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December 17, 2010

JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL: TVCC's Johnson honored

Sophomore running back named first-team All-American

The Athens Review

ATHENS — Now Trinity Valley Community College sophomore running back Josh Johnson has something else to go with his scarred helmet and tattered jersey.

On Thursday, Johnson was named a first-team All-American running back by the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Johnson and Blinn’s Philander Moore were the only two Texas junior college football players to be named to the first-team offense.

In his sophomore season, Johnson (6-0, 195 pounds) led the Southwest Junior College Football Conference with 1,048 rushing yards, and he also rushed for 15 touchdowns.

TVCC sophomore kicker Jaimie Salazar also earned All-America honors, being named to the second team.

SWJCFC teams were well represented on the defensive side of the ball. Toby Jackson, of the national championship Navarro College Bulldogs, was a first-team pick on the defensive line. He was joined on the first team by Blinn’s Princeton Jackson, a linebacker, and Tyler Junior College defensive back Maurice Hood. All are sophomores.

Other first team selections were:

OFFENSE

QB — Melvin German, Pearl River CC, Miss., freshman

RB — Reggie Bullock, Arizona Western College, sophomore

WR — Dexter Holmes, Ellsworth CC, Iowa, freshman; Javon Bell, Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, freshman

TE — John Rabe, Ellsworth CC, Iowa, freshman

C — Nate Hartung, Eastern Arizona College, sophomore

OL — Kaleb Brome, Georgia Military College, sophomore; Jake Fahrenkrug, North Dakota State College of Science, sophomore; Ryan Schraeder, Butler CC Kan., sophomore; Jeremy Graffree, Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, sophomore

K — Alex Sweat, Snow College, Utah, freshman

DEFENSE

DL — Carlton Johnson, Grand Rapids CC, Mich., sophomore; McKay Frandsen, Snow College, Utah, sophomore; Cornelius Carradine, Butler CC, Kan., sophomore; Toby Jackson, Navarro College, sophomore

LB — Alonzo Highsmith, Phoenix College, Ariz., sophomore; Princeton Jackson, Blinn College, sophomore; Josh Francis, Lackawanna College, Penn., sophomore

DB — Troy Smith, Grand Rapids CC, Mich., sophomore; Maurice Wood, Tyler Junior College, sophomore; Isiah Wiley, Arizona Western College, sophomore; Victor Daniels, Butler Community College, Kan., sophomore

P — Cory Kemps, College of DuPage, Ill., sophomore

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