MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama football players Brian Ankerson and Nick Mobley were named to the 2019 Academic All-District® Football Team, which was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Thursday. The honor marked the second straight for Ankerson, while it was Mobley's first.
With Ankerson's back-to-back selections to the academic team, the Theodore, Ala., native becomes just the third player in program history to receive the accolades in consecutive seasons and the first to accomplish the feat since Rush Hendricks during the 2013 and '14 seasons. Trey Clark was also selected in back-to-back years in 2011 and '12.