CDS All-American Teams
BLOOMSBURG—
Pat Casey (Matamoras, Delaware Valley),
Derrick Price (Burlington, NJ, Burlington City) and
Oscar Rivera (Bethlehem, Liberty) have been named 2010 Division II Preseason All-Americans by Consensus Draft Services (CDS). All three players were honorable mention.
In 2009, Casey was named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East First Team, his first all-conference post season honor. Now a senior, Casey played guard on a Bloomsburg offensive line that allowed just 23 sacks on the year and averaged 160.6 rushing yards per game. He started all 11 games last year for the Huskies after playing in 11 on the offensive line as a sophomore and three as a freshman. As a team, Bloomsburg rushed for 100 yards 10 times in 2009, including four 200-yard performances.
Price, a junior running back, earned his second straight PSAC East First Team selection last year after leading the Huskies in rushing with 762 yards and 12 touchdowns in playing eight games. He scored multiple touchdowns in three consecutive games, including three touchdowns and 185 rushing yards against C.W. Post. In 2008, Price received PSAC East Freshman of the Year honors after rushing for 1,279 yards and seven touchdowns.
Rivera, a junior, has started in all 24 games he has played in his two years at Bloomsburg. Another 2009 PSAC East First Team pick, the defensive back was fourth on the team in tackles with 58 and ranked near the top in the conference with 11 passes defensed. Rivera broke up four passes against Shippensburg and had a season-high nine tackles on three separate occasions last season. He was third on the team in tackles as a freshman with 53, collecting two interceptions and six pass breakups.
The Huskies open the 2010 season on the road as they travel to Ashland (OH) to take on the Eagles on Saturday, September 4 at 1:00 p.m. This will be the third straight year they have met in the season-opener. Bloomsburg returns to Redman Stadium for the next two weeks with games against PSAC West rivals Clarion on September 9 and Indiana (PA) on September 18. Both contests will begin at 1:00 p.m.