MOBILE, Ala. – College football writer Phil Steele released his 2024 All-Sun Belt Conference Team Tuesday and six South Alabama Jaguars were recognized for their strong play on the field this season.
 
Wide receiver Jamaal Pritchett earned first team honors as a receiver and second team honors as a punt returner. Joining him on the first team was safety Jaden Voisin. Also on the second team was offensive lineman Jordan Davis, defensive lineman Wy'Kevious Thomas and linebacker Blayne Myrick. Defensive lineman Maurice Strong Jr. rounded out the honors for the Jaguars with a fourth-team nod.
 
FIRST TEAM
 
Pritchett was one of the most dynamic playmakers in the country this season in multiple phases of the game. Pritchett won the race to become the Sun Belt's first 1,000-yard receiver this season, and finished as the leading receiver in the league with 1,126 yards. Pritchett also tied the South Alabama single-season record for touchdown catches with nine, ranking him second in the Sun Belt in that category. Pritchett was a true go-to target on the year with 91 total receptions. That is 25 more than the next-best receiver in that category in the Sun Belt, and it ties a South Alabama single-season record with one game still left to play. He also averaged 7.6 receptions per game, also the most in the league. The Jackson, Ala. native also led the conference in average yards per game at 93.8. On a national level, Pritchett ranked sixth in the country in receptions per game, 15th in receiving touchdowns, seventh in receiving yards, seventh in receiving yards per game and 38th in the country in all-purpose yardage.
 
Voisin finished the season as the Sun Belt Conference's leader in interceptions with five on the year. With those five interceptions, Voisin ran his career tally up to 11, which made him the University of South Alabama's all-time leader in career interceptions. The five interceptions are also the third-most in all of college football. The two-time All-Sun Belt honoree finished fifth in the conference in passes defended with 10, and also made 83 tackles on the year from his safety position, good for 16th-most in the league. Voisin also added 3.5 tackles for loss to his stat line for the season.
 
SECOND TEAM
 
Davis started all 13 games for the Jaguars at left tackle while helping anchor a South Alabama offensive line that was one of the best in the Sun Belt Conference. Under Davis' leadership at left tackle, the Jaguars finished the season with 198.6 rushing yards per game. Their 5.7 yards per rush led the conference, as did their 32 rushing touchdowns. Davis also helped keep the South Alabama quarterbacks clean on the year, allowing only 17 total sacks. The Jags played four games this year in which they did not allow a sack.
 
Thomas, a multi-time All-Sun Belt Performer in his South Alabama career, again anchored the Jaguars' defensive line all season, helping the USA defense be one of the best in the conference against the run. The Jaguars finished the season as the second-best run defense in the conference, allowing 142.8 yards per game and 19 touchdowns for the year, both of which are second-best in the league. Thomas was a big part of plugging holes on the defense line, and he totaled 41 tackles, including one for loss on the year while starting all 13 games on the defense line. Of Thomas' 41 tackles, 10 were solo takedowns.
 
Myrick was a menace to opposing defenses all season long, finishing fourth in the league in total tackles with 101. Myrick's 45 solo tackles were also the ninth-most in the Sun Belt. The redshirt sophomore recorded five double-digit tackle games for the year, including a season-high 13 tackles at Arkansas State. In total, Myrick brought down ball carriers for eight tackles for loss on the year, and sacked the quarterback twice. He forced one fumble on the year, and recorded his first-career interception in the regular season finale which he returned 33 yards for a touchdown. It was South Alabama's third pick six of the season. Myrick helped the Jaguars finish the season as the second-best run defense in the conference, allowing 142.8 yards per game and 19 touchdowns for the year, both of which are second-best in the league.
 
Pritchett was dynamic as a punt returner on the year with 12 punt returns for 183 yards and a touchdown. He averaged 15.3 yards per punt return which ranks sixth nationally, and his punt return for a touchdown against Northwestern State ranks him second in the country in punt returns for a touchdown. Pritchett also ranked 38th in the country in all-purpose yards per game.
 
FOURTH TEAM
 
Strong helped the Jaguars produce one of the best rushing defenses in the Sun Belt Conference in 2024. Strong made 37 total tackles, 17 of which were solo, while adding five tackles for loss and one sack on the year. He also broke up one pass and hurried the quarterback one time. Strong helped the Jaguars finish the season as the second-best run defense in the conference, allowing 142.8 yards per game and 19 touchdowns for the year, both of which are second-best in the league.
 
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