MAC Announces 2018 All-MAC First, Second, Third Teams and Postseason Awards

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2018 POST SEASON AWARDS;

NIU DEFENSIVE END SUTTON SMITH NAMED MAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR & VERN SMITH LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER

Cleveland, Ohio – A total of 38 repeat selections from last year’s All-MAC teams highlight the 2018 postseason football awards in the Mid-American Conference as Buffalo, Northern Illinois and Toledo swept the annual awards.

Northern Illinois junior defensive end Sutton Smith was tabbed as the winner of the 37th Vern Smith Leadership Award as the top player in the MAC and was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Buffalo Head Coach Lance Leipold was selected as the MAC Head Coach of the Year,…