South Alabama had two players selected to the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference football first team announced Friday.
Kicker Gavin Patterson and punter Corliss Waitman are the Jaguars' first-team representatives. Wide receiver Jamarius Way, defensive lineman Tyree Turner and linebacker Bull Barge earned second-team recognition.
Patterson, a senior from Bourbonnais, Ill., converted on 16 of 19 field goal attempts and 26 of 27 extra points in 2017. He led the Sun Belt in field goal percentage, and finished fifth in the league in scoring with 74 points.
Waitman, a senior from Milton, Fla., averaged a school-record 45.