Dillon Named To USA Today Freshman All-America Team

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns defensive lineman Joe Dillon picked up his second honor of the 2016 season when he was named to the USA Today Sports Freshman All-America Team on Sunday.

Dillon, a redshirt freshman, played in all 12 games during the regular-season for Louisiana and finished as the top lineman in tackles (49) while leading the team in sacks (6.0) and tackles for loss (11.5). The second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection came onto the scene against Tulane with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks before recording a season-high 10 tackles with a sack at New Mexico State.

The Tylertown, Miss., native added five tackles, with four stops for loss and a sack at Texas State, and added sacks in games against McNeese State and Appalachian State.

Dillon is the first Freshman All-America for Louisiana since Elijah McGuire was named to the FWAA Freshman All-America Team in 2013.

Louisiana (6-6) will compete in the 2016 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 17, against Southern Miss in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

2016 USA Today Sports Freshman All-America Team
OFFENSE
QB - Jalen Hurts, Alabama
RB - Mike Weber, Ohio State
RB - Justice Hill, Oklahoma State
WR - Demetris Robertson, California
WR - Ahmmon Richards, Miami (Fla.)
TE - Isaac Nauta, Georgia
OL - Jonah Williams, Alabama
OL - Ethan Reed, Louisiana Tech
OL - Erik McCoy, Texas A&M
OL - Tim Lynott, Colorado
OL - Ryan Bates, Penn State

DEFENSE
DL - Brian Burns, Florida State
DL - Ed Oliver, Houston
DL - Dexter Lawrence, Clemson
DL - Joe Dillon, Louisiana
LB - Troy Dye, Oregon
LB - Joe Giles-Harris, Duke
LB - Logan Wilson, Wyoming
CB - Clifton Duck, Appalachian State
CB - Xavier Crawford, Oregon State
S - Jessie Bates, Wake Forest
S - Taylor Rapp, Washington

SPECIALISTS
K - Louie Zervos, Ohio
P - Tom Sheldon, North Carolina
RET - Tony Pollard, Memphis

Dillon Named To USA Today Freshman All-America Team

Players Mentioned

Joe Dillon

Elijah McGuire

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