Orleans, La.) on defense.
Weaver, which was granted a sixth-year of eligibility after getting injured during the 2010 campaign, started 25 games, including the last 23 contests, while Quattrochi, a four-year letterwinner, started in 27 contests, which includes his final 25 contests.
Nunez-Roches posted 37 total tackles, while adding one sack and six tackles for loss, as well as posting one pass break up, one forced fumble and one blocked field goal. He tallied a blocked extra point against Louisville and had a season-high six tackles at SMU. Nunez-Roches tallied three or more tackles in eight games this season.
Wilson, who has started in all 39 games of his career, ranked third on the team in tackles with 61 while collecting one interception, giving him now eight for his career to go along with his first fumble recovery and a team-best nine pass break ups. He registered a season-high 13 stops against Nebraska to go along with nine against UCF and eight versus UAB. He had five or more tackles in six games this season.
| 2012 C-USA Football All-Conference Teams | |||
| First Team | |||
| Offense | |||
| QB | Rakeem Cato | Sophomore | Marshall |
| RB | Zach Line | Senior | SMU |
| RB | Latavius Murray | Senior | UCF |
| RB | Darrin Reaves | Sophomore | UAB |
| OL | Jacolby Ashworth | Senior | Houston |
| OL | Brian DeShane | Senior | Tulsa |
| OL | Jared Grigg | Senior | Tulsa |
| OL | Chris Hubbard | Senior | UAB |
| OL | Jordan Rae | Senior | UCF |
| TE | Vance McDonald | Senior | Rice |
| WR | Ryan Grant | Junior | Tulane |
| WR | Justin Hardy | Sophomore | East Carolina |
| WR | Tommy Shuler | Sophomore | Marshall |
| Defense | |||
| DL | Jamie Collins | Senior | Southern Miss |
| DL | Troy Davis | Senior | UCF |
| DL | Cory Dorris | Senior | Tulsa |
| DL | Margus Hunt | Senior | SMU |
| LB | DeAundre Brown | Senior | Tulsa |
| LB | Ja'Gared Davis | Senior | SMU |
| LB | Phillip Steward | Senior | Houston |
| DB | PhillipGaines | Junior | Rice |
| DB | D.J. Hayden | Senior | Houston |
| DB | Kemal Ishmael | Senior | UCF |
| DB | Dexter McCoil | Senior | Tulsa |
| Special Teams | |||
| K | Cairo Santos | Junior | Tulane |
| P | Richie Leone | Junior | Houston |
| KR | Quincy McDuffie | Senior | UCF |
| PR | J.J. Worton | Sophomore | UCF |
| LS | Billy Johnson | Graduate Student | Tulane |
| Second Team | |||
| Offense | |||
| QB | Blake Bortles | Sophomore | UCF |
| RB | Vintavious Cooper | Junior | East Carolina |
| RB | Charles Sims | Junior | Houston |
| OL | Bryan Collins | Senior | SMU |
| OL | Jordan Devey | Senior | Memphis |
| OL | Trent Dupy | Senior | Tulsa |
| OL | Will Simmons | Junior | East Carolina |
| OL | Torrian Wilson | Sophomore | UCF |
| TE | Gator Hoskins | Junior | Marshall |
| WR | Aaron Dobson | Senior | Marshall |
| WR | Keyarris Garrett | Sophomore | Tulsa |
| WR | Darius Johnson | Senior | SMU |
| Defense | |||
| DL | Michael Brooks | Senior | East Carolina |
| DL | Johnnie Farms | Junior | Memphis |
| DL | Martin Ifedi | Sophomore | Memphis |
| DL | Jared St. John | Senior | Tulsa |
| LB | Marvin Burdette | Senior | UAB |
| LB | Derrell Johnson | Junior | East Carolina |
| LB | Taylor Reed | Senior | SMU |
| DB | Kenneth Acker | Junior | SMU |
| DB | A.J. Bouye | Senior | UCF |
| DB | Dominick LeGrande | Graduate Student | Marshall |
| DB | Marco Nelson | Junior | Tulsa |
| Special Teams | |||
| K | Chris Boswell | Junior | Rice |
| P | Ian Campbell | Senior | UTEP |
| KR | Trey Watts | Junior | Tulsa |
| PR | Justin Hardy | Sophomore | East Carolina |
| LS | Brandon Hartson | Senior | Houston |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Offense | |||
| QB | Shane Carden | Sophomore | East Carolina |
| QB | Cody Green | Junior | Tulsa |
| QB | Ryan Griffin | Senior | Tulane |
| QB | Taylor McHargue | Junior | Rice |
| RB | Nathan Jeffery | Sophomore | UTEP |
| RB | Alex Singleton | Senior | Tulsa |
| RB | Trey Watts | Junior | Tulsa |
| OL | Eloy Atkinson | Senior | UTEP |
| OL | Drew Carroli | Sophomore | Rice |
| OL | Adhem Elsawi | Junior | East Carolina |
| OL | Jordan Free | Senior | SMU |
| OL | Chris Jasperse | Sophomore | Marshall |
| OL | Jordan Jeffries | Junior | Marshall |
| OL | Eric Jones | Senior | Tulane |
| OL | Jordan McCray | Junior | UCF |
| OL | James Nelson | Senior | UTEP |
| OL | Austin Quattrochi | Senior | Southern Miss |
| OL | Bryce Redman | Sophomore | Houston |
| OL | Alex Schooler | Junior | Marshall |
| OL | Jason Weaver | Senior | Southern Miss |
| OL | Caleb Williams | Freshman | Rice |
| TE | Kennard Backman | Sophomore | UAB |
| TE | Justin Tukes | Sophomore | UCF |
| TE | Craig Wenrick | Junior | UTEP |
| TE | Luke Willson | Senior | Rice |
| WR | Mike Edwards | Senior | UTEP |
| WR | Rannell Hall | Sophomore | UCF |
| WR | Jordan James | Junior | Tulsa |
| WR | Jeremy Johnson | Junior | SMU |
| WR | Sam McGuffie | Senior | Rice |
| WR | Marcus Rucker | Senior | Memphis |
| WR | Jackie Williams | Junior | UAB |
| WR | Antavious Wilson | Senior | Marshall |
| Defense | |||
| DL | Marcus Bagley | Junior | UTEP |
| DL | Alex Bazzie | Junior | Marshall |
| DL | Cody Bauer | Junior | Rice |
| DL | Christian Covington | Freshman | Rice |
| DL | Austen Jacks | Senior | Tulane |
| DL | Derrick Jackson | Senior | Tulsa |
| DL | Horace Miller | Junior | UTEP |
| DL | Lee Pegues | Junior | East Carolina |
| DL | Torlan Pittman | Senior | SMU |
| DL | Terry Redden | Sophomore | Memphis |
| DL | Hosam Shahin | Junior | Rice |
| DL | Brandon SpParrow | Junior | Marshall |
| DL | Rakeem Nunez-Roches | Sophomore | Southern Miss |
| DL | Julius Warmsley | Junior | Tulane |
| DL | Greg Watkins | Senior | UTEP |
| LB | Anthony Brown | Junior | Memphis |
| LB | Jeremy Grove | Sophomore | East Carolina |
| LB | Shawn Jackson | Junior | Tulsa |
| LB | Tank Jakes | Sophomore | Memphis |
| LB | Derrick Mathews | Sophomore | Houston |
| LB | Cameron Nwosu | Junior | Rice |
| LB | Josh Fely | Senior | UTEP |
| DB | Lonnie Ballentine | Junior | Memphis |
| DB | Jordan Batiste | Freshman | Tulane |
| DB | Lorenzo Doss | Freshman | Tulane |
| DB | DeShawn Grayson | Senior | UTEP |
| DB | Calvin Jones | Junior | UAB |
| DB | Damon Magazu | Junior | East Carolina |
| DB | Zach McMillian | Junior | Houston |
| DB | Okechukwu Okoroha | Graduate Student | Marshall |
| DB | Paul Porras | Junior | Rice |
| DB | Lowell Rose | Senior | Tulsa |
| DB | Deron Wilson | Senior | Southern Miss |
| DB | Darren Woodard | Senior | UTEP |
| Special Teams | |||
| K | Justin Haig | Sophomore | Marshall |
| K | Warren Harvey | Sophomore | East Carolina |
| K | Matt Hogan | Senior | Houston |
| K | Ty Long | Sophomore. | UAB |
| P | Tom Hornsey | Junior. | Memphis |
| P | Mike Loftus | Sophomore | SMU |
| P | Hunter Mullins | Sophomore | UAB |
| P | Trent Tignor | Junior | East Carolina |
| KR | Autrey Golden | Freshman | UTEP |
| KR | Bobby McCain | Sophomore | Memphis |
| PR | Mike Edwards | Senior | UTEP |
| LS | Nick Dooley | Freshman | UTEP |
| LS | Trevor Gillette | Junior | Rice |
| LS | Taylor Klein | Senior | UAB |