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Football
Players Receive All-America Honors
(12/11/2006) |
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FROM BALL STATE
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
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| MUNCIE,
Ind.
-- Three members of the Ball State University football
team – Nate
Davis (Bellaire, Ohio/Bellaire H.S.),
Darius
Hill (Blue Springs, Mo./
Blue
Springs
H.S.) and
Chris
Miller (Libertyville
,
Ill./Carmel H.S.) --
each received honorable
mention
on All-America teams this season.
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Davis
received
honorable mention on The Sporting News Freshman
All-American Team, while Hill
and
Miller
received
honorable mention on the SI.com All-America Team.
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Davis,
a true freshman quarterback who started seven games this
season, completed 150-of-245 passes for 1,975 yards with
18 touchdowns. The 18 TD passes tied a
Ball
State
single-season school record, while the passing yards ranks
as the fourth-best single-season mark in BSU annals.
Davis
also
received
Ball
State
’s
John Hodge Award as
Ball
State
’s
most outstanding freshman.
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| Hill,
a sophomore wide receiver, tied a
Ball
State
single-season record with 10 touchdown receptions. He
managed 42 catches for 741 yards and a 17.6 yards
per-catch average.
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| Miller,
an All-Mid-American Conference First-Team choice for the
second straight season, led the league and ranks second in
the country with a 46.26 average. He punted 57 times for
2,637 yards with a long punt of 78 yards.
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