MOBILE, Ala. — South Alabama offensive guard Darius McKeller has been named to the CBSSports.com 2012 Preseason All-Sun Belt Team, giving the Jaguars a representative on the outlet’s preseason all-conference squad.
CBSSports.com staff writer J. Darin Darst selected McKeller as one of the two offensive guards on the team and described him as his “darkhorse in the Sun Belt.”
Alabama Transfer Anchors the Line
McKeller, a former University of Alabama recruit, transferred to South Alabama. The CBSSports.com listing has him at 6-foot-6 and 295 pounds, while the Jaguars’ roster lists him at 325 pounds.
First Sun Belt Season
The 2012 season marks South Alabama’s first as a full member of the Sun Belt Conference and the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Jaguars, coached by Joey Jones since the program’s founding, are in preseason camp and play their home games at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile. South Alabama opens the season against UTSA.
