DALLAS — Spencer Burford has been named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team as selected by the league's 14 head coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
Burford, 6-foot-4, 310-pound offensive guard, was one of 12 players selected for that side of the ball on the 27-member squad. The San Antonio Wagner High School product started all 10 games in which he appeared this season, missing the Baylor and UAB contests due to injury. A 4-star recruit who played in the 2017 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl, he helped pave the way for a ground game that gained 100-plus yards five times, including 145 in the 25-21 victory against Texas State. Burford also helped provide protection for a passing attack that tallied 1,918 yards this season, including 269 in the season finale against North Texas.
Burford is the fifth Roadrunner to collect C-USA All-Freshman Team accolades, as he joins Codie Brooks (2013), Jaylon Haynes (2017), Jared Sackett (2017) and Josiah Tauaefa (2016).
2018 C-USA FOOTBALL ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
OFFENSE
QB – Chris Robison, Florida Atlantic
QB – Isaiah Green, Marshall
RB – Chaton Mobley, Middle Tennessee
RB – Joshua Samuel, WKU
OL – BJ Etienne, Florida Atlantic
OL – Manase Mose, North Texas
OL – Shea Baker, Rice
OL – Trace Clopton, Southern Miss
OL – Spencer Burford, UTSA
TE – Sterling Palmer, FIU
WR – Rico Arnold, Charlotte
WR – Victor Tucker, Charlotte
DEFENSE
DL – Jason Mercier, FIU
DL – Darius Hodge, Marshall
DL – Tahj Sykes, Southern Miss
DL – Juwuan Jones, WKU
LB – Henry Segura, Charlotte
LB – Rocky Jacques-Lewis, FIU
LB – Rex Henderson, WKU
DB – Dorian Hall, FIU
DB – Steven Gilmore, Marshall
DB – Prudy Calderon, Rice
DB – Treshawn Chamberlain, Rice
DB – Shannon Showers, Southern Miss
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Jonathan Cruz, Charlotte
KR – Garland LaFrance, WKU
LS – Reeves Blankenship, Louisiana Tech
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