BATON ROUGE – The Nicholls State University football team added four more award winners as offensive lineman Chandler Arceneaux, defensive lineman Sully Laiche, linebacker Allen Pittman and safety B.T. Sanders were named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-Louisiana Teams, the organization announced Saturday.
 
All four players duplicated their All-Southland recognition as Arceneaux and Laiche landed on first team, while Pittman and Sanders took home second-team honors.
 
Arceneaux, a redshirt sophomore from Bourg, anchored the right side of the offensive line for the Colonels, starting all 11 games this season. Nicholls allowed just 20 sacks on the year, which was its lowest total since the 2009 campaign.
 
Laiche, a native of Gramercy, proved to be one of the top linemen in the state as a true freshman after finishing with 60 tackles and 9.5 sacks. He racked up 13.0 tackles for loss, had three sacks in one game and added a blocked field goal that was returned for a touchdown. Along with his state and conference awards, Laiche was recognized as one of the best freshmen in the FCS as he finished sixth in the voting for the Jerry Rice Award.
 
Another rookie for the Colonels, Pittman, a redshirt freshman from St. Rose, led Nicholls in tackles (90) behind five games with 10 or more stops. Pittman put together the Southland's best individual performance this season with a 19-tackle game at Central Arkansas, where he also recorded one of his two fumble recoveries on the season.
 
A native of Foley, Alabama, Sanders saw his senior campaign cut short due to a knee injury, but his play did not go unnoticed as he earned his second second-team honor. A three-year starter in the defensive backfield, Sanders ranked fourth on the team in tackles (56), despite missing the last 3.5 games. He was named LSWA Defensive Player of the Week following his performance against FBS South Alabama where he had an interception, forced fumble and 13 tackles.
 
The LSWA team is selected by a panel of LSWA members based on nominations from the sports information and communications directors of the state's football player schools. The media relations representative from each school could vote, but could not vote for nominees from their own schools.
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2016 LSWA All-Louisiana Football Teams
 
First Team Offense
Pos. – Name – School – Cl. – Hometown
OL – Chandler Arceneaux – Nicholls – r-So. – Bourg, La.
OL – Darrell Brown – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – Abilene, Texas
OL – Will Clapp – LSU – So. – New Orleans, La.
OL – Taylor Gadbois – Southeastern Louisiana – Sr. – Dallas, Ga.
OL – Ethan Pocic – LSU – Sr. – Lamont, Ill.
TE – Juwaan Rogers – Southeastern Louisiana – Sr. – Amite, La.
WR – Carlos Henderson – Louisiana Tech – Jr. – New Orleans, La.
WR – Trent Taylor – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – Shreveport, La.
RB – Derrius Guice – LSU – So. – Baton Rouge, La.
RB – Lenard Tillery – Southern – Sr. – Baton Rouge, La.
QB – Ryan Higgins – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – Hutto, Texas
 
First Team Defense
Pos. – Name – School – Cl. – Hometown
DL – Jaylon Ferguson – Louisiana Tech – So. – St. Francisville, La.
DL – Sully Laiche – Nicholls – Fr. – Gramercy, La.
DL – Donovan McCray – Grambling – Sr. – Baton Rouge, La.
DL – Tanzel Smart – Tulane – Sr. – Baton Rouge, La.
LB – Kendell Beckwith – LSU – Sr. – Clinton, La.
LB – Nico Marley – Tulane – Sr. – Weston, Fla.
LB – Otha Peters – Louisiana-Lafayette – Sr. – Covington, La.
DB – Jamal Adams – LSU – Jr. – Lewisville, Texas
DB – Danny Johnson – Southern – Jr. – East Feliciana, La.
DB – Tre'Davious White – LSU – Sr. – Shreveport, La.
DB – Xavier Woods – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – West Monroe, La.
 
First Team Specialists
Pos. – Name – School – Cl. – Hometown
K – Jonathan Barnes – Louisiana Tech – Jr. – Baton Rouge, La.
P – Steven Coutts – Louisiana-Lafayette – So. – Brisbane, Australia
RS – Carlos Henderson – Louisiana Tech – Jr. – New Orleans, La.
 
Offensive Player of the Year: Ryan Higgins, Louisiana Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Kendell Beckwith, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Joe Dillon, Louisiana-Lafayette
Newcomer of the Year: James Tabary, McNeese
Coach of the Year: Broderick Fobbs, Grambling
 
Second Team Offense
Pos. – Name – School – Cl. – Hometown
OL – Josh Boutte – LSU – Sr. – New Iberia, La.
OL – Joseph Brunson – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – Ruston, La.
OL – O'Shea Dugas – Louisiana Tech – So. – Lafayette, La.
OL – Justin Miller – Grambling – Gr. – Ruston, La.
OL – Jeff Savage – ULM – Sr. – Smackover, Arkansas
TE – Kam McKnight – Louisiana Tech – So. – Ethel, La.
WR – Willie Quinn – Southern – Sr. – Miami, Fla.
WR – Chad Williams – Grambling – Sr. – Baton Rouge, La.
RB – Leonard Fournette – LSU – Jr. – New Orleans, La.
RB – Elijah McGuire – Louisiana-Lafayette – Sr. – Houma, La.
QB – Devante Kincaid – Grambling – Jr. – Dallas, Texas
 
Second Team Defense
DL – Joe Dillon – Louisiana-Lafayette – Fr. – Tylertown, Miss.
DL – Devon Godchaux – LSU – Jr. – Plaquemine, La.
DL – Jammerio Gross – McNeese – Jr. – Shreveport, La.
DL – Aaron Tiller – Southern – Jr. – Columbus, Ohio
LB – Arden Key – LSU – So. – Atlanta, Ga.
LB – Arkez Cooper – Grambling – Gr. – Mansfield, La.
LB – Allen Pittman – Nicholls – r-Fr. – St. Rose, La.
DB – Jameel Jackson – Grambling – Gr. – Pierce, Fla.
DB – Parry Nickerson – Tulane – Jr. – Algiers, La.
DB – B.T. Sanders – Nicholls – Sr. – Foley, Ala.
DB – Javon Tillman – Southeastern Louisiana – Jr. – Oakland, Calif.
 
Second Team Specialists
K – Stevie Artigue – Louisiana-Lafayette – So. – Lafayette, La.
P – Josh Growden – LSU – Fr. – Sydney, Australia
RS – Khalil Thomas – McNeese – Sr. – Baton Rouge, La.