BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Mid-South Conference announced its 2024 Football All-MSC teams and honors on Thursday.

Georgetown’s (Ky.) Darius Neal was named the MSC Football Craig Mullins Offensive Player of the Year Award recipient. Teammate Chad Holleran earned the Defensive Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. Cumberland’s (Tenn.) Jacob Cornejo was selected as Offensive Freshman of the Year. Bethel’s (Tenn.) Duston Chavis was chosen as Defensive Freshman of the Year. Finally, Cumberland (Tenn.) swept coaches' honors, as Tim Mathis was selected for the Ron Finley Award for Coach of the Year. Mathis’s assistant, Bobby Brown, earns the Assistant Coach of the Year  

Neal had an impressive season, the senior running back had a total of 1161 yards on 236 rushes. Averaged 161 yards per game while averaging 6 yards per rush, totaling 8 touchdowns on the season thus far. Neal would score 2 touchdowns in three separate conference games adding a season-high rushing yards against Reinhardt (Ga.) where he had 184 rushing yards.

Holleran anchored the Tiger's defense all season from his linebacker position. The Senior totaled 48 total solo tackles and assisted on 31 tackles, totaling 79 tackles on the season. He averaged about 8 tackles per game, adding 1 interception on the season which he returned for his lone touchdown this season. Holleran had a season-high 9 tackles against Pikeville (Ky.) on 9/7/24.

Cornejo had a stand-out offensive freshman season in the running back position for the Phoenix. The freshman totaled 538 yards on 71 rushes. He had 5 touchdowns, averaging 7.6 yards per rush, all in only 8 games. His game-high rushing yards of the season came against Faulkner (Ala.) on 11/9/24 where he totaled 163 on the day.  

Chavis played the whole season for the Wildcats on the defensive line as a Freshman. The Tennessee native totaled 8 solo tackles on the season while assisting on 21 tackles. Totaling 29 tackles the freshman would average 2.9 tackles a game, his best game coming against Cumberland (Tenn.) where he had 8 tackles that game. Finally, the freshman would have 3 sacks on the season to total 16 yards lost against opponents. 

Mathis led the Phoenix to a 7-3 season, outperforming their previous season where they went 5-5. His overall record now sits at 30-38 after concluding his 7th season as their head coach. 

Brown helped lead the Phoenix to the same 7-3 season as the offensive coordinator for Cumberland (Tenn.). This was Brown’s 12th season as an assistant and his second year as offensive coordinator. Brown’s vision earned the Phoniex a total of 2537 rushing yards and 1468 total passing yards.

Thirty players were selected to both the first and second all-conference teams.

2024 First Team All Mid-South Conference:

PLAYER	POSITION	SCHOOL
Blake Gossett	Offensive Line	Georgetown (Ky.)
Brody Hall	Offensive Line	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Will Sanchez	Offensive Line	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Jaden Taylor	Offensive Line	Bethel (Tenn.)
Corey Teague	Offensive Line	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Jack Busey	Tight End	Campbellsville (Ky.)
La'Derrick Bell	Wide Receiver	Faulkner (Ala.)
Luke Sheperson	Wide Receiver	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Andre Siler	Wide Receiver	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Davontaye Saunders	All Purpose	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Luke Holloway	Quarterback	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Jeremiah Bryant	Running Back	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Darius Neal	Running Back	Georgetown (Ky.)
Job Matossian	Kicker	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Jayden Cray	Defensive Line	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Jacob Harmon	Defensive Line	Georgetown (Ky.)
Darius Moore	Defensive Line	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Dez Wallace	Defensive Line	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Brody Franks	Linebacker	Bethel (Tenn.)
Chad Holleran	Linebacker	Georgetown (Ky.)
Cameron Rankins	Linebacker	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Ellis Reed	Linebacker	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Jacious Clark	Defensive Back	Bethel (Tenn.)
Howie Gant	Defensive Back	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Justin Richardson	Defensive Back	Georgetown (Ky.)
Derek Taylor	Defensive Back	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Obie Wilson	Defensive Back	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Davontaye Saunders	Return Specialist	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Brayden Johnson	Punter	Bethel (Tenn.)
Ryan Burke	Long Snapper	Georgetown (Ky.)

 





2024 Second Team All Mid-South Conference:
 

PLAYER	POSITION	SCHOOL
Nick Buzzell	Offensive Line	Cumberlands (Ky.)
CJ Dills	Offensive Line	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Quan Evans	Offensive Line	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Chandler McDonald	Offensive Line	Georgetown (Ky.)
Larry Montgomery	Offensive Line	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Luke Olive	Tight End	Georgetown (Ky.)
Cam Bulluck	Wide Receiver	Faulkner (Ala.)
Jarrius Rogers	Wide Receiver	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Dillon Warren	Wide Receiver	Georgetown (Ky.)
La'Derrick Bell	All Purpose	Faulkner (Ala.)
Jagger Gillis	Quarterback	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Tre' Bass	Running Back	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Jacob Cornejo	Running Back	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Nate Craft	Kicker	Georgetown (Ky.)
Duston Chavis	Defensive Line	Bethel (Tenn.)
Braden Ford	Defensive Line	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Joey Samples	Defensive Line	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Romarion Warner	Defensive Line	Georgetown (Ky.)
Adam Caudle	Linebacker	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Darrien Lewis	Linebacker	Bethel (Tenn.)
Elisha McNeil	Linebacker	Faulkner (Ala.)
Jerrell Williamson	Linebacker	Faulkner (Ala.)
DQ Brown	Defensive Back	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Jayson Hayes	Defensive Back	Georgetown (Ky.)
John Carter Myers	Defensive Back	Georgetown (Ky.)
Malik Thornton	Defensive Back	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Kion Threalkill	Defensive Back	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Dillon Warren	Return Specialist	Georgetown (Ky.)
Job Matossian	Punter	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Ben Banks	Long Snapper	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)