Temple University Athletics
Ten Owls Made All-Conference Team, Including Four First-Team Recipients
Athlon's 2015 Preview Lists 10 Owls As All-Conference
6.8.15 | Football, T. Matakevich - All-American Candidate, Kyle Friend - All-American Candidate
PHILADELPHIA – Athlon's Sports has released its all-conference teams and 10 Temple Owls earned recognition, including four who garnered first team praise.
Senior center Kyle Friend was joined by three defenders – senior DL Matt Ioannidis, redshirt-junior DL Praise Martin-Oguike and senior LB Tyler Matakevich – earning first-team accolades giving the All-American Athletic Conference defense a strong Temple presence.
Also receiving all-conference honors were sophomore DB Sean Chandler (3rd team), senior LB Nate D. Smith (4th team), redshirt-junior TE Colin Thompson (4th team), senior DB Alex Wells (4th team), redshirt-sophomore RB Zaire Williams (4th team), and senior DB Tavon Young (2nd team).
In other predictions, the magazine placed Temple as the runner-up in the East division behind Cincinnati; had Matakevich as the overwhelming favorite to win defensive player of the year; and head coach Matt Rhule earned a vote for coach of the year.
Athlon's 2015 Temple Preview began: "Matt Rhule clearly knows what he's doing at Temple. The Owls enter the 2015 season a contender in the American Athletic Conference East Division with 17 starters back from a team that won just as many games as it lost. If Rhule can find balance on both sides of the ball, Temple could make some serious noise in the AAC."
Senior center Kyle Friend was joined by three defenders – senior DL Matt Ioannidis, redshirt-junior DL Praise Martin-Oguike and senior LB Tyler Matakevich – earning first-team accolades giving the All-American Athletic Conference defense a strong Temple presence.
Also receiving all-conference honors were sophomore DB Sean Chandler (3rd team), senior LB Nate D. Smith (4th team), redshirt-junior TE Colin Thompson (4th team), senior DB Alex Wells (4th team), redshirt-sophomore RB Zaire Williams (4th team), and senior DB Tavon Young (2nd team).
In other predictions, the magazine placed Temple as the runner-up in the East division behind Cincinnati; had Matakevich as the overwhelming favorite to win defensive player of the year; and head coach Matt Rhule earned a vote for coach of the year.
Athlon's 2015 Temple Preview began: "Matt Rhule clearly knows what he's doing at Temple. The Owls enter the 2015 season a contender in the American Athletic Conference East Division with 17 starters back from a team that won just as many games as it lost. If Rhule can find balance on both sides of the ball, Temple could make some serious noise in the AAC."
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