Green Named CSFL MVP, 25 Mids Selected All-League

The Midshipmen led the CSFL with 13 first-team all-league players

	Navy quarterback D.J. Green, 2007 CSFL MVP

Nov. 20, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy sprint football quarterback D.J. Green (Jr./Indianapolis, Ind.) earned CSFL Most Valuable Player honors to highlight a cast of 25 Midshipmen selected to all-league teams, it was announced on Monday evening.

With Green serving as the signal-caller of the league's most productive offense, Navy recorded its 32nd CSFL title and 25th outright championship with an unblemished 4-0 record in league play and a perfect 6-0 overall record.

Green completed 58-of-103 passes for 853 yards with seven touchdowns and only three interceptions on the year, while also rushing for 179 yards on 45 carries with a league-best seven touchdowns. Green is the first Mids quarterback to be named the CSFL MVP since Brian Nagle in 2004 and marks the fourth time a Navy quarterback has garnered the league's highest recognition over the last-seven seasons.

In addition to Green, 12 other Midshipmen were named First-Team All-CSFL. Running back Richard Engel (Sr./Medford, N.J.) finished second in the league with 387 yards on 75 carries with six touchdowns to earn first-team all-league kudos for the second-straight year. Engel finished his career with 24 rushing touchdowns to eclipse the prior record of 23 rushing touchdowns held by Matt Sobecki (1994-97).

Defensive lineman Justin Nabozna (Jr./New Fairfield, Conn.) received first-team all-league recognition for the second-consecutive year after leading the team with three sacks and six tackles for a loss. He finished the year with 24 tackles and also swatted away two pass attempts.

For the second time in as many seasons in his career, kicker David Reifenberg (So./Ft. Wayne, Ind.) was selected First-Team All-CSFL. Reifenberg broke the school record for extra-point attempts made in a season (37-for-39) and booted through seven field goals on the year. His three field goals made against Army in the Allegiance Bowl matched the program record last attained by current varsity kicker Joey Bullen at Army in 2004.

Offensive linemen Drew Cecil (Jr./Ft. Thomas, Ky.) and Jeff Schuele's (Jr./Troy, Mich.) efforts to pave the way for the league's top rushing (267.0 yards per game) and offensive attacks (455.3 yards per game) were rewarded with first-team all-league accolades. The Navy duo highlighted an offensive front-five that yielded only six sacks in 157 drop-back situations.

Also earning First-Team All-CSFL recognition of the offensive side of the ball were running back Enrique Harris (Jr./Crawfordville, Fla.) and wide receiver Todd Barriger (Sr./Prescott, Mich.). Harris churned out 384 yards rushing, the third-highest total in the league, on 68 carries with three touchdowns. Barriger, Navy's offensive team captain, paced the Mids with 21 receptions for 355 yards and four touchdowns on the year.

While the offensive topped the league in nearly every statistical category, the Midshipmen did their part in holding the opposition of the scoreboard. In fact, the Navy defense set the standard in the CSFL for points allowed (9.8 yards per game), rushing yards allowed (29.5 yards per game) and total offense allowed (159.5 yards per game).

Anchoring the front-seven for the Mids and earning first-team all-league recognition are defensive lineman Taylor Brashear (Sr./Collierville, Tenn.), linebacker Tyler Hawkins (So./Canyon Country, Calif.) and linebacker Brian Smith (Jr./Gainesville, Fla.). Brashear, the defensive team captain, tallied 5.5 tackles for a loss with two sacks and 25 tackles on the year. Hawkins led the team with 54 tackles, 3.5 for a loss of 13 yards, picked off a pass, forced and recovered a fumble. Smith was second on the squad with 35 tackles, 3.5 of which went for a loss of 14 yards, one sack and one fumble recovery.

Defensive backs Jason Feipel (Sr./Walcott, Iowa) and Hunter Armour (Sr./Malibu, Calif.) served as the lynchpin of a Navy secondary that picked off 15 passes and held opposing quarterbacks to a meager 69.51 passer rating. Feipel led the team with four pass breakups, intercepted two passes against Army in the Allegiance Bowl and completed the season with 16 tackles. Armour also intercepted two passes, deflected away three others and totaled 11 tackles with a fumble recovery.

Complementing the first-team all-league selections were Second-Team All-CSFL picks Michael Bosworth (Jr./Dripping Springs, Texas) and James Campbell (Jr./Kansas City, Mo.). In addition to that duo, Chip Broun (Sr./Dunwoody, Ga.), Lou Feaman (Sr./Boynton Beach, Fla.), Nate Stewart (So./Fitzgerald, Ga.), Tommy Tellson (Jr./Bedford, Texas), Taylor Dodd (Sr./San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Galen Landis (Jr./Hershey, Pa.), Chris Combellick (Jr./Carmel, Ind.), Jarred Tate (So./Las Vegas, Nev.), Andrew Wright (Jr./Baltimore, Md.) and Stephen Phillips (So./Barhamsville, Va.) were all named honorable mention all-league players.

CSFL MVP
QB - D.J. Green, Navy

FIRST-TEAM ALL-CSFL
QB - D.J. Green, WR - Todd Barriger, RB - Enrique Harris, RB - Richard Engel, OL - Drew Cecil, OL - Jeff Schuele, DL - Justin Nabozna, DL - Taylor Brashear, LB - Tyler Hawkins, LB - Brian Smith, DB - Jason Feipel, DB - Hunter Armour, K - David Reifenberg

SECOND TEAM ALL-CSFL
OL - Michael Bosworth, DB - James Campbell

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CSFL
OL - Chip Broun, OL - Lou Feaman, RB - Nate Stewart, WR - Tommy Tellson, DL - Taylor Dodd, DL - Galen Landis, LB - Chris Combellick, DB - Jarred Tate, DB - Andrew Wright, P - Stephen Phillips