TU Football: 7 Named To American Athletic All-Conference Teams

The University of Tulsa has a total of seven players named to the first and second-team American Athletic Conference squad today as voted on by the league’s coaches, it was announced today. All seven of Tulsa’s selection came on the offensive side of the ball for the Golden Hurricane.

Tulsa’s first-team selections include running back James Flanders, receiver Keevan Lucas and offensive linemen Blake Belcher and Chandler Miller. Second-team performers are running back D’Angelo Brewer and linemen Evan Plagg and Tyler Bowling.

 Flanders, a 5’10” senior from Midwest City, Okla., leads the American Athletic Conference with 1,529 rushing yards for a 6.3 average per attempt and has scored 17 touchdowns. Flanders, who has seven 100+ rushing games this year, became the school's single-season rushing leader and also went over 2,000 career yards in the Cincinnati contest. Flanders now has 2,077 rushing yards and 18 TDs in his career.

Lucas, a 5’10 receiver from Abilene, Texas, has 1,108 yards, 12 TDs and a 15.0 average per catch on 74 receptions with five 100+ receiving games this season. He ranks third on the school's career receiving chart with 3,178 yards on 233 receptions for a 13.6 average and needs 165 yards to tie Howard Twilley (1963-65) for the school record

Senior Blake Belcher (Guthrie, Okla.), junior Evan Plagg (Guthrie, Okla.) and sophomores Chandler Miller (Bixby, Okla.) and Tyler Bowling (Yukon, Okla.) have been part of an offensive front that has led the Tulsa offense to a season that has seen the Hurricane score 41.4 points, average a league-leading 522.5 yards of total offense, while rushing for 261.8 yards and gaining 260.8 yards through the air.

The Tulsa offense, behind the front line, has established a school record of eight 300+ rushing games this season.

As the American Athletic Conference’s second-leading rusher, Brewer, a 5’9” junior from Tulsa’s Central High School, has gained 1,330 rushing yards for an average of 5.4 yards per attempt and seven TDs. His rushing total ranks fifth on the school's single-season chart, while his career 2,295 yards is ninth on Tulsa’s career list.  Brewer has five 100+ rushing games on the season, including a career-best 252 yards on 46 carries at Fresno State.