Athlon Sports named two Ohio Valley Conference football players preseason All-Americans in its annual preview magazine which was published recently.
The selections were both specialists and included Eastern Kentucky senior kick returner (and defensive back) Jeremy Caldwell and Murray State senior punt returner (and defensive back) Dontrell Johnson.
The duo were leathal in the return game last year as Johnson led the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in punt returns (22.80 yards/return) while Caldwell was second in kickoff returns (33.71 yards/return).
Athlon also predicted a preseason FCS Top 25 and tabbed Jacksonville State as the No. 9 team in the preseason and Eastern Kentucky as No. 22 overall.