July 20, 2011

Cleveland, Ohio - A total of 14 Stony Brook football players earned preseason All-Big South honors by Phil Steele's College Football Review, it was announced on Wednesday.

Six student-athletes - junior running back Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.), senior running back Brock Jackolski (Shirley, N.Y.), senior wide receiver Matt Brevi (Tampa, Fla.) and senior offensive lineman Joe Faiella (Freehold, N.J.) were the first-team offensive selections, while junior defensive lineman Masengo Kabongo (Stratford, Conn.) and junior Craig Richardson (Malden, Mass.) were honored on defense. Jackolski also was selected to the first team at kick returner.

A transfer from Hofstra, Maysonet was outstanding in his first season at Stony Brook, running for 1,128 yards and 12 touchdowns. Among the top 25 rushers in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Maysonet was 19th in rushing despite the fewest carries. In five non-conference games, Maysonet averaged 85.4 yards, compared to 116.8 during conference play. In a three-game stretch, Maysonet rushed for 193, 158 and 130 yards, respectively, leading Stony Brook to a share of the Big South title for a second straight season.

One of the best all-around players in FCS, Jackolski rushed for 1,029 yards and nine touchdowns. He ran for a season-high 183 yards on just 16 carries against Charleston Southern. He ran for more than 100 yards in six games, accounting for 178.7 yards per game of total offense. In a 55-3 win against Gardner-Webb, Jackolski scored on a 19-yard run, a six-yard reception and a 94-yard kick return.

Brevi has emerged as one of senior Michael Coulter's (Yorba Linda, Calif.) top receivers. A second-team All-Big South selection last season, Brevi led Stony Brook with 668 receiving yards and five touchdowns. He caught touchdown passes of 67 and 61 yards, more than doubling his total of two as a sophomore.

Faiella has been a force at left tackle for the Seawolves over the past two seasons. He helped the Seawolves rush for 218 yards per game, which ranked eighth in FCS. As one of the team's most experienced offensive linemen, Faiella will counted on to lead on the left side of the O-Line.

A transfer for Maryland, Kabongo played in six games for the Terrapins in 2009. He registered a sack in a loss to California. Kabongo was one of the top defensive line prospects coming out of Stratford Prep, ranking as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com.

Richardson, a middle linebacker, made 85 tackles last season en route to second team honors. He recorded two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery despite nursing a severe arm injury.

Stony Brook's second-team selections were Coulter, junior wide receiver Jordan Gush (Richardson, Texas), sophomore offensive lineman Michael Bamiro (Tobyhanna, Pa.), senior defensive lineman Ryan Haber (Lafayette Hill, Pa.), sophomore Jawara Dudley (Roosevelt, N.Y.), junior Al-Majid Hutchins (East Orange, N.J.), junior Dan Mulrooney (Prospect, Conn.) and junior kicker Wesley Skiffington (Brandon, Fla.).

Coulter threw for more than 1,800 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2010 and finished in the top five in the league in all passing statistics. Even more impressive off the field, Coulter is a biochemistry major, was named to the Big South All-Academic team and was named the 2010 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Coulter has 3,871 passing yards and 32 touchdowns in his two-year Stony Brook career.

Gush is 62 yards away from 1,000 for his career. He caught 39 passes for 525 yards and five touchdowns, tying for the team-lead with Brevi. He's in the top-10 in program history with 11 career touchdowns.

Bamiro started 10 of 11 games at right tackle, blocking for a rushing attack that produced two 1,000-yard rushers.

A two-year starter on defense, Haber has been integral part of the defensive line. He was second on the team in tackles for loss with seven, and also recorded a forced fumble and an interception.

Dudley moved into the starting lineup after the third game of the season, and finished the season with 49 tackles, third most among Big South freshmen. He had a game-high 12 tackles against Lafayette, earning Big South Freshman of the Week honors.

Hutchins finished with 32 tackles and an interception in his first season at Stony Brook after transferring from Rutgers. His best game came against Massachusetts as he made five tackles, intercepted a pass and had a pass break-up.

A transfer from Boston College, Mulrooney has fought through injuries, but is healthy and ready to contribute. He played in 12 career games, registering tackles against Virginia Tech and Central Michigan. As a high school standout at Holy Cross, he was one of the top-rated recruits in the state of Connecticut.

Statistically speaking, Skiffington is one of the best kickers in Stony Brook history. He has 136 points (70 PATs, 22 FGs) and is just 21 points shy of the all-time record by a kicker. He connected on all but two extra points last season and owns the most points scored by a kicker in school history.