Several Cougars among Midseason All-Independent Team

CLEVELAND, OH - Phil Steele released his Midseason All-Independent Team, featuring 15 BYU players, including nine on the first team.

Notre Dame led the group with 21 players making the all-indepedent team, including 13 on the first eam. Army had 10 players on the list and Navy had eight.

Junior wide receiver Cody Hoffman and senior offensive lineman Braden Hansen were selected to the first team offense, with freshman running back Jamaal Williams, junior tight end Kaneakua Friel and senior offensive lineman Braden Brown on the second team.

BYU had five players on the first team defense including senior defensive lineman Ezekiel Ansah, junior linebacker Kyle Van Noy, senior linebacker Brandon Ogletree, senior defensive back Preston Hadley and sophomore defensive back Jordan Johnson. Senior defensive lineman Romney Fuga, junior linebacker Spencer Hadley and junior defensive back Daniel Sorensen made the second team defense.

Senior punter Riley Stephenson and junior punt returner JD Falslev were honored on the first team special teams.

The Cougars challenge No. 10 Oregon State Saturday as part of BYU's homecoming weekend. Kickoff is set for 1:30 MT. The game will be broadcast regionally on ABC.

Phil Steele’s College Football Preview is one of the nation’s most informative preseason football magazines and has always released Preseason, Midseason and Postseason All-American teams as well as All-Conference teams. For a full list of All-Conference teams and All-American teams, please visit PhilSteele.com.

2012 Midseason All-Independent Team

Offense:

	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
QB	Trent Steelman, Army	Everett Golson, Notre Dame
RB	Raymond Maples, Army	Larry Dizon, Army
RB	Theo Riddick, Notre Dame	Jamaal Williams, BYU
WR	DaVaris Daniels, Notre dame	George Atkinson III, Notre Dame
WR	TJ Jones, Notre Dame	Robby Toma, Notre Dame
WR	Cody Hoffman, BYU	Shawn Lynch, Navy
TE	Tyle Eifert, Notre Dame	Kaneakua Friel, BYU
OL	Braxston Cave, Notre dame	Braden Brown, BYU
OL	Braden Hansen, BYU	Mike Golic, Notre Dame
OL	Frank Allen, Army	Michael Kime, Army
OL	Zack Martin, Notre Dame	Josh Cabral, Navy

Defense:

	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
DL	Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame	Karpon Lewis-Moore, Notre Dame
DL	Ezekiel Ansah, BYU	Sheldon Day, Notre Dame
DL	Louis Nix, Notre Dame	Romney Fuga, BYU
LB	Nate Combs, Army	Prince Shembo, Notre Dame
LB	Manti Te'o, Notre Dame	Geoferry Bacon, Army
LB	Kyle Van Noy, BYU	Matt Warrick, Navy
LB	Brandon Ogletree, BYU	Spencer Hadley, BYU
DB	Bennet Jackson, Notre Dame	Alex Meier, Army
DB	Preston Hadley, BYU	KeiVarae Russell, Notre Dame
DB	Jordan Johnson, BYU	Ta'ves Bush, Navy
DB	Zeke Motta, Notre dame	Daniel Sorensen, BYU

Special Teams:

	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
K	Kyle Brindza, Notre Dame	Nick Sloan, Navy
P	Riley Stephenson, BYU	Pablo Beltran, Navy
KR	Marcus Thomas, Navy	Stephen Fraser, Army
PR	JD Falslev, BYU	Shawn Lynch, Navy