TWO BULLDOGS NAMED TO D2FOOTBALL.COM’S All-REGION TEAM

Ferris State’s Carlton Brewster and Jeff Williams Earn Northwest Region Plaudits

Carlton Brewster

Senior flanker Carlton Brewster (Grand Rapids/Creston) was a first-team selection while senior guard Jeff Williams (West Branch/Ogemaw Heights) received honorable mention recognition. Brewster was a second-team all-region pick by D2Football.com a season ago.

A total of 103 student-athletes represented the Northwest Region’s three teams, including 29 individuals on the first team. Senior quarterback Wes Beschorner of South Dakota was named the region’s Offensive Player of the Year and a pair of senior linebackers, North Dakota’s Digger Anderson and John DiGiorgio of Saginaw Valley State were co-winners of the Defensive Player of the Year. Senior kicker Jeff Glas of North Dakota was tabbed as the Special Teams Player of the Year while Minnesota-Duluth’s Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert was chosen as the region’s Coach of the Year. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), which includes Ferris State as a member, had 37 representatives of which 13 were first-team selections.

The Bulldogs’ top receiver for the third consecutive season, Brewster earned All-GLIAC First-Team accolades for the second straight year (2004-05). He caught 60 passes for 921 yards and seven TD’s in 11 contests this fall as his season receiving yardage ranks 10th highest among FSU’s all-time single-season leaders. The two-time (2004-05) Ferris State Most Valuable Offensive Skill Player presently ranks 35th among the NCAA Division II national statistical leaders in receiving yards per game (83.7 ypg.) and is 46th in receptions per game (5.5 avg.). The 5-11, 214-pound wideout recorded five 100-yard plus receiving performances this season, including a season-best 137 yards and two TD’s on eight receptions against Northern Michigan (10/15).

Jeff Williams

Brewster, who attained All-America Honorable Mention kudos by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette and D2Football.com last season, closed out his four-year career as the school’s second all-time leading receiver with 3,184 receiving yards and 25 TDs’ on 234 catches in 43 career outings. He finished fifth among the conference’s all-time leaders in receiving yards with a 2,923-yards total on 213 grabs in league games only. Brewster also ranked third on Ferris State’s career leaders list in kickoff returns (1,197 yds.), fourth in punt returns (588 yds.), fifth in all-purpose yards (5,029 yds.), and eighth in scoring (164 pts.).

Williams, a three-year starter on the Bulldogs’ offensive line at right guard, was a key factor in Ferris State’s offense being ranked 45th nationally in passing (231.2 ypg.), 75th in total offense (350.0 ypg.), and 83rd in scoring offense (23.5 ppg.) to date this season. The 6-2, 300-pound lineman earned All-GLIAC Second-Team honors this fall and is a two-time (2004-05) team offensive co-captain. Williams, who was named FSU’s Most Valuable Offensive Lineman for 2005, has been selected to the GLIAC’s All-Academic Team twice (2003-04). He garnered honorable mention all-conference recognition during his sophomore season in 2002 while being selected as the Bulldogs’ Most Improved Offensive Player.

Ferris State wrapped up its 2005 gridiron season at 3-8-0 overall, which included a tie for eighth place in the GLIAC with a 3-7-0 conference mark.