Eagle trio earns D2CCA All-Super Region II honors
VALDOSTA, Ga. – Carson-Newman football had three players earn All-Super Region II honors from the D2CCA, the organization announced Thursday afternoon.
VALDOSTA, Ga. – Carson-Newman football had three players earn All-Super Region II honors from the D2CCA, the organization announced Thursday afternoon.
Offensive lineman Turk Daniels (Moultrie, Ga.) earned first team honors, while running back Jayden Sullins (Cullman, Ala.) and Major Williams (Fort Myers, Fla.) logged spots on the second team.
Daniels was the only freshman in Super Region II to earn a spot on either the first or second team offense. Miles freshman corner Lashon Young was the only other freshman in the region recognized.
Daniels adds the all-region accolade to an already stocked trophy case. He was the South Atlantic Conference offensive freshman of the year. Daniels is the first offensive lineman in the history of the league to win the award.
Daniels selection gives Carson-Newman a Freshman of the Year honoree for a third consecutive season following defensive honors the last two years for Mekhi Brown and Frank Lee. He is the first Eagle to win the offensive freshman of the year since Troy Dendy in 2019. Daniels is the 14th Eagle overall to earn the conference's freshman of the year honor.
Daniels mauled men up front all year long, becoming the first Eagle offensive lineman to start every game of his freshman season since future All-American Pat Egan. Daniels produced a whopping 80 knockdowns on the year – the most in a single-season in school history.
He helped clear the way for Carson-Newman to lead the SAC in rushing. The Eagles produced 265.8 yards rushing per game – a figure that also ranks fourth nationally.
William earns all-region laurels for a second consecutive year. Williams is fifth on the team in tackles with 53. He has 7.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks with a pick. He also produced the first defensive PAT for the Eagles in a decade in Carson-Newman's win over Wingate in week three.
Williams had a career-high 10 tackles that day against the Bulldogs and also produced his lone pick of the season.
Carson-Newman's 29th all-time 1,000 yard rusher, averaging just short of 100 yards per game. He earned SAC Player of the Week honors and TSWA State Player of the Week honors for one of his two, 200-yard rushing days on the season. Sullins exploded against Barton (Oct. 5) when he rushed 31 times for 261 yards and a score. He followed that up two weeks later with a 235-yard day on 25 carries against UVA Wise (Oct. 19). Sullins has 11 rushing TDs on the season, the third-most in the SAC. He wrapped the year with 1,224 yards rushing, the most in the South Atlantic Conference and the eighth-most nationally. His 1,224 yards rushing put him 16th for a single-season in school history.
