NEW ORLEANS – Postseason awards and recognitions are pouring in for Sun Belt Conference football following a historical 2019 season. Topping the list of honors:
 
• Louisiana redshirt senior offensive lineman Kevin Dotson earning four first-team All-America selections from the Associated Press, Pro Football Focus, Sports Illustrated and USA Today and second-team All-America recognition from the Sporting News to earn consensus All-America honors. Dotson has been critical for Louisiana’s elite rushing attack this season, which ranks second in the nation in yards per carry (6.39), third in rushing touchdowns (41) and fifth in total rushing yards (3,449). He is also a member of an offensive line that ranks eighth in the country in sacks allowed (1.15).
 
• Arkansas State senior wide receiver and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Omar Bayless also receiving consensus All-America status with four All-America selections – second team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Sporting News, third team by the Associated Press, fourth team by Phil Steele and honorable mention by Pro Football Focus. He is the first player in school history to be named a Walter Camp All-America selection and the 25th player in school history and first since 1987 to be tabbed All-America by the AP. The Laurel, Miss., native was also one of just four players from the Group of 5 to make the 51-man list comprised of first-and-second-team selections. He is the first A-State player since 1987 to be named All-America by the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association (FWAA), Sporting News or Walter Camp, which are used to determine consensus All-America.
 
2019 SUN BELT FOOTBALL NATIONAL POSTSEASON HONORS
NFL SCOUTING COMBINE INVITATIONS
Tyler Bass, Georgia Southern
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
Raymond Calais, Louisiana
Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
Darrynton Evans, Appalachian State
Robert Hunt, Louisiana
Kindle Vildor, Georgia Southern 
 
ALL-STAR GAME INVITATIONS
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
Jordan Fehr, Appalachian State
Victor Johnson, Appalachian State
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
Kirk Merritt, Arkansas State
Donald Rutledge, Georgia Southern
Raymond Calais, Louisiana
Michael Jacquet III, Louisiana 
Tra Minter, South Alabama
Will Sunderland, Troy

East-West Shrine Bowl
Ja'Marcus Bradley, Louisiana
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana

Newsweek Hula Bowl
Monquavion Brinson, Georgia Southern
Kirk Kelley, Troy
 
Reese's Senior Bowl
Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
Tyler Bass, Georgia Southern
Kindle Vildor, Georgia Southern
Robert Hunt, Louisiana

ASSOCIATED PRESS
All-America
First Team
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana

Third Team
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
 
CoSIDA
Academic All-America
Second Team
Jonathan Clayton, Coastal Carolina
 
Academic All-District
First Team – District 3
Jordan Fehr, Appalachian State
Cole Garrison, Appalachian State
Kaiden Smith, Appalachian State
 
First Team – District 4
Kameron Burton, Coastal Carolina
Alex Spillum, Coastal Carolina
Trey Carter, Coastal Carolina
Jonathan Clayton, Coastal Carolina
Teddy Gallagher, Coastal Carolina
Michael McFarlane, Coastal Carolina
Terry Thomas, Georgia State
Brian Ankerson, South Alabama
Nick Mobley, South Alabama
 
EDDIE ROBINSON AWARD
Finalist
Eliah Drinkwitz, Appalachian State

CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL-FWAA COURAGE AWARD
Blake Anderson, Arkansas State

CHRIS SAILER KICKING ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Tyler Bass, Georgia Southern

FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Shaun Alexander Freshman All-America
Travis Glover, Georgia State
O'Cyrus Torrence, Louisiana

PHIL STEELE
All-America
Fourth Team
Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State

Honorable Mention
Tra Barnett, Georgia State
 
PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS
All-America
First Team
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana
 
Second Team
Shaun Jolly, Appalachian State
Carlton Martial, Troy

Third Team
Corey Straughter, ULM
 
Honorable Mention
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
Josh Pederson, ULM
 
Freshman All-America
First Team
O'Cyrus Torrence, Louisiana
 
Second Team
Jordan Revels, Texas State
 
Honorable Mention
Neal Johnson, Louisiana
Dell Pettus, Troy

Top 101 Players
25. Kevin Dotson, Louisiana
35. Carlton Martial, Troy
44. Shaun Jolly, Appalachian State
66. Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
76. Corey Straughter, ULM

SPORTING NEWS
All-America
Second Team
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana
 
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
All-America
First Team
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana
 
USA TODAY
All-America
First Team
Kevin Dotson, Louisiana
 
Second Team
Corey Straughter, ULM
 
WALTER CAMP
All-America
Second Team
Omar Bayless, Arkansas State