Five Harding football players named All-GSC
November 18, 2006
By Scott Goode
Harding SID
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Four Harding football players earned 1st Team All-Gulf South Conference honors Thursday and a fifth was named to the 2nd Team. The four 1st Team honorees were tied for the most by the Bisons since joining the GSC in 2000. Harding also had four in 2002.
First Team honorees included senior running back Kyle Wess, sophomore guard Ross Conn, senior defensive lineman Justin Currie, and senior defensive back Robert Towns. Junior outside linebacker Sevohn Greer was on the Second Team.
Wess, a native of Dallas, TX, became the first Harding player to capture the GSC’s rushing title, averaging 91.5 yards per game. His 915 total rushing yards was the ninth highest total in program history. He also had four receiving touchdowns and led the team with five overall.
Conn, who hails from Ann Arbor, MI, started all 10 games for the Bisons at guard. He played 623 of 634 (98 percent) of Harding’s plays from scrimmage. Conn , Harding’s ligh-*test*-('") starting offensive lineman at 250 pounds, received the highest offensive line grade from the Bison coaching staff in five of the team’s 10 games.
Currie, a native of Memphis, TN, ranked third on the team and led all Harding defensive linemen with 53 tackles. He added 8.5 tackles for loss, including 3.5 sacks. Currie had a career-high 13 tackles on Homecoming against Henderson State , which included 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Towns, also from Memphis and a teammate of Currie at Briarcrest High School , had a team-high eight interceptions, the most by a Bison in 24 years and the third most in Harding history. He ranked in the top five nationally in interceptions and passes defended. Additionally, Towns was second on the team with 57 tackles.
Greer, a versatile defender from Vallejo, CA, led the Bisons with 70 tackles, including 11.0 tackles for loss. Playing both outside linebacker and safety, Greer added 4.5 sacks, forced four fumbles, broke up four passes, recovered two fumbles, and had an interception.
North Alabama, the GSC’s regular season champions, had 10 1st Team members and tied with Delta State for the conference lead with 12 all-conference players overall. Delta State quarterback Scott Eyster was the GSC Offensive Player of the Year, and DSU linebacker Michael Eubanks was the Defensive Player of the Year. Valdosta State wide receiver Cedric Jones was Freshman of the Year, and North Alabama ’s Mark Hudspeth was Coach of the Year.