Brown player of the year

Donald Brown was named Big East Offensive Player of the Year, Cody Brown and Darius Butler were on the first team, as was tackle Will Beatty. Scott Lutrus and Robert Vaughn on the second team. I hate to say it, but I think this is a far better list than the Tampa Tribune one. How Donald Brown wasn't player of the year is a farce. Huskies are 1-11 or 2-10 without Brown. He was that good this year, Brown unseats Pat White, who was POY for the last two years on offense.

2008 BIG EAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS

BIG EAST CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut (Jr., Atlantic Highlands, N.J.)

BIG EAST CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Scott McKillop, LB, Pittsburgh (Sr., Export, Pa.)

BIG EAST CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati (So., Palm Coast, Fla.)

BIG EAST CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Victor Anderson, RB, Louisville (Fr., Louisville, Ky.)

BIG EAST CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR

Brian Kelly, Cincinnati

ALL-BIG EAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE

Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School

WR Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati So. 6-1 190 Palm Coast, Fla./Flagler Palm Coast

WR Kenny Britt Rutgers Jr. 6-4 205 Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne

OT Will Beatty Connecticut Sr. 6-6 300 York, Pa./William Penn

OT Ryan Stanchek West Virginia Sr. 6-4 303 Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle

OG George Bussey Louisville Sr. 6-4 306 Louisville, Ky./Western

OG C.J. Davis Pittsburgh Sr. 6-3 310 Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny

C Eric Wood Louisville Sr. 6-4 301 Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder

TE Nate Byham Pittsburgh Jr. 6-3 255 Franklin, Pa./Franklin

QB Pat White West Virginia Sr. 6-2 190 Daphne, Ala./Daphne

RB Donald Brown * Connecticut Jr. 5-10 208 Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Red Bank Catholic

RB LeSean McCoy * Pittsburgh So. 5-11 210 Harrisburg, Pa./Milford Academy

K Conor Lee Pittsburgh Sr. 5-11 200 Upper St. Clair, Pa./Fork Union

KR/PR Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati So. 6-1 190 Palm Coast, Fla./Flagler Palm Coast

DEFENSE

DL Connor Barwin Cincinnati Sr. 6-4 255 Hazel Park, Mich./U. of Detroit Jesuit

DL Cody Brown * Connecticut Sr. 6-3 246 Coral Spings, Fla./Coral Springs

DL George Selvie USF Jr. 6-4 245 Pensacola, Fla./Pine Forest

DL Arthur Jones Syracuse Jr. 6-4 291 Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott

LB Scott McKillop * Pittsburgh Sr. 6-2 240 Export, Pa./Kiski Area

LB Tyrone McKenzie * USF Sr. 6-2 235 Riverview, Fla./Riverview

LB Mortty Ivy West Virginia Sr. 6-2 236 Monroeville, Pa./Gateway

CB Mike Mickens * Cincinnati Sr. 6-0 165 Huber Heights, Ohio/Ohio Wayne

CB Darius Butler Connecticut Sr. 5-11 181 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Coral Springs Charter

S Brandon Underwood Cincinnati Sr. 6-1 190 Hamilton, Ohio/Toledo St. John’s

S Courtney Greene Rutgers Sr. 6-2 215 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle

P Kevin Huber Cincinnati Sr. 6-1 210 Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas