ABILENE – Four ACU football players have been selected pre-season all-America by Consensus Draft Services, which announced its team earlier this month.
Senior offensive tackle
Trevis Turner was selected as a first team pre-season all-America player, while junior defensive end
Aston Whiteside was selected to the second team. Senior guard
Royland Tubbs and sophomore
Matt Webber were each selected to the honorable mention team.
Turner, an honorable mention all-Lone Star Conference South Division selection in 2009, has already been tabbed a first team pre-season all-America by
Lindy's magazine. Whiteside – a first team all-LSC South Division selection in 2009 – was among NCAA Division II leaders in both sacks (9.5) and tackles for loss (14.5) in 2009, and he's also been tabbed as a first team pre-season all-America by both
The Sporting News and
Lindy's magazine.
Tubbs, a first team all-LSC South Division selection in 2009, was picked as a pre-season first team all-America by
The Sporting News.