November 28, 2006
Football
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANA STATE PLACES FIVE ON ALL-GATEWAY SQUAD

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Indiana State Sycamores have placed five football players on the All-Gateway Football Conference squad as announced by the league office earlier today (Nov. 28). ISU had one on the second team and four honorable mention selections. The All-Gateway Football Conference lists were compiled following a vote of league head coaches, sports information directors as well as media representatives.

Leading the way for ISU on the second team was offensive lineman Fred Staugh (Flower Mound, Texas/Colorado). Earlier, Staugh was named to the All-Gateway Academic Second Team. Staugh started all 11 games for the Sycamores at right tackle. He was the lead blocker for a rushing offense that gained 147 yards per game, which ranked 55th in the nation. The Sycamore offense finished second in the Gateway for passing yardage, averaging 213.3 yards per game, which was good enough for 26th in the NCAA. Total offense was not a problem either for the Sycamores, as Staugh was a key component of a unit which tallied 360.3 yards per game for a final ranking of 31st-best in the country. Staugh was a prominent member of an offensive line that allowed just over one sack per game, which was third-best in the Gateway and 23rd best in the nation. As a sophomore, Staugh earned All-Gateway Newcomer team plaudits.

On the honorable mention list were senior wide receiver Carl Berman (Treasure Island, Fla./Boca Ciega); senior wide receiver Sam Logan (Kentland, Ind./South Newton); senior defensive back Scooter Archie (Grand Rapids, Mich./Central Michigan) and senior linebacker Andy Jones (Bartow, Fla./Bartow).

Berman paced the team with 59 catches for 783 yards, an average of 13.8 yards per catch. He was on the receiving end of four touchdown passes, and caught a season-long 41-yard touchdown from Reilly Murphy in the season finale against Illinois State. A multi-faceted star, he averaged 18.6 yards per kick return. Berman’s 5.38 receptions per game average ranks second-best in the Gateway and finished 29th in the nation. He averaged 71.8 yards receiving per game, good enough for third in the Gateway and 37th in the nation. In addition, Berman’s 18.6 yard kick return average was seventh best in the GFC. He topped the 100-yard receiving mark twice on the season, at Eastern Illinois as well as Western Illinois. Berman was also named to the Gateway’s All-Academic Second Team earlier this week.

Logan finished the year by catching 49 passes for 535 yards, to average 10.9 yards per catch and record four touchdowns. His 4.9 catches per game were fourth-best in the Gateway, and ranked 39th in the nation. Logan averaged 53.5 receiving yards per game, sixth-best in the Gateway, while posting the first multi-touchdown game of his career when he caught a pair of touchdowns passes at Western Illinois. He tossed a touchdown on a successful fake field goal at Western Illinois to pull the Sycamores within two points of the Leathernecks late in the fourth quarter. Logan finished his career with 196 catches for 2,388 – both school records, and his 196 career catches are No. 4 on the Gateway Football Conference’s career list.

Archie played and started in all 11 games, while leading the team with 107 total tackles, an average 9.7 stops per game, which was fourth-best in the Gateway and 29th in the nation. He posted 20 total tackles against Northern Iowa. Archie forced and recovered a fumble, as well as notched one sack during the season.

Jones started 10 games for the Sycamores at linebacker and was second on the team with 95 total tackles, good enough for seventh-best in the Gateway. He posted eight tackles for losses, as well as three sacks, and recorded a career-best 19 total tackles en route to being named The Sports Network and Gateway Football Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Missouri State. Jones posted career bests with four tackles for loss and a pair of sacks against the Bears, with no bigger play in the game than Jones’ final sack, in which he brought down MSU quarterback Tyler Horner for a loss on the Bears’ final drive to help preserve the victory.