MIAMI (July 17, 2017) – Conference USA released its preseason honors on Monday, and FIU's Anthony Wint was recognized as an all-league honoree on defense. The C-USA preseason honors were selected by the conference's 14 head coaches.
 
Wint, who is entering his senior year, started in all 12 games for the Panthers, earning Second-Team All-C-USA honors last season. He finished the year with 108 total tackles (57 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. The 108 tackles on the year were the sixth-most in school history, while his career total of 244 ranks ninth all-time at FIU. The native of Homestead, Florida, registered 10-or-more tackles six times, including a career-high 13 at Charlotte (10/ 15). A two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Week, Wint ranked No. 7 in the conference and No. 36 in the nation in total tackles. Wint was also named a Preseason Second-Team All-C-USA selection by Athlon Sports.
 
Below is a complete listing of this year's preseason awards.
 

2017 C-USA Football Coaches Preseason Awards

Offensive Player of the Year

Mike White, Sr., QB, WKU
  

Defensive Player of the Year

Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., LB, Rice
  

Special Teams Players of the Year

Kylen Towner, Sr., KR, WKU
  

Offense

QB          Mike White, Sr., WKU
RB          Ray Lawry, Sr., Old Dominion
RB          Ito Smith, Sr., Southern Miss
OL          O'Shea Dugas, Jr., Louisiana Tech
OL          Will Hernandez, Sr., UTEP
OL          Trey Martin, Sr., Rice
OL          Austin Pratt, Sr., UTSA
OL          Brandon Ray, Sr., WKU
TE          Ryan Yurachek, Sr., Marshall
WR         Richie James, Jr., Middle Tennessee
WR         Jonathan Duhart, Sr., Old Dominion
WR         Allenzae Staggers, Sr., Southern Miss
  

Defense

DL          Marcus Davenport, Sr., UTSA
DL          Jaylon Ferguson, So., Louisiana Tech
DL          Chris Johnson, Sr., WKU
DL          Oshane Ximines, Jr., Old Dominion
LB           Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., Rice
LB           Alvin Jones, Sr., UTEP
LB           Josiah Tauaefa, So., UTSA
LB           Anthony Wint, Sr., FIU
DB          Brandon Addison, Sr., Old Dominion
DB          Nate Brooks, Jr., North Texas
DB          Joe Brown, Sr., WKU
DB          Kishawn McClain, Sr., North Texas
  

Special Teams

K             Canon Rooker, Sr., Middle Tennessee
P             Jake Collins, Jr., WKU
KR          Kylen Towner, Sr., WKU
PR          Nacarius Fant, Sr., WKU
LS           Matt Bayliss, Sr., UTSA
 
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The 2017 FIU football season will kick off on Thursday, Aug. 31, when the Panthers travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on the UCF Knights.

FIU's 2017 schedule is highlighted with games against Boca Raton Bowl and 2016 C-USA champion WKU, Popeyes Bahamas Bowl champion Old Dominion, AutoNation Cure Bowl participant UCF, Foster Farms Bowl participant Indiana, Hawai'i Bowl participant Middle Tennessee and Gildan New Mexico Bowl participant UTSA. In addition, the Panthers will face Rice, Charlotte, Marshall and Florida Atlantic as well as first-time opponents Alcorn State and Tulane. 
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.