BOONE, N.C. — App State tied for the most first-team selections (eight) and the most overall picks (19 across four teams) in the preseason All-Sun Belt teams released by Phil Steele.
The Mountaineers' first-team picks include four defenders (DE
Demetrius Taylor, LB
D'Marco Jackson, LB
Brendan Harrington, S
Kaiden Smith) and three offensive players (RB
Camerun Peoples, C
Baer Hunter, OT
Cooper Hodges) as well as one on special teams: LS
Christian Johnstone.
The second-team selections from App State are CB
Shaun Jolly, WR
Thomas Hennigan, WR
Malik Williams and KR
Jalen Virgil.
The third team included four Mountaineers: WR
Corey Sutton, TE
Henry Pearson, LB
Nick Hampton and Williams again (at PR). The fourth-team picks were CB
Steven Jones, DT
Jordon Earle and P
Xavier Subotsch.
App State returns 10 defensive starters and seven offensive starters from a team that went 9-3 in 2020.
Football season tickets for new customers and tickets for App State's Sept. 2 Queen City Takeover game against East Carolina in Charlotte went on sale last month.
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Single-game tickets for 2021 home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium will go on sale at a later date, if they become available.