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Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle has a post on UMass hiring Alex Miller and some other football news.
He also reports five Minutemen made Phil Steele's All-Independent team.
Samuel Emilus made First team as a punt returner. Emilus led UMass in receiving with 17 catches for 168 yards and had 3 punt returns for 46 yards.
Larnel Coleman was second team OL. Coleman will forgo his final year of eligibility and take part in the College Gridiron Showcase. Note: also taking part is former UMass OL Raquan Thomas-Ishman, who spent his last year at Buffalo.
2nd team were UMass LB Cole McCubery who led UMass with with 21 UT 12 AT 33 TT 1.5 TFL and 1 SACK. Also selected was DT Avien Peah who had 6 UT 13 AT 6 TFL (Led the team in TFL) and 1 SACK. Peah has said he will return for 2021 and could be a force if he can stay healthy.
Also 2nd team was CB Josh Wallace with 13 UT (tied for tops on the defense for UT's). Wallace also led the Minutemen with 5 BKUP's
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