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2010 Mid-American Conference football season


FieldValue
title2010 Mid-American Conference football season
color#193980
color text#FFFFFF
leagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision)
sportFootball
logoMid-American Conference logo.svg
logo_size175px
durationSeptember 2, 2010
through January, 2011
no_of_teams13
TVABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network
seasonRegular Season
season_champ_nameChampion
league_champ_nameRunners-Up
MVPChad Spann
MVP_linkMid-American Conference football individual awards
conf1East
conf1_champ[Miami](2010-miami-redhawks-football-team)
conf2West
conf2_champ[Northern Illinois](2010-northern-illinois-huskies-football-team)
finalsMAC Championship Game
finals_link2010 MAC Championship Game
finals_champ[Miami](2010-miami-redhawks-football-team)
finals_MVPThomas Merriweather, Miami
finals_MVP_link2010 MAC Championship Game
seasonslistnamesFootball
prevseason_year[2009](2009-mid-american-conference-football-season)
nextseason_year[2011](2011-mid-american-conference-football-season)

through January, 2011 | conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up =

The 2010 Mid-American Conference football season was the 65th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The season began on Thursday, September 2, with five games: Ball State hosted Southeast Missouri State, Central Michigan hosted Hampton, Kent State hosted Murray State, Buffalo hosted Rhode Island, and Northern Illinois traveled to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State. The conference's other eight teams began their respective 2010 seasons of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4. The first in-conference game was September 9, with Temple hosting Central Michigan.

The 2010 MAC Championship Game featured the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Miami RedHawks, held December 3, at Ford Field in Detroit. Miami defeated Northern Illinois 26–21 on a 33-yard pass from Austin Boucher to Armand Robinson for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in regulation.

Four MAC teams were invited to post-season bowl games, with conference champion Miami, West Division champion Northern Illinois, West Division runner-up Toledo, and East Division runner-up Ohio getting bids. The only bowl-eligible schools not to receive invitations were Western Michigan (6–6) and Temple (8–4), the latter being the first team with a winning record to be passed over for a team with a .500 record under an NCAA rule change.

Conference realignment

The Mid-American Conference was entirely left out of the 2010 NCAA conference realignment, with no school entering or leaving the conference. There was some speculation that football-only member Temple was under consideration to become a football-only member of the Big East Conference.

After being rebuffed by the Big East in November, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen are expected to become a football-only member starting in the fall of 2013, following a two-year transition from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The arrangement is expected to be similar to Temple's, with UMass required to schedule certain numbers of non-conference games in other sports against MAC schools.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The 2010 MAC Preseason poll results were announced at the Football Media Preview in Detroit on July 30. In the West Division, Northern Illinois was picked as champion, while Temple was picked to win the East Division and the MAC Championship Game.

East Division

  1. Temple – 137 points; 17 first-place votes
  2. Ohio – 116 points; 3 first-place votes
  3. Kent State – 94 points
  4. Bowling Green – 74 points
  5. Miami – 53 points
  6. Buffalo – 48 points
  7. Akron – 38 points

West Division

  1. Northern Illinois – 115 points; 15 first-place votes
  2. Central Michigan – 83 points; 3 first-place votes
  3. Western Michigan – 77 points; 2 first-place votes
  4. Toledo – 75 points
  5. Ball State – 50 points
  6. Eastern Michigan – 20 points

MAC Championship

Three votes were not cast for any team.

  1. Temple – 11 votes
  2. Northern Illinois – 5 votes
  3. Ohio – 1 votes

Head coaches

East Division

  • Rob Ianello, Akron (1st Year)
  • Dave Clawson, Bowling Green (2nd Year)
  • Jeff Quinn, Buffalo (1st Year)
  • Doug Martin, Kent State (6th Year)
  • Michael Haywood, Miami (2nd Year)
  • Frank Solich, Ohio (6th Year)
  • Al Golden, Temple (5th Year) West Division
  • Stan Parrish, Ball State (2nd Year)
  • Dan Enos, Central Michigan (1st Year)
  • Ron English, Eastern Michigan (2nd Year)
  • Jerry Kill, Northern Illinois (3rd Year)
  • Tim Beckman, Toledo (2nd Year)
  • Bill Cubit Western Michigan (6th Year)

Post-season coaching changes

On November 21, the day after Kent State's seventh loss of the season assured them of a losing record, Doug Martin announced that he would resign at the end of the season. On December 20, Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen introduced former Ohio State receivers coach Darrell Hazell as the new head coach for the Golden Flashes. Hazell was the first Ohio State assistant coach to leave for a head coaching job in six years; the last was Mark Snyder, who was hired by Marshall in 2004.

On November 23, three days after Ball State concluded its season with a 4–8 record, Ball State athletic director Tom Collins announced the firing of Stan Parrish, saying, "As we evaluated the on-field performance and the football program in its entirety, we decided it was time for a change in direction in the leadership of the program". On December 19, Collins announced that he had hired Pete Lembo, formerly the head coach at Elon.

On December 5, Northern Illinois head coach Jerry Kill accepted the position of head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. His announcement came less than two weeks before the Huskies were scheduled to play in the Humanitarian Bowl. Leaving the team in the manner he did (many teammates learned about his new job via Twitter instead of from Kill himself) dealt an emotional blow to the members of the team; star quarterback Chandler Harnish saying about Kill's departure, "I have a horrible taste in my mouth". Additionally, besides the emotional impact, USA Today noted "The timing of the announcement further hurts the program due to Kill most likely taking the bulk of his staff to Minnesota." On December 9, linebackers coach Tom Matukewicz was announced as the interim head coach for the Huskies bowl game, and on December 13, the university hired Wisconsin Badgers defensive coordinator Dave Doeren as the head coach, to begin after the Humanitarian Bowl.

On December 12, ESPN reported that Al Golden was offered and accepted the head coaching job at the University of Miami. Prior to the 2010 season, provisions requiring bowls to pick teams with seven or more wins if available before picking six-win teams were eliminated from NCAA bylaws, and Temple was the first team go uninvited under the rule change, despite going 8–4 including a win over eventual Big East BCS representative Connecticut. On December 22, a rumor was quickly confirmed that Florida offensive coordinator, and former Florida interim head coach (winter of 2009–2010), Steve Addazio would be the new Temple coach.

On December 16, ESPN reported that Michael Haywood, who had been named the 2010 Mid-American Conference Football Coach of the Year days before, had accepted the head football coaching position at the University of Pittsburgh. Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Indiana, on December 31, 2010, on felony domestic violence charges arising from a custody dispute, and was fired by Pittsburgh hours after being released on bond the next morning. Defensive backs coach Lance Guidry will coach Miami University in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl. On December 31, 2010, Miami University hired Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell as its head coach.

Schedules

In any given year, each team plays all the other teams in the same division, and about half the teams in the opposite division.

Homecoming games

October 2

  • Ohio at Eastern Michigan 12:00 pm
  • Idaho at Western Michigan 2:00 pm
  • Northern Illinois at Akron 6:00 pm

October 9

  • Western Michigan at Ball State 12:00 pm
  • Akron at Kent State 3:30 pm

October 16

  • Miami University at Central Michigan 12:00 pm
  • Buffalo at Northern Illinois 2:30 pm
  • Akron at Ohio 2:00 pm

October 23

  • Ohio at Miami University 1:00 pm

Bye weeks

  • Week four: Kent State, Western Michigan
  • Week six: Buffalo
  • Week ten: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami
  • Week eleven: Ohio, Akron, Temple
  • Week twelve: Central Michigan
  • Week thirteen: Ball State

Season

Index to colors and formatting
MAC member won
MAC member lost
MAC teams in **bold**

Week one

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Temple running back Bernard Pierce had been considered a possible Heisman candidate before the season, but he was dropped from watchlists following an underwhelming week 1 performance. Pierce carried 20 times for 75 yards and no touchdowns in Temple's win over Villanova.

Week two

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Week three

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Week four

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In week four, two MAC teams (Kent State, Western Michigan) took the week off, while the other eleven teams took to the road. Eight MAC teams visited Big Ten schools, bringing the total MAC versus Big Ten matches to thirteen for the year.

Week five

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Week six

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For week 6, Buffalo had the week off.

Week seven

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Week ten

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For week 10, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Miami had the week off.

Week eleven

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For week eleven, Ohio, Akron, and Temple had the week off.

Week twelve

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For week twelve, Central Michigan had the week off.

With their win over Ball State, Northern Illinois clinched the West Division championship and a berth to the MAC Championship Game; the Huskies were one game ahead of the next team (Toledo) with one game remaining, and would win a tie-breaker based on their earlier defeat of the Rockets.

Week thirteen

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Ball State did not play in week 13; the Cardinals' final game was on November 20.

With their win over Temple, Miami secured a 7–1 conference record, but because the RedHawks lost to Ohio earlier in the season, they did not win the East Division until the Bobcats lost to Kent State three days later.

MAC Championship

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Bowl games

BowlDateOpponentsWinnerScoreLoserScoreLocationTimeNetworkNotes
[New Orleans Bowl](2010-new-orleans-bowl)December 18, 2010Troy vs. OhioTroy48Ohio21New Orleans, Louisiana6:30 p.m. CTESPN
[Humanitarian Bowl](2010-humanitarian-bowl)December 18, 2010Fresno State vs. Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois40Fresno State17Boise, Idaho8:30 p.m. ETESPN
[Little Caesars Pizza Bowl](2010-little-caesars-pizza-bowl)December 26, 2010FIU vs. ToledoFIU34Toledo32Detroit, Michigan8:30 p.m. ETESPN
[GoDaddy.com Bowl](2011-godaddy-com-bowl)January 6, 2011Middle Tennessee vs. MiamiMiami35Middle Tennessee21Mobile, Alabama8:00 p.m. ETESPN

Records against other conferences

The following summarizes MAC performance against other conferences.

ConferenceWinsLosses
[ACC](2010-atlantic-coast-conference-football-season)03
[Big 12](2010-big-12-conference-football-season)03
[Big East](2010-big-east-conference-football-season)13
[Big South](2010-big-south-conference-football-season)02
[Big Ten](2010-big-ten-conference-football-season)211
[Colonial Athletic](2010-colonial-athletic-conference-football-season)20
[Conference USA](2010-conference-usa-football-season)13
[Great West](2010-great-west-conference-football-season)10
[MEAC](2010-meac-conference-football-season)10
[Independents](2010-independents-football-season)14
[Mountain West](2010-mountain-west-conference-football-season)11
[Ohio Valley](2010-ohio-valley-conference-football-season)20
[Pac-10](2010-pac-10-conference-football-season)01
[SEC](2010-southeastern-conference-football-season)03
[Southern](2010-southern-conference-football-season)10
[Southland](2010-southland-conference-football-season)10
[Sun Belt](2010-sun-belt-conference-football-season)11
[WAC](2010-western-athletic-conference-football-season)02
**Overall**1535

MAC vs. AQ matchups

During the season, MAC teams played several games against AQ conference opponents. Some of these games are regularly contested rivalry games.

DateVisitorHomeSignificanceWinning team
September 2Northern IllinoisIowa StateIowa State
September 3ArizonaToledoArizona
September 4Western MichiganMichigan StateMichigan State
September 4Miami UniversityFloridaFlorida
September 4SyracuseAkronSyracuse
September 11Kent StateBoston CollegeBoston College
September 11BuffaloBaylorBaylor
September 18ConnecticutTemple**Temple**
September 18Ball StatePurduePurdue
September 18Kent StatePenn StatePenn State
September 18OhioOhio StateOhio State
September 18Northern IllinoisIllinoisIllinois
September 18AkronKentuckyKentucky
September 25BuffaloConnecticutConnecticut
September 25Central MichiganNorthwesternNorthwestern
September 25Bowling GreenMichiganMichigan
September 25Ball StateIowaIowa
September 25ToledoPurdue**Toledo**
September 25Miami UniversityMissouriMissouri
September 25Eastern MichiganOhio StateOhio State
September 25TemplePenn StatePenn State
September 25AkronIndianaIndiana
September 25Northern IllinoisMinnesota**Northern Illinois**
October 9Central MichiganVirginia TechVirginia Tech
October 9Eastern MichiganVanderbiltVanderbilt
October 9Miami UniversityCincinnatiCincinnati
October 16Western MichiganNotre DameNotre Dame
October 23Eastern MichiganVirginiaVirginia
November 13ArmyKent StateArmy
November 13Central MichiganNavyNavy

Players of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Mid-American Conference offices name offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week for each division. Several players won multiple awards: Matt Rinehart from Kent State was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week three times ( week 6,9 and 10). Chandler Harnish from Northern Illinois was the West Division Offensive Player of the Week three times(week 5,6 and 11) Paul Hershey from Ohio was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week twice (week 3 and week 4), Muhammad Wilkerson from Temple was the East Division Defensive Player of the Week twice (week 2 and week 8), Freddy Cortez from Kent State was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week twice (week 2 and week 8), Nick Harwell from Ball State was the East Division Offensive player of the week twice ( week 9 and week 11), Dwayne Woods from Bowling Green was named East Division Defensive player of the week twice (week 3 and week 11), Trevor Cook from Miami was named East Division Special Teams player of the week twice (week 5 and week 11), Ian McGarvey from Ball State was named West Division Special Teams player of the week twice (week 10 and week 11)and Dwayne Priest of Eastern Michigan was named West Division Offensive player of the week twice (week 1 and week 12). Through week 12, only Akron has failed to produce a Player of the Week.

WeekEast DivisionWest DivisionOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teamsOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teamsPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Week 1Spencer KeithKent StateKeith MorganBowling GreenBrandon McManusTempleDwayne PriestEastern MichiganNick BelloreCentral MichiganBen ArmerWestern Michigan
Week 2Thomas MerriweatherMiamiMuhammad WilkersonTempleFreddy CortezKent StateAlex CarderWestern MichiganDan MollsToledoJay KarutzEastern Michigan
Week 3Bernard PierceTempleDwayne WoodsBowling GreenPaul HersheyOhioParis CottonCentral MichiganDesmond MarrowToledoJosh WilberNorthern Illinois
Week 4Terrence McCraeOhioJaiquawn JarrettTemplePaul HersheyOhioChad SpannNorthern IllinoisArchie DonaldToledoJimmie WardNorthern Illinois
Week 5Matt BrownTempleKhalil MackBuffaloTrevor CookMiamiChandler HarnishNorthern IllinoisRobert EddinsBall StateBen ArmerWestern Michigan
Week 6Phil BatesOhioRoosevelt NixKent StateMatt RinehartKent StateChandler HarnishNorthern IllinoisLewis TolerWestern MichiganJohn PotterWestern Michigan
Week 7Boo JacksonOhioEvan HarrisMiamiAdrian RobinsonTempleAlex GillettEastern MichiganT.J. FatinikunToledoJimmie WardNorthern Illinois
Week 8Tyshon GoodeKent StateMuhammad WilkersonTempleFreddy CortezKent StateJuan NunezWestern MichiganTyrone ClarkNorthern IllinoisIsaiah BallardToledo
Week 9Nick HarwellMiamiChris JonesBowling GreenMatt RinehartKent StateJordan WhiteWestern MichiganJake CoffmanNorthern IllinoisVince PenzaToledo
Week 10Mike GerardiToledoStafford GatlingOhioMatt RinehartKent StateJack TomlinsonBall StateArmond StatenCentral MichiganIan McGarveyBall State
Week 11Nick HarwellMiamiDwayne WoodsBowling GreenTrevor CookMiamiChandler HarnishNorthern IllinoisSean BakerBall StateIan McGarveyBall State
Week 12Vince DavidsonOhioBrandon StephensMiamiEugene CooperBowling GreenDwayne PriestEastern MichiganJamail BerryWestern MichiganJordan DelegalNorthern Illinois

Statistics

Team

Scoring OffenseTeamGPTSAVG
Northern Illinois1247139.2
Western Michigan1238832.3
Ohio1233628.0
Toledo1233127.6
Scoring DefenseTeamGPTSAVG
Northern Illinois1222218.5
Temple1222919.1
Ohio1226121.8
Kent State1227522.9
Passing OffenseTeamATTYDSTDYDS/G
Western Michigan475342930285.8
Central Michigan477340817284.0
Miami420292116243.4
Bowling Green459277912231.6
Rushing OffenseTeamATTYDSTDYDS/G
Northern Illinois521335038279.2
Eastern Michigan511208017173.3
Ohio466203025169.2
Toledo452187219156.0
Total OffenseTeamRUSHPASSTOTALTDYDS/G
Northern Illinois33502074542457452.0
Western Michigan15113429494048411.7
Central Michigan12693408467735389.8
Toledo18722442431441359.5
Passing DefenseTeamATTYDSTDYDS/G
Temple35721389178.2
Buffalo325217720181.4
Northern Illinois364229412191.2
Central Michigan360246116205.1
Rushing DefenseTeamATTYDSTDYDS/G
Kent State43411662197.2
Ohio425138015115.0
Miami384148625123.8
Toledo401156725130.6
Total DefenseTeamRUSHPASSTOTALTDYDS/G
Kent State11662514368031306.7
Temple16742138381225217.6
Northern Illinois15982294324.325324.3
Ohio13802612399232332.7
Miami14862506399236332.7
3rd DownsTeamCONVATTPCT
Northern Illinois7815151.7
Toledo7117540.6
Western Michigan7318339.9
Central Michigan6417137.4
Opp. 3rd DownsTeamCONVATTPCT
Miami5615635.9
Northern Illinois5916236.4
Kent State6918637.1
Buffalo7320037.2
Red Zone OffenseTeamATTTDFGTOTALPCT
Ohio413153687.8
Northern Illinois5937135084.7
Temple392383179.5
Ball State3718112978.4
Toledo372452978.4
Red Zone DefenseTeamATTTDFGTOTALPCT
Miami402352870.0
Northern Illinois291472172.4
Toledo482873572.9
Western Michigan3818102873.7
Temple381992873.7
Turnover MarginTeamGAINLOSSDIFF
Toledo3311+ 14
Northern Illinois2413+ 11
Miami2922+ 7
Western Michigan3027+ 3
PenaltiesTeamNO.YDSAVG/G
Northern Illinois5450742.2
Akron6656146.8
Ohio6857147.6
Miami7158348.6

Individual

PassingPlayerSchoolCOMPATTYDSTDINTYPG
Ryan RadcliffCentral Michigan28246633581717279.8
Alex CarderWestern Michigan28945833343012277.8
Zac DysertMiami22234224061312240.6
Matt SchilzBowling Green2283772223814222.3
RushingPlayerSchoolATTYDSYPCTDYPG
Chad SpannNorthern Illinois22612395.520103.2
Dwayne PriestEastern Michigan1687164.3879.6
Adonis ThomasToledo1519056.0675.4
Alex AllenAkron1868774.7873.1
ReceivingPlayerSchoolRECYDSYPCTDYPG
Jordan WhiteWestern Michigan94137814.710114.8
Cody WilsonCentral Michigan83113713.7594.8
Kamar JordanBowling Green96110911.6492.4
Eric PageToledo94108111.5890.1
TacklesPlayerSchoolSOLOASTTOTALAVG/G
Archie DonaldToledo548013411.2
Dwayne WoodsBowling Green508413411.2
Dan MollsToledo3310013311.1
Brian WagnerAkron656513010.8
SacksPlayerSchoolSACKSYARDS
Roosevelt NixKent State10.088
Muhammad WilkersonTemple9.575
Paul HazelWestern Michigan8.056
Shawn LemonAkron7.046
InterceptionsPlayerSchoolINTYARDSTD
Sean BakerBall State6540
Domonic CookBuffalo6330
Evan HarrisMiami51141
Donovan FletcherOhio5791
Mario ArmstrongWestern Michigan5430
Lewis TolerWestern Michigan5291
Norman WolfeKent Stat5230
Kick returnsPlayerSchoolRETYDSTDAVGLONG
Eric PageToledo25794331.899
Eric WilliamsBall State29740125.592
James NixonTemple24561023.451
Corey WelchEastern Michigan33688020.833
Punt returnsPlayerSchoolRETYDSTDAVGLONG
KickingPlayerSchoolPATFGPTSPTS/G
Michael CklamovskiNorthern Illinois48–5315–25937.8
John PotterWestern Michigan50–5010–12806.7
Ian McGarveyBall State29–3014–17716.5
Trevor CookMiami18–1916–21666.0

Attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6TotalAverage% of Capacity
TempleLincoln Financial Field68,53232,19315,15218,70223,04517,56316,433123,008**20,515**29.9
Central MichiganKelly/Shorts Stadium30,29517,31120,15224,76117,65922,355102,238**20,448**67.5
ToledoGlass Bowl26,24825,90720,84320,04815,01022,07112,121116,000**19,333**73.7
OhioPeden Stadium24,00022,95519,45519,85521,64515,25515,112114,277**19,047**79.3
Northern IllinoisHuskie Stadium30,07618,04614,01121,23017,04218,47288,801**17,760**59.1
Kent StateDix Stadium27,36316,53524,22115,46815,12517,2228,34096,916**16,153**59.0
Eastern MichiganRynearson Stadium30,20011,31820,34816,75325,8605,14779,426**15,886**52.6
MiamiYager Stadium24,28612,85716,69117,66617,14413,23577,593**15,519**63.9
Western MichiganWaldo Stadium30,20019,32714,21618,50812,57812,1368,76385,528**14,255**47.2
Bowling GreenDoyt Perry Stadium23,72420,51514,54414,27912,0735,12166,532**13,307**56.1
BuffaloUB Stadium29,01316,27314,31213,37112,78611,3559,78677,883**12,981**44.7
AkronInfoCision Stadium27,88115,96910,04612,13310,0737,6715,21661,108**10,185**36.5
Ball StateScheumann Stadium25,40010,7539,11011,96310,9565,3775,52453,683**8,948**35.2

2010 MAC Specialty Award Winners

Vern Smith Leadership Award Winner: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois

Coach of the Year: Michael Haywood, Miami

Offensive Player of the Year: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois

Defensive Player of the Year: Roosevelt Nix, Kent State

Special Teams Player of the Year: Eric Page, Toledo

Freshman of the Year: Roosevelt Nix, Kent State

All Conference Teams

2010 All-MAC First Team Offense

Quarterback – Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois

Center – Scott Wedige, Northern Illinois

Offensive Lineman – Trevor Olson, Northern Illinois

Offensive Linemen – Colin Madison, Temple

Offensive Linemen – Darius Morris, Temple

Offensive Lineman – Joe Flading, Ohio

Tight End – Evan Rodriguez, Temple

Wide Receiver – Juan Nunez, Western Michigan

Wide Receiver – Eric Page, Toledo

Wide Receiver – Jordan White, Western Michigan

Wide Receiver – Kamar Jorden, Bowling Green

Running Back – Chad Spann, Northern Illinois

Running Back – Bernard Pierce, Temple

Placekicker – Trevor Cook, Miami

2010 All-MAC First Team Defense

Outside Linebacker – Adrian Robinson, Temple

Outside Linebacker – Matt Berning, Central Michigan

Inside Linebacker – Nick Bellore, Central Michigan

Inside Linebacker – Cobrani Mixon, Kent State

Down Lineman – Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple

Down Lineman – Roosevelt Nix, Kent State

Down Lineman – Sean Progar-Jackson, Northern Illinois

Down Lineman – Elisha Joseph, Temple

Defensive Back – Davonte Shannon, Buffalo

Defensive Back – Jaiquawn Jarrett, Temple

Defensive Back – Domonic Cook, Buffalo

Defensive Back – Chris Smith, Northern Illinois

Punter – Matt Rinehart, Kent State

2010 All-MAC First Team Specialists

Kickoff Return Specialist – Eric Page, Toledo

Punt Return Specialist – Terrell Jackson, Buffalo

2010 All-MAC Second Team Offense

Quarterback – Zac Dysert, Miami

Center – Colin Miller, Central Michigan

Offensive Lineman – Joe Pawlak, Northern Illinois

Offensive Lineman – Brandon Brooks, Miami

Offensive Lineman – Jeff Maddux, Central Michigan

Offensive Lineman – A.J. Strum, Ohio

Tight End – Jordan Thompson, Ohio

Wide Receiver – Armand Robinson, Miami

Wide Receiver – Cody Wilson, Central Michigan

Wide Receiver – Nick Harwell, Miami

Wide Receiver – Tyshon Goode, Kent State

Running Back – Adonis Thomas, Toledo

Running Back – Matt Brown, Temple

Placekicker – Ian McGarvey, Ball State

2010 All-MAC Second Team Defense

Outside Linebacker – Archie Donald, Toledo

Outside Linebacker – Robert Eddins, Ball State

Inside Linebacker – Elijah 'Peanut' Joseph, Temple

Inside Linebacker – Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green

Down Lineman – Stafford Gatling, Ohio

Down Lineman – Austin Brown, Miami

Down Lineman – Shawn Lemon, Akron

Down Lineman – Jake Coffman, Northern Illinois

Defensive Back – Steven Jackson, Ohio

Defensive Back – Donovan Fletcher, Ohio

Defensive Back – Brian Lainhart, Kent State

Defensive Back – Sean Baker, Ball State

Punter – Bryan Wright, Bowling Green

2010 All-MAC Second Team Specialists

Kickoff Return Specialist – Eric Williams, Ball State

Punt Return Specialist – Eugene Cooper, Bowling Green

2010 All-MAC Third Team Offense

Quarterback – Alex Carder, Western Michigan

Center – Chris Anzevino, Kent State

Offensive Lineman – Michael Switzer, Ball State

Offensive Lineman – Mike VanDerMeulen, Toledo

Offensive Lineman – Brian Winters, Kent State

Offensive Lineman – Bob Gulley, Miami

Tight End – Jason Schepler, Northern Illinois

Wide Receiver – Michael Campbell, Temple

Wide Receiver – Sam Kirkland, Kent State

Wide Receiver – Landon Cox, Northern Illinois

Wide Receiver – Terrence McCrae, Ohio

Running Back – Eric Williams, Ball State

Running Back – Willie Geter, Bowling Green

Placekicker – John Potter, Western Michigan

2010 All-MAC Third Team Defense

Outside Linebacker – Alex Kube, Northern Illinois

Outside Linebacker – Dorian Wood, Kent State

Inside Linebacker – Devon Butler, Northern Illinois

Inside Linebacker – Dan Molls, Toledo

Down Lineman – Sean Murnane, Central Michigan

Down Lineman – Paul Hazel, Western Michigan

Down Lineman – Chris Jones, Bowling Green

Down Lineman – T.J. Fatinikun, Toledo

Defensive Back – Jahleel Addae, Central Michigan

Defensive Back – Vince Agnew, Central Michigan

Defensive Back – Jason Pinkston, Ball State

Defensive Back – Jamail Berry, Western Michigan

Punter – Zac Murphy, Miami

2010 All-MAC Third Team Specialists

Kickoff Return Specialist – Tommy Davis, Northern Illinois

Punt Return Specialist – Cody Wilson, Central Michigan

2011 NFL draft

Main article: 2011 NFL draft

Prospects from the MAC who were all invited to the NFL Combine:

  • LB Nick Bellore, Central Michigan
  • FS Jaiquawn Jarrett, Temple
  • LB Elijah "Peanut" Joseph, Temple
  • CB Josh Thomas, Buffalo
  • DT Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple

On April 28, DT Muhammad Wilkerson, a junior from Temple, was selected by the New York Jets near the end of the first round of the draft, with the 30th overall pick.

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