More Post-Season Awards for Bloomsburg Football Standouts

BLOOMSBURG—The post-season awards continue to pour in for Bloomsburg University football players Jahri Evans (Philadelphia/Frankford) and Jamar Brittingham (Levittown/Neshaminy). Both were named first team All-Americans according to Daktronics Division II Sports Information Directors and d2football.com.

On the Daktronics team, Bloomsburg is one of just six schools and the only school in the PSAC, to have two players named first team All-American.

Evans, a 6-4, 340 pound offensive tackle, is regarded as one of the best offensive lineman in the country. He anchored a line that was ranked eight nationally in rushing offense at 284.3 yards per game and was 10th in total offense with 473.4 yards per game. Evans graded out at 95% each game and was involved in many second and third level blocks and numerous pancake blocks. He was also part of an offensive line that allowed just 13 sacks in 12 games. In addition, Evans' blocking allowed 46 of the team's 66 touchdowns (69 percent) to come on the ground.

The Huskies led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in rushing offense by nearly 60 yards per game over the second place team.

Evans has also been named to the first team A.P. Little America team; first team American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America team ; All-PSAC East first team, Daktronics first team All-Northeast Region, and has been selected to play in the Las Vegas All-American Classic on January 14th. He is also a finalist for the Gene Upshaw award, which honors the nation's top offensive lineman in Division II each season.

In his junior year Evans was named first team A.P. Little America, first team AFCA; first team d2football.com; first team Don Hansen All-Northeast region and first team Daktronics All-Northeast region.

Brittingham, a 6-0, 203 pound sophomore tailback, was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year and finished third in the balloting for the Harlon Hill Award, Division II's Player of the Year Award. He became just the second sophomore, and first since 1987, to be one of the three finalists for the award. He was also named first team A.P. Little America and was a first team Daktronics All-Northeast Region selection.

During the season he rushed for 2,260 yards and scored 32 rushing touchdowns with both marks breaking school and PSAC records. He also caught 20 passes for 299 yards and scored two scores giving him 34 touchdowns for the year. His rushing average of 188.3 and scoring average of 17 points per game not only led Division II, but all three divisions of football. His 204 total points was also the third highest single season scoring total in NCAA Division II history, while his rushing average was the ninth best in NCAA D-II history. In two years of play, Brittingham also ranks first all-time in Division II with 13.6 points per game.

Brittingham had five games this year in which he went over the 200 yard mark, including a 200-yard game against East Stroudsburg on October 1st and a 211-yard performance against West Chester on October 29th. He also scored the game-winning touchdown in both games. His career best game came in the 2005 season opener when he rushed for 250 yards against Slippery Rock.

For his career, Brittingham, who was named the 2004 PSAC Eastern Division Rookie of the Year, is fourth all-time in school history with 3,251 yards rushing and is second in scoring with 50 career touchdowns.

Both Evans and Brittingham helped the Huskies to an 11-0 regular season record, a number two national ranking in the AFCA top 25 poll and a berth in the NCAA Division II national championships.