NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk State rising senior defensive back Terrell Whitehead (Virginia Beach, Va.) was named to the Consensus Draft Services (CDS) Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Preseason All-America First Team.
Whitehead, the Spartans' free safety, led NSU and ranked seventh in the MEAC with 83 tackles as a junior last season. He had the second-most passes defended (15) of any MEAC player, tallying four interceptions and 11 pass deflections. His four picks give him 13 for his career and tied for third in the MEAC.
Whitehead is a two-time All-MEAC first-team selection, and has been named to The Sports Network's FCS All-America third team each of the past two seasons.
Whitehead was also recently featured on the web site Football.Com. The article can be viewed here.
CDS FCS 2009 Pre-season All-American Team
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB Armanti Edwards, Appalachian State, 6'0", 181
WR Andre Roberts, The Citadel, 5'11", 185
WR Terrell Hudgins, Elon, 6'3", 237
TE Scott Sicko, New Hampshire, 6'4", 236
RB Toddrick Pendland, McNeese, 5'9", 172
RB William Ford, South Carolina St., 5'11", 185
OT Austin Howard, Northern Iowa, 6'7", 301
OG Jeff Hansen, Montana State, 6'4", 290
C Kyle Mutcher, Weber State, 6'3", 295
OG Matthew McCracken, Richmond, 6'4", 291
OT Vladmir DuCasse, UMass, 6'5", 315
K Andrew Samson, Penn (Jr.)
KR Scotty McGee, James Madison
Defense
DE James Ruffin, Northern Iowa, 6'4", 267
DT Joe Goniprow, Penn, 6'1", 275
DT Justin Lawrence, Morgan State, 6'1", 280
DE Austen Lane, Murray State, 6'6", 265
OLB Jabara Williams, Stephen F. Austin, 6'3", 215 (Jr.)
ILB Alex DiMichele, Robert Morris, 6'2", 240 (Jr.)
ILB Jacque Roman, Appalachian State, 6'1", 240
OLB Adrian McLeod, Western Carolina, 6'0", 215
CB Curtis Holcomb, Florida A&M, 5'10", 170 (Jr.)
S Terrell Whitehead, Norfolk State, 6'2", 200
S Mark LeGree, Appalachian State, 6'0", 200 (Jr.)
CB Justin Rogers, Richmond, 5'10", 170 (Jr.)
P Doug Spada, Southeast Missouri
PR Andre Roberts, The Citadel
SECOND TEAM
Offense
QB Eric Ward, Richmond, 6'3", 217
WR Aaron Boyce, Eastern Washington, 6'3", 210
WR Marc Mariani, Montana, 6'0", 185
TE London Landry, South Dakota, 6'5", 242 (Jr.)
RB Trevyn Smith, Weber State, 5'9", 210
RB Jared Turcotte, Maine, 6'2", 232 (RS So.)
OT Derek Hardman, Eastern Kentucky, 6'6", 282
OG Robert Norris, Morgan State, 6'4", 315
C Eric Jones, Jackson State, 6'3", 285
OG Joe Gibbs, Tennessee-Martin, 6'5", 325
OT Levi Horn, Montana, 6'7", 300
K Shawn Bibeau, North Dakota St.
KR LeRoy Vann, Florida A&M
Defense
DE Tim Knicky, Stephen F. Austin, 6'4", 235
DT Martin Parker, Richmond, 6'3", 266 (Jr.)
DL Mitch Clark, Wofford, 6'1", 252
DE Adrian Tracy, William & Mary, 6'4", 243
OLB/DE Lou Miller, Columbia, 6'0", 220
ILB Jeffrey Williams, Gardner-Webb, 6'0", 221 (Jr.)
ILB Rico Council, Tennessee State, 6'0", 254
OLB Daniel Becker, Austin Peay, 6'3", 230
CB Kasey Brown, Northwestern State, 5'9", 166
S Tommy Connors, SE Louisiana, 6'0", 205
S David Casale, Albany, 6'2", 210
CB Antwane Cox, Bethune-Cookman, 6'1", 170
P Scott Ravanesi, Southern Illinois
PR Austin Knowlin, Columbia
NOTE: All players are seniors unless otherwise indicated
