NORFOLK, Virginia – Bethune-Cookman University was selected to
repeat as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions for the 2013
season, it was announced Friday afternoon at the annual MEAC Football Kickoff
Luncheon inside the grand ballroom of the Marriott Waterside Hotel.
Additionally, Isidore Jackson was selected as Preseason
Co-Offensive Player of the Year, while Jarkevis Fields was voted Preseason Defensive
Player of the Year.
In all, a total of five Wildcats landed on the Preseason All-MEAC First Team,
while another was voted to the Second Team.
Bethune-Cookman finished the 2012 campaign as regular season champions ending
the conference season 8-0 for the first time in school history. It was the first
undefeated record in league play for the Wildcats since winning the conference
title in 1984.
Senior running back Isidore Jackson was tabbed Preseason MEAC
Co-Offensive Player of the Year alongside Florida A&M quarterback Damien
Fleming. A 5-10, 205-pound native of Mossy Head, Fla., Jackson finished the 2012
campaign on the all-conference team for the second consecutive season. He rushed
for a league second-best 1,069 yards and aided the vaunted Wildcats offense that
led the MEAC as a team in scoring offense, total offense, rushing offense and
first downs. He would end the season becoming the first B-CU running back to
rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season since Steve Wallace in 1997, and the
first Wildcat overall to gain 1,000 yards since quarterback Allen Suber in
2002.
Senior linebacker Jarkevis Fields was voted Preseason MEAC
Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Wildcats in tackles during the
2012 campaign. Fields, a 6-0, 230-pound senior from Sanford, Fla., ended the
2012 campaign with 103 tackles (sixth-best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference), six tackles for losses and a sack. He also dropped back and broke
up four passes, while helping the B-CU defense finish third nationally in passes
intercepted. Fields was named to the First Team All-MEAC squad in 2012, as well
as receiving the Army Strong Leadership Award at the Florida Blue Florida
Classic. He was also the recipient of the MEAC/SWAC Challenge Walter Payton
Achievement Award, in addition to being a preseason HBCU All-America selection
by BoxToRow.
Jackson and offensive lineman Alex Monroe were on the Preseason All-MEAC
First Team for offense, while defensive end LeBrandon
Richardson and defensive back Nick Addison joined Fields on the defensive
team. Senior wide receiver Eddie Poole landed on the second team for
offense, and defensive lineman Tevin Toney received honorable mention
awards.
For a complete list of this year’s Preseason All-Conference Team, please
click here.
You can also visit MEACsports.com.
The Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman begin the season Sunday, Sept. 1, traveling
to Tennessee State in Nashville, Tenn. A time for kickoff will be announced at a
later date.
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call the B-CU Ticket Office at 386-481-2465 or visit www.TicketMaster.com.
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