LEWISVILLE, Texas — Six UTSA Roadrunners have been named to the Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College Teams, the magazine announced Tuesday.
Spencer Burford, Lucas Dean, Trevor Harmanson, Sincere McCormick and Rashad Wisdom all earned a spot on the first team and Hunter Duplessis made the second squad, giving UTSA the third-most players on the teams behind Texas A&M (9) and SMU (7) and ahead of Texas (5), Texas Tech (5), Houston (4) and TCU (4).
Burford was one of five players selected to the first-team offensive line one day after being named second-team All-Conference USA. The junior has helped pave the way for the league's top rusher in McCormick and has helped UTSA average a school-record 214.7 rushing yards per game, which is second in C-USA and 23rd in the FBS. The San Antonio Wagner High School product has helped UTSA top 200 yards on the ground in five games, including a school-record 443 in the 49-17 win over North Texas, part of a school-record 624 yards of offense in that contest. Burford, a 2018 C-USA All-Freshman selection, has started nine of the 10 games in which he has been available this season and he has been credited with 38 knockdowns and has graded out at 92%.
The 2020 C-USA Special Teams Player of the Year and first-team all-conference punter, Dean leads C-USA and ranks fourth nationally with a UTSA-record 46.3-yard average. The sophomore from Australia is a four-time Ray Guy Award Ray's 4 honoree and he was named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week after averaging 45.0 yards on six punts with five inside the 20 and three of 50-plus yards versus UAB. He has logged 27 punts inside the 20-yard line, including 15 inside the 10 and seven inside the 5, and he owns 21 punts of 50-plus yards, including a career-best 67-yarder at FAU. Dean has averaged 45.0-plus yards in eight games this year and of his 55 punts this fall, 39 have not been returned. He was voted C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 46.7 yards with two inside the 20 in the 49-17 victory over North Texas.
Harmanson was one of four linebackers chosen to the first team one day after collecting honorable mention all-conference recognition. The junior from Dickinson, Texas, shares the team lead with nine tackles for loss and he ranks third on the squad with 68 total tackles to go along with seven quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, one sack and an interception. He has registered five or more tackles in all but one contest, including a season-high nine tackles in his last outing. He also had two hurries, a forced fumble and a PBU in that 49-17 win over North Texas to earn C-USA Defensive Player of the Week accolades. Harmanson made eight stops in the 23-20 road win over Southern Miss and also recorded eight tackles, including 1.5 behind the line of scrimmage, in the triumph over Middle Tennessee on Sept. 25.
McCormick joined Texas A&M's Isaiah Spiller in the first-team backfield. The 2020 C-USA Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference running back leads the league and ranks second in the FBS with a school-record 1,345 rushing yards to go along with a program-record 11 rushing touchdowns this fall. A semifinalist for the Doak Walker and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Awards, the Converse Judson High School product boasts six 100-yard rushing games, including five of 150-plus, during his sophomore campaign. He is a four-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and he was named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week after totaling 165 yards and three TDs on a school-record 37 carries in the win over Louisiana Tech. McCormick has twice broken his own school record for rushing yards in a game, including 251 yards in the win over North Texas in his last outing. He owns the top two and five of the top 10 rushing games in C-USA this season and he has 31 runs of 10-plus yards, including 16 of 20-plus and four of 50-plus yards.
Wisdom was one of four players chosen to represent the first team secondary. The first-team all-conference selection has posted 82 tackles and picked off four passes during his sophomore season at safety for the Roadrunners. The Converse Judson High School product leads C-USA and ranks fifth in the FBS in interceptions, good for a share of the UTSA single-season record, and he stands fifth in the league in total tackles. He was named Jim Thorpe Award Player of the Week and C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after posting nine tackles and causing two fumbles in the 52-21 win over UTEP. Wisdom made 10 tackles and returned an interception 81 yards for a TD in the 51-48 double-overtime win over Texas State. He registered 13 stops at FAU, 10 versus Louisiana Tech and he had a 27-yard interception return to go along with seven tackles in the road win over Southern Miss.
Duplessis earned a spot as the Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College second-team place-kicker. The first-team all-conference performer and Lou Groza Award semifinalist leads C-USA and is 11th nationally with 16 field goals made. He is 16 of 18 on field goals and 37 of 38 on extra points this season, and he ranks second in the league and 23rd in the FBS in field goals per game (1.45) and third in the conference and 12th in the nation in field-goal percentage (.889). The Campbell Trophy semifinalist has scored a UTSA-record 85 points, good for second in C-USA and 24th nationally. He owned an FBS-best consecutive field goals made streak for five weeks until it was snapped at 23 in the win over Louisiana Tech. The senior from San Antonio Cole High School was named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week after making three field goals, including the game winner from 29 yards in the second overtime of the 51-48 win over Texas State. The Burlsworth Trophy nominee also went 3 for 3 including a 35-yarder in the fourth that proved to be the difference in the 37-35 win over Middle Tennessee, and he made a career-best 50-yarder against Army.
The Roadrunners will make their second bowl game appearance this Saturday, Dec. 26, when they face No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas and the game will be televised nationally on ABC and ESPN Deportes.
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