Nov. 20, 2007

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford senior wide receiver Jeff Moore was named second team All-Conference by the Ohio Valley Conference when the league released its postseason awards on Tuesday. Freshmen Chris Evans and Thomas Gray were also named to the conference's All-Newcomer Team.

For the 2007 season, Moore, a native of Jackson, Miss., led the OVC and ranked 14th in the nation in receiving yards per game, averaging 90.5 yards per game.

Moore also ranked second in the league and 25th nationally in receptions per game, with an average of 5.55. Moore finished the season with 61 receptions for 996 yards and six touchdowns.

Chris Evans was named to the All-Newcomer team after rushing for 1,033 yards this season.

Moore finishes his Samford career with 193 receptions for 2,759 yards. He ranks third in school history in both career receptions and receiving yards.

Evans, a running back from Alexandria, Ala., became the first Samford player since 1999 to rush for 1,000 yard in a season, and he is the first Samford freshman to accomplish the feat. Evans finished the season with 185 rushes for 1,033 yards and five touchdowns. Evans finished fifth in the OVC and 40th in the nation in rushing.

Gray, an offensive lineman from Vestavia Hills, Ala., was a key member of the offensive line all season, and he started the last five games as a true freshman. He helped lead an offensive line that allowed just six sacks and helped produce Samford's first 1,000 yard rusher since 1999.

OVC Offensive Player of the Year: Allan Holland, Eastern Kentucky
OVC Defensive Player of the Year: Derrick Huff, Eastern Kentucky
OVC Freshman of the Year: Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State
OVC Roy Kidd Coach of the Year: Danny Hope, Eastern Kentucky

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Allan Holland, Eastern Kentucky, QB
Chris Fletcher, Austin Peay, RB
Ademola Adeniji, Eastern Illinois, RB
Micah Rucker, Eastern Illinois, WR
Larry Shipp, Tennessee Tech, WR
DeAngelo Nelson, Murray State, TE
Shawn Dedden, Eastern Kentucky, C
Chaz Millard, Eastern Illinois, OG
Bakahri Thornton, Eastern Kentucky, OG
Anthony Rubican, Eastern Illinois, OT
Sean Dumford, Eastern Kentucky, OT

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
Pierre Walters, Eastern Illinois, DL
Chris Coy, Eastern Kentucky, DL
John Scott, Jacksonville State, DL
Shaun Richardson, Tennessee State, DL
Donald Thomas, Eastern Illinois, LB
Adam Casper, Southeast Missouri, LB
Josh Yarbrough, UT Martin, LB
Derrick Huff, Eastern Kentucky, DB
Brandon Gathof, Eastern Kentucky, DB
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee St., DB
Maurice Smith, Tennessee Tech, DB

FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS
Gavin Hallford, Jacksonville State, K
Doug Spada, Southeast Missouri, P
Larry Shipp, Tennessee Tech, RS

SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State, QB
Bobby Washington, Eastern Kentucky, RB
Don Chapman, UT Martin, RB
Rod Harper, Murray State, WR
Jeff Moore, Samford, WR
Stephen Sizemore, Eastern Kentucky, TE
Drew Cairo-Gross, Eastern Illinois, C
Devon May, Jacksonville State, OG
Kevin Bannon, UT Martin, OG
Cage Major, Austin Peay, OT
Cornelius Lewis, Tennessee State, OT
Adam Hansen, UT Martin, OT

SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
Cardius Dowell, Eastern Kentucky, DL
John Jackson, Tennessee Tech, DL
Geoffrey Woods, Tennessee Tech, DL
Ray Williams, UT Martin, DL
George Anderson, Eastern Kentucky, LB
Justin Curry, Eastern Kentucky, LB
Devin Phillips, Jacksonville State, LB
Rashad Haynes, Eastern Illinois, DB
Ke'Andre Sams, Eastern Illinois, DB
Zach Denton, Eastern Kentucky, DB
Derrick Parrott, Murray State, DB

SECOND-TEAM SPECIALISTS
Taylor Long, Eastern Kentucky, K
Kevin Cook, Eastern Illinois, P
Maurice Dupree, Jacksonville State, RS

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM Terrence Holt, Austin Peay, RS/RB
Kevin Cook, Eastern Illinois, P
Rashad Haynes, Eastern Illinois, DB
Kevin Mahoney, Eastern Illinois, OG
Cedric Johnson, Jacksonville State, QB
Jeff Ehrhardt, Murray State, QB
Chris Evans, Samford, RB
Thomas Gray, Samford, OL
Miles Edwards, Southeast Missouri, WR
Henry Sailes, Tennessee Tech, RB/RS
Cade Thompson, UT Martin, QB