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Nov. 30, 2004
Football: Penguins Land Three on Gateway First Team
St. Louis, Mo. -- The Youngstown State football team
was represented by three individuals
on the All-Gateway Football
Conference first team and had a
total seven players named
all-conference, the league announced
on Tuesday.
Being selected to the first team were sophomore fullback
Demetrius Ison (Jackson Center,
Pa.), senior tight end Mike
Roberts
(Plant City, Fla.) and senior strong
safety Mike Bracken
(Imperial, Pa,). The lone Penguin to
make the second team was sophomore
linebacker Jeremiah Wright
(Orlando, Fla.). Three YSU players
were named honorable-mention
All-Gateway with junior defensive
end Brandon Brown
(Youngstown), junior wide receiver
Kyle Smith (San Diego, Calif.)
and sophomore cornerback Jason
Perry (Warrensville Heights,
Ohio) being picked.
Ison had one of the best all-around seasons by a fullback in
school history. He caught 28 passes
for 252 yards and three touchdowns
while rushing 37 times for 104 yards
and three scores. His 28 receptions
tied for the second most on the team
and set a school record for
single-season receptions by a
fullback.
Roberts, who was a second-team All-Gateway pick in 2003,
caught 24 passes for 259 yards and
three touchdowns. He had a
career-long 73-yard reception in his
final YSU game at SMS on Nov. 13.
Bracken, who was also a second-team All-Gateway selection in
2003, was third on the team with 74
total tackles. He was second on the
team with two interceptions, three
pass breakups, and 36 solo tackles.
Wright came on strong at the end of the year to become the
first sophomore to lead the team in
total tackles since Dwyte Smiley in
1997. Wright had 91 stops on the
year to lead the team.
Brown led the Penguins in sacks (four), tackles for losses
(8.5) and fumbles recovered (2). He
was sixth on the team with 46 total
tackles, including 23 solo stops.
Smith caught a pass in every game to finish the year with 28
receptions. He had a team-high 444
yards while averaging a team-best
15.9 per grab. He scored two
touchdowns on the year and has
caught a pass in his last 21 games
played.
Perry led Youngstown State in interceptions with three and
pass breakups with five. He was
fifth on the team with 59 total
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