2009
Sun Belt Conference Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Bobby Rainey, Western Ky. 12 939 83 29 105 2101 175.08 2. Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 13 266 110 0 897 2264 174.15 3. Lance Dunbar, North Texas 12 1378 300 0 57 1735 144.58 4. Luther Ambrose, La.-Monroe 12 311 455 49 832 1647 137.25 5. Alfred Morris, Fla. Atlantic 12 1392 114 0 0 1506 125.50 6. Brandon Thompkins, Arkansas St. 12 -1 598 29 790 1416 118.00 7. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 12 49 632 36 633 1350 112.50 8. Frank Goodin, La.-Monroe 12 1126 138 0 19 1283 106.92 9. Jamaal Jackson, North Texas 12 -1 701 3 463 1166 97.17 10. Dwight Dasher, Middle Tenn. 13 1154 0 0 0 1154 88.77 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Alan Gendreau, Middle Tenn. 13 22 18 .818 1.38 2. Casey Tinius, Western Ky. 12 19 14 .737 1.17 2. Josh Arauco, Arkansas St. 12 17 14 .824 1.17 4. Radi Jabour, La.-Monroe 12 20 12 .600 1.00 5. Michael Taylor, Troy 13 14 11 .786 .85 6. Jeremy Knott, North Texas 12 15 10 .667 .83 6. Dustin Rivest, FIU 12 14 10 .714 .83 8. Ross Gornall, Fla. Atlantic 12 12 8 .667 .67 8. Tyler Albrecht, La.-Lafayette 12 11 8 .727 .67 10. Ryan Wilbourn, Arkansas St. 12 2 1 .500 .08 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Marcus Udell, Middle Tenn. 13 7 88 0 .54 2. Greg James, La.-Monroe 12 4 83 0 .33 2. Kelcie McCray, Arkansas St. 12 4 69 0 .33 4. Bryan Willis, Troy 13 4 39 0 .31 4. Kevin Brown, Middle Tenn. 13 4 77 0 .31 6. Gerren Blount, La.-Lafayette 10 3 45 0 .30 7. James Truxillo, La.-Monroe 11 3 20 0 .27 8. Maurice Rolle, La.-Lafayette 12 3 13 0 .25 8. Royce Hill, North Texas 12 3 58 0 .25 8. Dwight Bentley, La.-Lafayette 12 3 93 1 .25 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 12 22 633 1 28.77 1.83 2. Jamaal Jackson, North Texas 12 17 463 0 27.24 1.42 3. Royce Hill, North Texas 12 15 395 0 26.33 1.25 4. Bobby Rainey, Western Ky. 12 44 1050 0 23.86 3.67 5. Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 13 39 897 0 23.00 3.00 6. Brandon Thompkins, Arkansas St. 12 35 790 0 22.57 2.92 7. Desmond Gee, Middle Tenn. 13 41 910 0 22.20 3.15 8. Luther Ambrose, La.-Monroe 12 38 832 0 21.89 3.17 9. Wayne Times, FIU 12 22 480 0 21.82 1.83 10. Jason Harmon, Fla. Atlantic 12 15 297 0 19.80 1.25 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Levi Brown, Troy 13 504 321 63.69 9 4254 8.44 23 146.08 2. Jeff Van Camp, Fla. Atlantic 10 184 109 59.24 2 1372 7.46 12 141.22 3. Trey Revell, La.-Monroe 10 210 121 57.62 12 1739 8.28 12 134.61 4. Ryan Aplin, Arkansas St. 9 118 77 65.25 6 889 7.53 3 126.76 5. Dwight Dasher, Middle Tenn. 13 399 219 54.89 14 2789 6.99 23 125.61 6. Riley Dodge, North Texas 10 303 205 67.66 15 1975 6.52 9 122.31 7. Chris Masson, La.-Lafayette 12 373 222 59.52 8 2406 6.45 10 118.26 8. Kawaun Jakes, Western Ky. 11 244 148 60.66 9 1516 6.21 9 117.64 9. Paul McCall, FIU 11 370 208 56.22 8 2343 6.33 14 117.57 10. Corey Leonard, Arkansas St. 9 211 114 54.03 6 1416 6.71 7 115.66 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Jeremy Moore, Western Ky. 12 56 2427 43.34 4.67 2. Carlos Munera, FIU 12 72 3092 42.94 6.00 3. Ryan Wilbourn, Arkansas St. 12 53 2240 42.26 4.42 4. Will Goggans, Troy 13 56 2285 40.80 4.31 5. Spencer Ortego, La.-Lafayette 12 66 2682 40.64 5.50 6. Mickey Groody, Fla. Atlantic 12 46 1868 40.61 3.83 7. Will Atterberry, North Texas 12 55 2143 38.96 4.58 8. David DeFatta, Middle Tenn. 13 81 3131 38.65 6.23 9. Scott Love, La.-Monroe 12 60 2313 38.55 5.00 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Jason Frierson, FIU 12 20 244 0 12.20 1.67 2. Daylan Walker, Arkansas St. 12 25 212 0 8.48 2.08 3. Tavious Polo, Fla. Atlantic 11 16 85 0 5.31 1.45 4. Patrick Honeycutt, Middle Tenn. 12 21 106 0 5.05 1.75 5. Cornelius Williams, Troy 13 28 110 0 3.93 2.15 6. Darrell McNeal, La.-Monroe 12 16 59 0 3.69 1.33 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm 1. Jamaal Jackson, North Texas 12 71 701 6 5.92 9.87 58.42 2. Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 13 71 1101 4 5.46 15.51 84.69 3. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 12 57 632 5 4.75 11.09 52.67 3. Darius Carey, North Texas 12 57 509 4 4.75 8.93 42.42 5. Jake Gaebler, Western Ky. 10 43 494 4 4.30 11.49 49.40 6. LaGregory Sapp, La.-Monroe 10 40 784 3 4.00 19.60 78.40 6. Jason Harmon, Fla. Atlantic 12 48 649 6 4.00 13.52 54.08 8. Brandon Thompkins, Arkansas St. 12 47 598 4 3.92 12.72 49.83 9. Jack Doyle, Western Ky. 10 37 365 1 3.70 9.86 36.50 10. TeBiarus Gill, Troy 13 47 581 6 3.62 12.36 44.69 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 13 71 1101 4 5.46 15.51 84.69 2. LaGregory Sapp, La.-Monroe 10 40 784 3 4.00 19.60 78.40 3. Jamaal Jackson, North Texas 12 71 701 6 5.92 9.87 58.42 4. Jason Harmon, Fla. Atlantic 12 48 649 6 4.00 13.52 54.08 5. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 12 57 632 5 4.75 11.09 52.67 6. Brandon Thompkins, Arkansas St. 12 47 598 4 3.92 12.72 49.83 7. Jake Gaebler, Western Ky. 10 43 494 4 4.30 11.49 49.40 8. Ladarius Green, La.-Lafayette 11 32 533 2 2.91 16.66 48.45 9. Chris Bonner, Fla. Atlantic 12 32 571 6 2.67 17.84 47.58 10. Darrell McNeal, La.-Monroe 12 38 542 6 3.17 14.26 45.17 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 13 71 1101 4 5.46 15.51 84.69 2. LaGregory Sapp, La.-Monroe 10 40 784 3 4.00 19.60 78.40 3. Jamaal Jackson, North Texas 12 71 701 6 5.92 9.87 58.42 4. Jason Harmon, Fla. Atlantic 12 48 649 6 4.00 13.52 54.08 5. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 12 57 632 5 4.75 11.09 52.67 6. Brandon Thompkins, Arkansas St. 12 47 598 4 3.92 12.72 49.83 7. TeBiarus Gill, Troy 13 47 581 6 3.62 12.36 44.69 8. Chris Bonner, Fla. Atlantic 12 32 571 6 2.67 17.84 47.58 9. Darrell McNeal, La.-Monroe 12 38 542 6 3.17 14.26 45.17 10. Chris McClover, Middle Tenn. 12 35 541 5 2.92 15.46 45.08 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm 1. Alfred Morris, Fla. Atlantic 12 263 1392 11 116.00 2. Lance Dunbar, North Texas 12 200 1378 17 114.83 3. Frank Goodin, La.-Monroe 12 219 1126 13 93.83 4. Dwight Dasher, Middle Tenn. 13 224 1154 13 88.77 5. Bobby Rainey, Western Ky. 12 144 939 6 78.25 6. D.D. Kyles, Middle Tenn. 12 139 857 3 71.42 7. Reggie Arnold, Arkansas St. 12 168 723 12 60.25 8. Shawn Southward, Troy 13 110 602 12 46.31 9. Riley Dodge, North Texas 10 104 463 5 46.30 10. DuJuan Harris, Troy 13 151 583 10 44.85 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Lance Dunbar, North Texas 12 19 0 0 0 0 114 9.50 2. Alan Gendreau, Middle Tenn. 13 0 50 51 18 22 104 8.00 3. Alfred Morris, Fla. Atlantic 12 13 0 0 0 0 78 6.50 3. Frank Goodin, La.-Monroe 12 13 0 0 0 0 78 6.50 5. Dwight Dasher, Middle Tenn. 13 13 0 0 0 0 78 6.00 5. Reggie Arnold, Arkansas St. 12 12 0 0 0 0 72 6.00 7. Radi Jabour, La.-Monroe 12 0 35 38 12 20 71 5.92 8. Michael Taylor, Troy 13 0 43 44 11 14 76 5.85 9. Josh Arauco, Arkansas St. 12 0 27 31 14 17 69 5.75 10. Casey Tinius, Western Ky. 12 0 25 25 14 19 67 5.58 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Levi Brown, Troy 13 54 7 4254 558 4261 7.64 327.77 2. Dwight Dasher, Middle Tenn. 13 224 1154 2789 623 3943 6.33 303.31 3. Riley Dodge, North Texas 10 104 463 1975 407 2438 5.99 243.80 4. Chris Masson, La.-Lafayette 12 62 192 2406 435 2598 5.97 216.50 5. Paul McCall, FIU 11 76 14 2343 446 2357 5.28 214.27 6. Trey Revell, La.-Monroe 10 95 354 1739 305 2093 6.86 209.30 7. Corey Leonard, Arkansas St. 9 72 174 1416 283 1590 5.62 176.67 8. Kawaun Jakes, Western Ky. 11 125 355 1516 369 1871 5.07 170.09 9. Jeff Van Camp, Fla. Atlantic 10 35 19 1372 219 1391 6.35 139.10 10. Ryan Aplin, Arkansas St. 9 64 253 889 182 1142 6.27 126.89 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. Middle Tenn. 13 440 241 54.77 19 2835 6.44 16 3.64 112.29 2. La.-Monroe 12 422 246 58.29 13 2843 6.74 16 3.79 121.24 3. North Texas 12 359 204 56.82 7 2601 7.25 16 4.46 128.47 4. Arkansas St. 12 366 222 60.66 8 2622 7.16 19 5.19 133.64 5. La.-Lafayette 12 336 202 60.12 16 2669 7.94 21 6.25 137.93 6. Troy 13 507 313 61.74 10 3728 7.35 29 5.72 138.40 7. FIU 12 376 230 61.17 10 3105 8.26 20 5.32 142.80 8. Fla. Atlantic 12 344 232 67.44 5 2791 8.11 17 4.94 148.95 9. Western Ky. 12 307 208 67.75 6 2801 9.12 27 8.79 169.55 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. North Texas 12 62 1382 0 22.29 2. Western Ky. 12 81 1797 0 22.19 3. Troy 13 62 1305 1 21.05 4. Arkansas St. 12 47 979 0 20.83 5. FIU 12 71 1466 1 20.65 6. Middle Tenn. 13 57 1119 0 19.63 7. La.-Monroe 12 58 1138 0 19.62 8. Fla. Atlantic 12 63 1189 0 18.87 9. La.-Lafayette 12 52 939 0 18.06 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. La.-Lafayette 66 40 20 123 37.56 2682 2. Troy 56 40 19 105 37.50 2285 3. FIU 78 42 37 265 37.36 3319 4. Arkansas St. 53 42 31 147 36.85 2240 5. Western Ky. 57 43 30 285 36.65 2474 6. La.-Monroe 60 38 15 160 34.88 2313 7. Fla. Atlantic 52 37 10 61 34.38 1969 8. Middle Tenn. 82 38 36 359 33.46 3183 9. North Texas 57 37 26 296 31.11 2129 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Troy 13 529 333 10 62.95 4375 8.27 24 336.54 13.14 2. Fla. Atlantic 12 444 257 7 57.88 3356 7.56 26 279.67 13.06 3. Middle Tenn. 13 436 238 15 54.59 3064 7.03 25 235.69 12.87 4. La.-Lafayette 12 406 240 8 59.11 2698 6.65 14 224.83 11.24 5. North Texas 12 413 277 17 67.07 2681 6.49 15 223.42 9.68 6. FIU 12 433 231 12 53.35 2600 6.00 14 216.67 11.26 7. La.-Monroe 12 329 185 20 56.23 2501 7.60 18 208.42 13.52 8. Arkansas St. 12 330 192 12 58.18 2323 7.04 10 193.58 12.10 9. Western Ky. 12 313 181 12 57.83 1775 5.67 11 147.92 9.81 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. North Texas 12 359 204 56.82 12.75 7 2601 7.25 16 216.75 2. Middle Tenn. 13 440 241 54.77 11.76 19 2835 6.44 16 218.08 3. Arkansas St. 12 366 222 60.66 11.81 8 2622 7.16 19 218.50 4. La.-Lafayette 12 336 202 60.12 13.21 16 2669 7.94 21 222.42 5. Fla. Atlantic 12 344 232 67.44 12.03 5 2791 8.11 17 232.58 6. Western Ky. 12 307 208 67.75 13.47 6 2801 9.12 27 233.42 7. La.-Monroe 12 422 246 58.29 11.56 13 2843 6.74 16 236.92 8. FIU 12 376 230 61.17 13.50 10 3105 8.26 20 258.75 9. Troy 13 507 313 61.74 11.91 10 3728 7.35 29 286.77 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Troy 13 529 333 62.95 10 4375 8.27 24 4.54 143.56 2. Fla. Atlantic 12 444 257 57.88 7 3356 7.56 26 5.86 137.56 3. La.-Monroe 12 329 185 56.23 20 2501 7.60 18 5.47 125.95 4. Middle Tenn. 13 436 238 54.59 15 3064 7.03 25 5.73 125.67 5. North Texas 12 413 277 67.07 17 2681 6.49 15 3.63 125.38 6. La.-Lafayette 12 406 240 59.11 8 2698 6.65 14 3.45 122.36 7. Arkansas St. 12 330 192 58.18 12 2323 7.04 10 3.03 120.06 8. Western Ky. 12 313 181 57.83 12 1775 5.67 11 3.51 109.37 9. FIU 12 433 231 53.35 12 2600 6.00 14 3.23 108.87 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. FIU 12 25 322 0 12.88 2. La.-Lafayette 12 16 144 1 9.00 3. Arkansas St. 12 30 254 0 8.47 4. Western Ky. 12 8 60 0 7.50 5. Middle Tenn. 13 24 155 1 6.46 6. North Texas 12 11 65 0 5.91 7. Fla. Atlantic 12 21 100 0 4.76 8. La.-Monroe 12 24 108 0 4.50 9. Troy 13 30 106 0 3.53 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Middle Tenn. 13 519 2418 4.66 22 186.00 2. North Texas 12 420 2223 5.29 27 185.25 3. La.-Monroe 12 488 2207 4.52 21 183.92 4. Western Ky. 12 445 2074 4.66 18 172.83 5. Fla. Atlantic 12 434 1829 4.21 17 152.42 6. Troy 13 444 1939 4.37 29 149.15 7. La.-Lafayette 12 460 1643 3.57 19 136.92 8. Arkansas St. 12 428 1623 3.79 21 135.25 9. FIU 12 423 1251 2.96 19 104.25 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. La.-Monroe 12 397 1321 3.33 20 110.08 2. Arkansas St. 12 418 1464 3.50 15 122.00 3. Middle Tenn. 13 512 1778 3.47 20 136.77 4. Troy 13 430 1791 4.17 19 137.77 5. La.-Lafayette 12 474 2183 4.61 22 181.92 6. North Texas 12 484 2347 4.85 34 195.58 7. Fla. Atlantic 12 431 2647 6.14 34 220.58 8. FIU 12 521 2794 5.36 33 232.83 9. Western Ky. 12 522 2938 5.63 35 244.83 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Arkansas St. 12 279 23.25 36 33 0 0 0 10 0 2. Middle Tenn. 13 308 23.69 38 33 1 0 0 15 0 3. La.-Monroe 12 328 27.33 42 39 0 0 0 11 2 4. Troy 13 387 29.77 50 41 2 0 0 14 0 5. La.-Lafayette 12 364 30.33 46 40 2 0 0 14 1 6. Fla. Atlantic 12 405 33.75 52 46 0 1 0 15 0 7. FIU 12 424 35.33 55 52 0 0 0 14 0 8. North Texas 12 427 35.58 54 48 1 0 0 17 1 9. Western Ky. 12 475 39.58 63 59 0 0 0 12 1 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Troy 13 6314 55 438 33.69 52 0 0 0 18 1 2. Middle Tenn. 13 5482 52 416 32.00 50 0 0 0 18 0 3. Fla. Atlantic 12 5185 44 329 27.42 37 1 0 0 8 1 4. North Texas 12 4904 42 319 26.58 35 0 0 0 10 1 5. La.-Monroe 12 4708 39 307 25.58 35 0 0 0 12 1 6. FIU 12 3851 35 275 22.92 33 1 0 0 10 0 7. Arkansas St. 12 3946 33 272 22.67 27 1 0 0 15 0 8. La.-Lafayette 12 4341 35 266 22.17 30 0 1 0 8 0 9. Western Ky. 12 3849 29 245 20.42 25 2 0 0 14 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. Arkansas St. 12 5.21 784 4086 36 340.50 2. La.-Monroe 12 5.08 819 4164 42 347.00 3. Middle Tenn. 13 4.85 952 4613 38 354.85 4. La.-Lafayette 12 5.99 810 4852 46 404.33 5. North Texas 12 5.87 843 4948 54 412.33 6. Troy 13 5.89 937 5519 50 424.54 7. Fla. Atlantic 12 7.02 775 5438 52 453.17 8. Western Ky. 12 6.92 829 5739 63 478.25 9. FIU 12 6.58 897 5899 55 491.58 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Troy 13 973 6314 6.49 55 485.69 2. Fla. Atlantic 12 878 5185 5.91 44 432.08 3. Middle Tenn. 13 955 5482 5.74 52 421.69 4. North Texas 12 833 4904 5.89 42 408.67 5. La.-Monroe 12 817 4708 5.76 39 392.33 6. La.-Lafayette 12 866 4341 5.01 35 361.75 7. Arkansas St. 12 758 3946 5.21 33 328.83 8. FIU 12 856 3851 4.50 35 320.92 9. Western Ky. 12 758 3849 5.08 29 320.75 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Middle Tenn. 13 14 19 33 6 15 21 .92 2. La.-Lafayette 12 10 16 26 15 8 23 .25 3. Fla. Atlantic 12 11 5 16 8 7 15 .08 4. FIU 12 7 10 17 9 12 21 -.33 5. Arkansas St. 12 11 8 19 12 12 24 -.42 5. La.-Monroe 12 10 13 23 8 20 28 -.42 7. Troy 13 11 10 21 17 10 27 -.46 8. Western Ky. 12 10 6 16 16 12 28 -1.00 9. North Texas 12 8 7 15 12 17 29 -1.17