Dec. 8, 2008
SAN DIEGO - Four San Diego State football players were named to Phil Steele's 2008 All-Mountain West Conference team last week. Russell Allen (Vista, Calif.) earned first-team recognition on defense, while BJ Williams (Aurora, Colo.) and Corey Boudreaux (Orange, Calif.) earned second-team honors on defense and Vincent Brown (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) was a third-team selection on offense.
Allen finished his Aztec career as a four-year starter and two-time team captain, posting 375 career tackles, 22.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, four recovered fumbles and three interceptions in playing all 48 games since 2005. This past season, Allen led the team in tackles with 107, including 9.5 behind the line of scrimmage, to rank fourth in the MWC and tie for 34th nationally. He was also tied for first in the league in fumbles recovered (3) and was fourth in fumbles forced (3).
A two-time nominee for the Dick Butkus Award, Allen is the school's all-time leader in career assisted tackles with 161 and is second in career solo stops with 214. He finished his stint at SDSU with 10 games with 10 or more tackles, including five such efforts in 2008.
In only his second season as a starter, Boudreaux averaged a league-best 11.2 tackles per MWC game, marking the sixth consecutive year that an Aztec has led or ranked second in the conference in tackles in either overall or league-only outings.
Boudreaux finished 2008 with a career-high 101 stops, including 61 solo efforts. He also had four pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and two interceptions, including one in the team's finale with UNLV which he returned 82 yards for his first career touchdown. Boudreaux had four picks in the last two seasons and ended his career with 185 tackles.
Williams was the Aztecs' starter at defensive end for the second year in a row, posting a team-best 10.5 tackles for loss, which ranked him eighth in the Mountain West Conference. He ended up fifth on the team in tackles overall with a career-high 74 and also recovered a pair of fumbles. Williams had 10 stops against TCU and a career-high 11 vs. BYU, including four for a loss of 10 yards.
Brown finished first on the team in receptions with 64 and in receiving yards with 631 yards, which also ranks eighth in the conference. The sophomore native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., also rushed for 37 yards on three carries. He tied for first on the team with five touchdowns.
In addition, Allen and Brown were both named to Phil Steel's 2008 mid-season all-conference team. Allen nabbed first-team honors, while Brown received third-team accolades.