2012 Conference USA All-Conference
as selected by the league's 12 head football coaches
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - QB Rakeem Cato - Marshall
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - RB Zach Line - SMU
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - DB Kemal Ishmael - UCF
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR - KR Quincy McDuffie - UCF
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - RB Kevin Grooms - Marshall
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR - RB Vintavious Cooper - East Carolina
COACH OF THE YEAR - Bill Blankenship - Tulsa
FIRST TEAM

QB Rakeem Cato - So. - Marshall
RB Zach Line - Sr. - SMU
RB Latavius Murray - Sr. - UCF
RB Darrin Reaves - So. - UAB
WR Ryan Grant - Jr. - Tulane
WR Justin Hardy - So. - East Carolina
WR Tommy Shuler - So. - Marshall
TE Vance McDonald - Sr. - Rice
OL Jacolby Ashworth - Sr. - Houston
OL Brian DeShane - Sr. - Tulsa
OL Jared Grigg - Sr. - Tulsa
OL Chris Hubbard - Sr. - UAB
OL Jordan Rae - Sr. - UCF
K   Cairo Santos - Jr. - Tulane
KR Quincy McDuffie - Sr. - UCF
LS Billy Johnson - Sr. - Tulane

DL Jamie Collins - Sr. - Southern Miss
DL Troy Davis - Sr. - UCF
DL Cory Dorris - Sr. - Tulsa
DL Margus Hunt - Sr. - SMU
LB DeAundre Brown - Sr. - Tulsa
LB Ja'Gared Davis - Sr. - SMU
LB Phillip Steward - Sr. - Houston
DB Phillip Gaines - Jr. - Rice
DB D.J. Hayden - Sr. - Houston
DB Kemal Ishmael - Sr. - UCF
DB Dexter McCoil - Sr. - Tulsa
P   Richie Leone - Jr. - Houston
PR J.J. Worton - So. - UCF

 
SECOND TEAM

QB Blake Bortles - So. - UCF
RB Vintavious Cooper - Jr. - East Carolina
RB Charles Sims - Jr. - Houston
WR Aaron Dobson - Sr. - Marshall
WR Keyarris Garrett - So. - Tulsa
WR Darius Johnson - Sr. - SMU
TE Gator Hoskins - Jr. - Marshall
OL Bryan Collins - Sr. - SMU
OL Jordan Devey - Sr. - Memphis
OL Trent Dupy - Sr. - Tulsa
OL Will Simmons - Jr. - East Carolina
OL Torrian Wilson - So. - UCF
K   Chris Boswell - Jr. - Rice
KR Trey Watts - Jr. - Tulsa
LS Brandon Hartson - Sr. - Houston

DL Michael Brooks - Sr. - East Carolina
DL Johnnie Farms - Jr. - Memphis
DL Martin Ifedi - So. - Memphis
DL Jared St. John - Sr. - Tulsa
LB Marvin Burdette - Sr. - UAB
LB Derrell Johnson - Jr. - East Carolina
LB Taylor Reed - Sr. - SMU
DB Kenneth Acker - Jr. - SMU
DB A.J. Bouye - Sr. - UCF
DB Dominick LeGrande - Sr. - Marshall
DB Marco Nelson - Jr. - Tulsa
P   Ian Campbell - Sr. - UTEP
PR Justin Hardy - So. - East Carolina

 
HONORABLE MENTION

QB- Shane Carden, So., East Carolina
QB- Cody Green, Jr., Tulsa
QB- Ryan Griffin, Sr., Tulane
QB- Taylor McHargue, Jr., Rice
RB- Nathan Jeffery, So., UTEP
RB- Alex Singleton, Sr., Tulsa
RB- Trey Watts, Jr., Tulsa
OL- Eloy Atkinson, Sr., UTEP
OL- Drew Carroll, So., Rice
OL- Adhem Elsawi, Jr., East Carolina
OL- Jordan Free, Sr., SMU
OL- Chris Jasperse, So., Marshall
OL- Jordan Jeffries, Jr., Marshall
OL- Eric Jones, Sr., Tulane
OL- Jordan McCray, Jr., UCF
OL- James Nelson, Sr., UTEP
OL- Austin Quattrochi, Sr., Southern Miss
OL- Bryce Redman, So., Houston
OL- Alex Schooler, Jr., Marshall
OL- Jason Weaver, Sr., Southern Miss
OL- Caleb Williams, Fr., Rice
TE- Kennard Backman, So., UAB
TE- Justin Tukes, So., UCF
TE- Craig Wenrick, Jr., UTEP
TE- Luke Willson, Sr., Rice
WR- Mike Edwards, Sr., UTEP
WR- Rannell Hall, So., UCF
WR- Jordan James, Jr., Tulsa
WR- Jeremy Johnson, Jr., SMU
WR- Sam McGuffie, Sr., Rice
WR- Marcus Rucker, Sr., Memphis
WR- Jackie Williams, Jr., UAB
WR- Antavious Wilson, Sr., Marshall

K- Justin Haig, So., Marshall
K- Warren Harvey, So., East Carolina
K- Matt Hogan, Sr., Houston
K- Ty Long, So.., UAB
KR- Autrey Golden, Fr., UTEP
KR- Bobby McCain, So., Memphis
LS- Nick Dooley, Fr., UTEP
LS- Trevor Gillette, Jr., Rice
LS- Taylor Klein, Sr., UAB

DL- Marcus Bagley, Jr., UTEP
DL- Alex Bazzie, Jr., Marshall
DL- Cody Bauer, Jr., Rice
DL- Christian Covington, Fr., Rice
DL- Austen Jacks, Sr., Tulane
DL- Derrick Jackson, Sr., Tulsa
DL- Horace Miller, Jr., UTEP
DL- Lee Pegues, Jr., East Carolina
DL- Torlan Pittman, Sr., SMU
DL- Terry Redden, So., Memphis
DL- Hosam Shahin, Jr., Rice
DL- Brandon Sparrow, Jr., Marshall
DL- Rakeem Nunez-Roches, So., Southern Miss
DL- Julius Warmsley, Jr., Tulane
DL- Greg Watkins, Sr., UTEP
LB- Anthony Brown, Jr., Memphis
LB- Jeremy Grove, So., East Carolina
LB- Shawn Jackson, Jr., Tulsa
LB- Tank Jakes, So., Memphis
LB- Derrick Mathews, So., Houston
LB- Cameron Nwosu, Jr., Rice
LB- Josh Fely, Sr., UTEP
DB- Lonnie Ballentine, Jr., Memphis
DB- Jordan Batiste, Fr., Tulane
DB- Lorenzo Doss, Fr., Tulane
DB- DeShawn Grayson, Sr., UTEP
DB- Calvin Jones, Jr., UAB
DB- Damon Magazu, Jr., East Carolina
DB- Zach McMillian, Jr., Houston
DB- Okechukwu Okoroha, Gr., Marshall
DB- Paul Porras, Jr., Rice
DB- Lowell Rose, Sr., Tulsa
DB- Deron Wilson, Sr., Southern Miss
DB- Darren Woodard, Sr., UTEP

P- Tom Hornsey, Jr.., Memphis
P- Mike Loftus, So., SMU
P- Hunter Mullins, So., UAB
P- Trent Tignor, Jr., East Carolina
PR- Mike Edwards, Sr., UTEP