HANSEN'S FOOTBALL GAZETTE NAMES FOUR FSU PLAYERS TO ITS ALL-NORTHWEST REGION TEAM

Kevin Myers and Carlton Brewster Earn First-Team Laurels

Four members of the Ferris State University football team have been named to the 2004 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-Northwest Region Team as selected by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette.

The 2004 season represented the third year in which Hansen’s Football Gazette has selected NCAA Division II All-Region Teams. The national publication has chosen NCAA-II All-America teams since 1988. The first-team and second-team All-Region selections will now advance to a national ballot from which the 2004 NCAA-II Football Gazette All-America team will be selected in early January.

Representing Ferris State were senior outside linebacker Kevin Myers (Midland) and junior flanker Carlton Brewster (Grand Rapids/Creston) on the first team while senior defensive tackle Whitney Bell (Sault Ste. Marie/Sault Area) achieved second-team laurels for the second straight year. Senior tailback Andrew Terry (Kentwood/Grand Rapids Creston) was a third-team pick. Myers repeated as a first-team all-region honoree after garnering the honor a season ago.

Kevin Myers

A total of 76 players were named to either the first, second or third teams for both offense and defense while student-athletes from 24 of the 37 football-playing institutions in the Northwest Region earned All-Northwest Region plaudits.

A two-time (2003-04) Associated Press Little All-America First Teamer and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America honoree, Myers had 133 total tackles (83 solos) in 11 contests this season and was tabbed as FSU’s Most Valuable Player. Along with receiving MVP honors, Myers was also presented with FSU’s Most Valuable Defensive Player Skill Award for the second consecutive season (2003-04). He recorded seven double-figure tackle game efforts in 2004 highlighted by 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. The two-time (2003-04) first-team All-GLIAC performer posted over 100 tackles in each of his last three seasons to date and concluded his 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. Myers, a 2004 D2Football.com All-America First Teamer, also compiled 23 career double-digit single-game tackle efforts.

Carlton Brewster

The Bulldogs’ top receiver for the second straight campaign, Brewster caught a career-high 81 passes 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 Award recipient, recorded seven 100-yard plus receiving yardage contests this campaign. He turned in a career-high 15 receptions for 195 yards and two TD’s at Ashland (9/4). In 32 career contests, the wideout has 174 catches for 2,263 receiving yards and 18 TD’s to rank fifth on FSU’s career receiving yards list. Brewster was named to D2Football.com’s All-America Honorable Mention Team for this season after picking up second-team all-region accolades by the online publication.

Whitney Bell

Bell, a two-time (2003-04) All-GLIAC First-Team selection and a honorable mention All-America pick by D2Football.com in 2004, paced the Bulldogs this season with 14.5 tackles for a loss of 69 yards which included a team-leading 7.5 quarterback sacks for minus 54 yards. He accumulated a squad fourth-place 60 total tackles (35 solos) as an 11-game starter in 2004. The defensive co-captain 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 a loss of 29 yards. 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. He generated nine double-figure tackle contests, including a career-best 18 tackles against Findlay in 2003 (11/1). Bell was previously recognized as a second-team all-region pick by D2Football.com in November.

Andrew Terry

Terry rushed for a career-high 1,293 yards and seven TD’s on 283 carries as an 11-game starter en route to receiving All-GLIAC Second-Team laurels and FSU’s Most Improved Offensive Player Award honors. His rushing yardage this fall marked the sixth-highest single-season rushing output in school history. The backfield performer posted five 100-yard plus rushing game performances in 2004, highlighted by a NCAA-II single-game record 410 yards and a TD on 38 attempts against Findlay (10/2) which afforded him the D2Football.com National Offensive Player of the Week accolades. Terry also attained Hansen’s Football Gazette Offensive Player of the Week kudos and was also honored as the GLIAC’s Offensive Player of the Week. Terry finished his career 13th on Ferris State’s all-time rushing leaders list with 1,670 career yards and nine TD’s on 369 carries.

Among the final 2004 NCAA Division II national leaders, Myers placed ninth in solo tackles (6.5 avg.) and 15th in total tackles (11.5 avg.) while Bell was 34th in pass sacks (0.7 avg.). Brewster finished sixth in receptions (7.4 avg.), eighth in receiving yards (111.8 ypg.) and 24th in all-purpose yards (150.0 ypg.). Terry placed 23rd in rushing (117.5 ypg.).

Ferris State concluded its 2004 season at 6-5 overall with a fifth-place 6-4 GLIAC mark.