NORFOLK, Va. – North Carolina Central University seniors
Geovonie Irvine and
Xavier Proctor were selected to the Preseason All-Conference Football Team and the Eagles have been predicted to place ninth in the 11-team league, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced Friday in Norfolk, Va.
Irvine, a 5-7, 161-pound native of Durham, N.C., was named to the All-MEAC First Team by the conference head coaches and sports information directors as a return specialist. Last season Irvine garnered All-MEAC Second Team recognition in the postseason after returning 18 kickoffs for 400 yards (22.2 avg.), including an 81-yard touchdown scamper, and six punts for 54 yards (9.0 avg.). He also led the Eagles with 47 receptions for 580 yards and five touchdowns. Irvine enters his final season as NCCU’s fourth all-time leading receiver with 138 career catches for 1,920 yards and 13 trips to the end zone.
Proctor, a 6-6, 272-pound native of Ellicott City, Md., earned All-MEAC Second Team honors as a defensive lineman. In 2011, he tallied 37 tackles with 7.5 hits for a loss and 3.5 sacks, along with two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.
The two NCCU honorees represented the Eagles at the annual MEAC preseason football press conference and luncheon in Norfolk, Va., on Friday.
NCCU opens the 2012 season on Sept. 1 against Fayetteville State at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, N.C. Tickets are available at the NCCU Ticket Office on the lower level of W.G. Pearson Cafeteria or by calling 919-530-5170.
