MAC Football Awards

The MAC Football awards are in and it was a good day for four Falcons, who received recognition that was well-deserved.

Karl Brooks was BG's only first team selection.  He lost out on defensive player of the year to Jose Ramirez of EMU, who actually led the MAC in sacks and TFL.  We didn't play EMU, so we aren't familiar with him but he also had a monster year.

On the second team were Odieu Hilaire, Taron Keith as a returner, and Christian Sims as TE.

BG had no one on the third team.

Congrats to all of them.  These awards are well-deserved.

As the BG release points out, the Falcons had the lowest number of honorees despite being one of five currently bowl eligible teams. It is odd.  I looked through the stats.  We don't have guys who have big numbers, even on defense.  These are the coach's rankings, so you wouldn't expect them to be too number driven, but it is a fact. 

Based on PFF rankings, Jakari Robinson was the #8 lineman in the MAC, and Jordan Anderson was #5 D-back, both using the 50% usage threshold.  FWIW.

And I agree that DJ Irons is a poor pick for #3, McDonald and Schlee both could have made strong arguments for the spot.

In fact, Karl Brooks was a PFF All-American and graded out the highest in the MAC on the d-line.