Monday, December 4, 2017

Langston Lions Football Receives Nine Selections on All-Oklahoma SportsNetwork Team

LANGSTON, Oklahoma -- The fourth annual All-OSN football team from OklahomaSports.Net was released with nine members of the Langston University football being selected to this year's squad.

Langston University head football coach Quinton Morgan was selected as the OSN coach of the year after leading the Lions to a 10-0 undefeated regular season and a home playoff berth in the NAIA Football Championship Series. It was the first time since 1973 that the Lions finished the regular season undefeated.



Jamarae Finnie (SR/Tacoma, Wash.) was selected as the OSN Defensive Player of the Year and All-OSN first-team defense, racking up 64 total tackles, 33 solo with 7.5 sacks and 17 tackles for loss; the senior defensive linemen currently ranks 10th in the NAIA in total tackles for loss.

Christopher Carillo (JR/Midland, Texas) and Michael Smith (SR/Compton, Calif.) in addition to Finnie were selected to the All-OSN first team for their efforts during the 2017 season.

Smith was second on the team in total tackles with 56 while finishing with 42 solo tackles, three interceptions and six tackles for loss; he finishes his Langston career with 73 total tackles, one sack, six tackles for loss and three interceptions.

Timothy Whitfield, Trevin Carson (JR/Midwest City, Okla.), Tyler Bess (SR/Hollis, Okla.), Peter Gordon (JR/Del City, Okla.) and Eugene Fuller (SO/Stockbridge, Ga.) were all selected to the All-OSN second team.

Whitfield led the Lions in rushing for the season with 535 yards on 95 carries with seven touchdowns.

On the defensive side Bess finished with 27 total tackles with three sacks, Gordon accumulated 48 total tackles to go along with three sacks and Fuller finished fourth on the team in total tackles with 52 including 25 solo, one sack, one interception and two tackles for loss.

The All-OSN football team is comprised of standouts from the NCAA Division II and NAIA institutions from around the state of Oklahoma, with 11 different schools to have a player named to the team.

To view the complete All-OSN football team click here.

LANGSTON UNIVERSITY LIONS SPORTS INFORMATION

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