The FAMU Football Team placed five Rattlers on the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, announced today by the conference office, voted on by the conference head football coaches and sports information directors.Both Qier Hall and Brandon Holdren earned first team all-conference honors, while Philip Sylvester, Christopher Sands and Curtis Holcomb, earned second team all-conference accolades.
Hall, a 6-2, 175, senior cornerback from Cocoa, Fla., currently has 54 tackles (34 solos, 20 asst) and 4.5 tackles for a loss of 36 yards and one interception. He was named the MEAC defensive player of the week on September 20 of this year for his performance against Howard University.
Rounding out the cast of first team all-conference performers is Holdren , a 6-2 sophomore punter from Jacksonville, Fla., who has garnered 2,507 yards on 62 boots with his longest punt being for 61 yards.
Leading the Rattlers second team all-conference performers is Sylvester, a 5-9, 205 senior running back from Marianna, Fla., who has rushed for 822 yards on 144 carries averaging 102.8 yards per game. He is currently ranked fourth in the Rattler record book in rushing yards with 2,852 career yards. He just needs 178 more yards to become the first Rattler back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, since 2005.
Sands, a 6-8 red-shirt senior from Tallahassee, Fla., who help opened many holes for Sylvester. Anchored an offensive line, that currently ranks fourth in the conference in scoring offense (20.3 points per game) and sixth in total offense (278.1 yards per game).
Rounding out the second team all-conference is Holcomb, a 5-10, 175, senior defensive back from Miami, Fla., who has tallied 38 tackles (30 solos, 8 asst) on season and currently leads the team in interceptions with three.