The preseason awards were announced earlier today with four Air Force players being selected and one lone representative from the Rams being LB Mychal Sisson. The preseason defensive player of the year award went to TCU's Tank Carder, but do not be surprised if Air Force's Anthony Wright is in the discussion once the season ends.
Last year Wright had seven picks, four broken up passes, 58 tackles, and with 12 tackles being for a loss. Where as Carder had 89 tackles, 10 for a loss, and two sacks. The nod goes to Carder because of what Gary Patterson does with his defenses in the past.
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2010 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Team |
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| Offense | |||
| QB | Andy Dalton#* | Sr. | TCU |
| WR | Vincent Brown** | Sr. | San Diego State |
| WR | Phillip Payne | Jr. | UNLV |
| RB | Eddie Wide* | Sr. | Utah |
| RB | Jared Tew** | Sr. | Air Force |
| OL | Matt Reynolds#* | Jr. | BYU |
| OL | Jake Kirkpatrick** | Sr. | TCU |
| OL | Caleb Schlauderaff** | Sr. | Utah |
| OL | Marcus Cannon* | Sr. | TCU |
| OL | Zane Taylor** | Sr. | Utah |
| TE | Alston Umuolo | Sr. | San Diego State |
| Defense | |||
| DL | Johnathan Rainey** | Jr. | New Mexico |
| DL | Wayne Daniels** | Sr. | TCU |
| DL | Cory Grant** | Sr. | TCU |
| LB | Carmen Messina* | Jr. | New Mexico |
| LB | Tank Carder** | Jr. | TCU |
| LB | Brian Hendricks** | Jr. | Wyoming |
| LB | Mychal Sisson** | Jr. | Colorado State |
| DB | Brandon Burton | Jr. | Utah |
| DB | Reggie Rembert* | Sr. | Air Force |
| DB | Anthony Wright** | Jr. | Air Force |
| DB | Andrew Rich** | Sr. | BYU |
| DB | Chris Prosinski** | Sr. | Wyoming |
| Note: Five defensive backs were selected due to a tie in the voting. | |||
| Specialists | |||
| P | Brian Stahovich** | Jr. | San Diego State |
| PK | Ross Evans* | Jr. | TCU |
| Ret. | Jeremy Kerley#* | Sr. | TCU |
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Offensive Player of the Year: Andy Dalton, Sr., QB, TCU |
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Defensive Player of the Year: Tank Carder, Jr., LB, TCU |
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Special Teams Player of the Year: Jeremy Kerley, Sr., KR/PR TCU |
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| # - unanimous 2010 preseason selection. * - member of the 2009 All-Mountain West Conference first-team. ** - member of the 2009 All-Mountain West Conference second-team. |
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