Four Mustangs Selected for Pre-Season All-CUSA Honors

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Four Mustangs Tabbed Pre-Season All-C-USA
Haywood, Rogers, Sturdivant And Henderson Honored
May 30, 2006

DALLAS (SMU) - Four members of the SMU football team have been named
pre-season All-Conference USA by Blue Ribbon College Football, the
organization announced Tuesday, May 30. Seniors Adrian Haywood, Justin
Rogers and Joe Sturdivant and sophomore Jessie Henderson were all
honored in the magazine's 2006 season preview.

Haywood, a defensive tackle who earned third-team All-C-USA honors last
season, led Conference USA with 11 tackles-for-loss in league play. He
had all 11 of those stops-for-loss in the last five weeks of the season.
He earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week accolades for his
performance in the season finale after notching nine tackles and an
interception in the win over UTEP.

At defensive end, Rogers earned second-team All-C-USA honors a year ago
and shared SMU Defensive MVP honors with Rolando Humphrey and
Sturdivant. He led Conference USA in sacks with seven and ranked in the
top 10 in tackles-for-loss and forced fumbles.

Sturdivant, a second-team 2005 All-C-USA honoree, was SMU Defensive
Co-MVP along with Humphrey and Rogers. He was twice named the Conference
USA Defensive Player of the Week and was the only defensive player in
the league to win the honor multiple times in 2005. He led the Mustangs
in tackles and pass breakups and ranked first in passes defended (14)
and was fourth in stops (112) in Conference USA. His 112 tackles were 33
more than his closest teammate, and he had nine or more tackles in nine
games.

Henderson was co-winner of the James Bradley "New Mustang" award for
consistent play along with DeMyron Martin. A standout kick returner, he
was a third-team CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American and a
third-team All-C-USA pick. He led Conference USA and ranked 13th in the
NCAA with a 27.6 ypr average. He returned a kick 88 yards for a TD
against Tulane and recorded 179 yards on just four returns against the
Green Wave - the third-best single-game effort in SMU history. In total,
his 663 KOR yards on the year ranked fourth best all-time at SMU in a
single season.

SMU opens its 2006 season On Sept. 2, when the Mustangs travel to
Lubbock to take on Texas Tech.


BLUE RIBBON COLLEGE FOOTBALL YEARBOOK ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM

OFFENSE
Pos. - Player - School - Ht. - Wt. - Cl.
WR - Aundrae Allison - East Carolina - 6-1 - 192 - Sr.
WR - Vincent Marshall - Houston - 5-8 - 175 - So.
OL - Cedric Gagne-Marcoux - UCF - 6-3 - 280 - Sr.
OL - George Batiste - Southern Miss - 6-5 - 309 - Sr.
OL - Travis Cooley - Southern Miss - 6-2 - 282 - Sr.
OL - Jeff Perrett - Tulsa - 6-7 - 329 - Sr.
OL - SirVincent Rogers - Houston - 6-5 - 305 - Sr.
QB - Paul Smith - Tulsa - 6-2 - 193 - Jr.
RB - Kevin Smith - UCF - 6-1 - 195 - So.
RB - Marcus Thomas - UTEP - 6-1 - 215 - Jr.
TE - Shawn Nelson - Southern Miss - 6-5 - 225 - So.

DEFENSE
Pos. - Player - School - Ht. - Wt. - Cl.
DL - Larry McSwain - UAB - 6-1 - 255 - Sr.
DL - Justin Rogers - SMU - 6-4 - 265 - Sr.
DL - Adrian Haywood - SMU - 6-3 - 280 - Sr.
DL - Alex Obomese - UTEP - 6-3 - 245 - Sr.
LB - Nick Bunting - Tulsa - 6-1 - 230 - Sr.
LB - Jeremy Jones - UTEP - 6-1 - 235 - Sr.
LB - Wade Koehl - Houston - 6-2 - 230 - Sr.
DB - Wesley Smith - Memphis - 6-3 - 194 - Sr.
DB - Joe Burnett - UCF - 5-11 - 180 - So.
DB - Nick Graham - Tulsa - 5-11 - 191 - Sr.
DB - Joe Sturdivant - SMU - 6-2 - 210 - Sr.

SPECIALISTS
Pos. - Player - School - Ht. - Wt. - Cl.
K - Darren McCaleb - Southern Miss - 5-11 - 165 - Sr.
KR - Jessie Henderson - SMU - 5-9 - 175 - So.
P - Michael Gibson - Memphis - 6-2 - 210 - Sr.
PR - Joe Burnett - UCF - 5-11 - 180 - So.