Written by Edythe Bradley
Albany State University linebacker Jamarkus Gaskins has been named to the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Super Region Two Football Team and selected as the region’s Defensive Player of the Year. Gaskins helped the Rams to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the football playoffs.
The 6-2, 200-pound senior from Tifton, Ga., who is also the SIAC Defensive Player of the Year, was the top vote-getter at the linebacker position. A key anchor of the Golden Rams’ “Dirty Blue” defense, Gaskins recorded 73 tackles (42 solo), with 17.5 for a loss of 75 yards in 12 games for the Rams. He led the team and the SIAC with 11 sacks and is ranked 20th in the nation in the category. He also had five pass breakups, three fumble recoveries for 67 yards, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.
Two other Golden Rams, running back Nathan Hoyte and defensive back Rashad McRae, were named to the second team. Hoyte, a 5-10, 195-pound junior from Waldorf, Md., rushed for 774 yards on 165 carries for seven touchdowns for the Golden Rams. He averaged 64.5 yards per game. A 5-10, 195 pound senior from Douglas, Ga., McRae was second on the team with 85 tackles (53 solo) with 10.5 tackles for losses. He also had nine pass breakups, five interceptions, three forced fumbles and a sack for the Rams. McRae joined Gaskins on the 2011 All-SIAC Football Team, while Hoyte was named to the second team.
Other SIAC players named to the second team were offensive lineman Marlon Jones and running back David Carter of Morehouse College; offensive lineman Jessie Mitchell, return specialist Keith Massey and linebacker JacQuan Persley of Kentucky State University; linebacker Cory Jones and safety Tyren Futch of Lane College; and defensive lineman Darel Strong of Clark Atlanta University.
Jonas Randolph, a senior running back at Mars Hill College, was selected as the region’s Offensive Player of the Year.
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA), with the online nomination and voting process powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
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Photo cutline: ASU’s Jamarkus Gaskins, Super Region Two Defensive Player of the Year, attempts a sack of Miles quarterback David Thomas during SIAC championship game
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2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II
All-Super Region Two Football Team
First Team
TE – Josh Crumpton, Mars Hill
WR – Deonte Gist, Tusculum #+
WR – Rashaad Carter, Tusculum +
OL – Chandler Rearden, Lenoir-Rhyne #+
OL – Kyle Thornton, North Alabama #+
OL – Tyler Hodgson, Mars Hill
OL – Jamie Dixon, North Alabama
OL – Darrell Leopold, Delta State
QB – Micah Davis, Delta State
RB – Jonas Randolph, Mars Hill $^#+
RB – Travis Daniels, UNC Pembroke
RS – Deonte Gist, Tusculum
K – Colin Corpe, Lenoir-Rhyne
DL – Zeke Andrews, Carson-Newman !+
DL – Robbie Mayers, Delta State +
DL – Terrence Smith, Tusculum %
LB – Apollo Stretch, Newberry +
LB – Jamarkus Gaskins, Albany State +
LB – Marcus Dowtin, North Alabama
LB – Ixavier Triplett, Delta State %
CB – Janoris Jenkins, North Alabama +
CB – Dominique Davenport, Delta State
S – Harrison Dreiling, Valdosta State +
S – Michael Green, Lenoir-Rhyne
P – Andrew Jones, Delta State
Offensive POTY: Jonas Randolph, Mars Hill
Defensive POTY: Jamarkus Gaskins, Albany State
Second Team
TE – Dex Hopkins, Delta State
WR – Mo Milliam, North Alabama
WR – Chris Bowden, Wingate
OL – Mike Arndt, Wingate %
OL – Lamar Young, Delta State
OL – Marlon Jones, Morehouse
OL – Ryan Schraeder, Valdosta State
OL – Kendall Hunter, Delta State
OL – Jessie Mitchell, Kentucky State
OL – Chase Gamble, Newberry
QB – Willy Korn, North Greenville
RB – David Carter, Morehouse
RB – Nate Inman, Carson-Newman %
RB – Nathan Hoyte, Albany State
RS – Keith Massey, Kentucky State
K – Taylor Baskett, UNC Pembroke
DL – Mark Hoskins, Delta State
DL – Darel Strong, Clark Atlanta
DL – Kevin Johnson, Mars Hill
LB – Fred Williams, UNC Pembroke
LB – Cory Jones, Lane
LB – Demetrius Green, Lenoir-Rhyne
LB – JacQuan Persley, Kentucky State
CB – Marvin James, Mars Hill
CB – Dwight Tillman, Delta State
S – Rashad McCrae, Albany State
S – Tyren Futch, Lane
P – Michael Schuster, North Alabama
+ – Top vote-getter
$ – 2008 First Team Selection
! – 2008 Second Team Selection
^ – 2009 First Team Selection
# – 2010 First Team Selection
% – 2010 Second Team Selection
