THREE FSU PLAYERS RECOGNIZED ON DAKTRONICS REGIONAL TEAM

Myers and Brewster Garner All-Northwest Region First-Team Recognition; Bell Named To Second Team

Senior outside linebacker Kevin Myers (Midland) and junior flanker Carlton Brewster (Grand Rapids/Creston) along with senior defensive tackle Whitney Bell (Sault Ste. Marie/Sault Area) of the Ferris State University football team have been named to the 2004 Daktronics, Inc. Division II All-Northwest Region Football Team as selected by the sports information directors of the NCAA Division II member institutions.

Kevin Myers

Myers and Brewster were among 25 individuals to attain first-team laurels while Bell was a second-team selection. Myers and Bell were both repeat Daktronics, Inc. regional honorees with Myers achieving first-team Northeast Region recognition and Bell garnering second-team plaudits in 2003. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) was represented by nine member schools and 22 student-athletes, including 12 on offense.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at all levels of competition. Those receiving first-team accolades will now move on to the national ballot and the Daktronics, Inc. All-America Team will be released later this month.

A 2003 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Associated Press All-America First-Team pick, Myers recorded 133 total tackles (83 solos) in 11 contests this campaign which represented his third consecutive 100-plus tackle season output of his career. Myers, a two-time (2003-04) All-GLIAC First-Team selection and FSU’s 2004 Most Valuable Player, compiled seven double-digit tackle game performances this fall which included a career-high 26 stops (15 solos) in the season opener (8/28) against two-time defending NCAA Division II National Champion Grand Valley State and 15 tackles at 2003 NCAA-II National Champion runner-up North Dakota. The 5-11, 210-pound linebacker is listed ninth in solo tackles (6.5 avg.) and 15th in total stops (11.5 avg.) nationally to date. A 2004 D2Football.com first-team All-Northwest Region honoree, Myers concluded a stellar career with 435 tackles (257 solos) in 42 contests which represented the fifth-highest output in Ferris State history and was one stop shy of tying for fourth place on the all-time charts. He also accumulated 23 career double-digit single-game tackle efforts.

Carlton Brewster

Brewster, who was chosen to D2Football.com’s Northwest Region Second Team this season, was Ferris State’s leading receiver for the second straight campaign with a career-high 81 catches for 1,230 yards and eight TD’s in 11 games. His receiving yard total this fall ranks third highest among the school’s all-time single-season leaders. Brewster, a 2004 first-team All-GLIAC and FSU’s Most Valuable Offensive Skill Player, totaled seven 100-yard plus receiving yardage contests this campaign. He had a career-high 15 receptions for 195 yards and two TD’s at Ashland (9/4). The 5-11, 200-pound wideout currently is sixth among this season’s national leaders in receptions per game (7.4 avg.), eighth in receiving yards (111.8 ypg.) and 24th in all-purpose yardage (150.0 ypg.). In 32 career contests, Brewster has been on the receiving end of 174 passes for 2,263 receiving yards and 18 TD’s to rank fifth on FSU’s career receiving yards leaders list.

Whitney Bell

Bell, a two-time (2003-04) All-GLIAC First-Teamer and a second-team All-America pick by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette in 2003, paced the Bulldogs this season with 14.5 tackles for a loss of 69 yards which included a team-high 7.5 pass sacks for minus 54 yards. He accumulated a squad fourth-place 60 total tackles (35 solos) in 2004. Bell was recognized as both the GLIAC and D2Football.com’s National Defensive Player of the Week as a result of his 10-tackle performance at Mercyhurst (9/25), which involved four quarterback sacks for 29 yards lost. The 6-2, 284-pound lineman made a season-best 11 stops at Northwood (10/30) and is presently 34th among the nation’s pass sacks leaders (0.7 avg.). Bell made 225 total tackles (133 solos) in 42 career appearances while compiling 41.5 tackles for loss (-180 yds.) and 16.0 pass sacks for minus 99 yards to rank 14th on Ferris’ all-time sack leaders list. The FSU defensive co-captain has already been honored this season as a second-team All-Northwest Region selection by D2Football.com.

Ferris State registered a 6-5 overall record for the 2004 gridirion campaign, which includes a fifth-place 6-4 GLIAC mark. The Bulldogs also posted their third winning campaign in the last four seasons.