Temple lands five on Phil Steele all-Big East teams
Let the preseason honors begin for Temple.
Temple lands five on Phil Steele all-Big East teams
Let the preseason honors begin for Temple.
Five Owls were named to Phil Steele’s preseason all-Big East Conference teams.
The versatile Matt Brown was selected in three different positions.
As a punt returner, the senior joins junior defensive tackle Levi Brown on the all-conference second team. Matt Brown was a third-team pick at running back and fourth-team kickoff returner.
Three other seniors -- offensive tackle Martin Wallace, safety Justin Gildea and punter Brandon McManus --- also made the fourth-team.
Temple opens the season against Villanova on Aug. 31 in the Mayor’s Cup at Lincoln Financial Field.
It's surprising McManus is only 4th team punter and on no team for placekicker. He'll surprise this year. Go Owls.
John Mitchell is in his first year covering Temple after two seasons covering the 76ers for the Inquirer, after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette. He graduated from Overbrook High School in 1983, and he's a graduate of Howard University in Washington DC. Follow him on Twitter @jmitchinquirer or reach him at jmitchell@philly.com.
