JORDAN NAMED KJCCC OFF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR; DALLAS COACH OF YEAR
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A total of 29 Hutchinson Community College football players earned spots in the 2024 All-KJCCC Football teams which were released Sunday.
The Blue Dragons earned two of the three major awards as sophomore running back Waymond Jordan Jr., was named the 2024 KJCCC Offensive Player of the Year and Hutchinson head coach Drew Dallas was named the league's Coach of the Year.
A total of six Hutchinson offensive players, five defensive player and a special teams player were named to the 2024 all-KJCCC first team. Nine other players were named to the second team and eight more were named to the honorable mention list.
The Blue Dragons tied for a Jayhawk Conference championship this season, posting a 9-1 overall record and a 5-1 mark in KJCCC games. The No. 2-ranked Blue Dragons will find out on Monday about the NJCAA National Playoffs.
WAYMOND JORDAN JR. – OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The sophomore from Pensacola, Florida, became the 20th Blue Dragon running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Jordan led the nation in rushing this season with 1,331 yards and is tied for second with 18 rushing touchdowns. Jordan averaged 7.6 yards per carry this season.
He had eight games of 100 or more rushing yards. His season high was 213 yards on 24 carries and three touchdowns in a 44-0 victory over Highland on November 9.
Jordan is currently seventh on the Blue Dragon single-season rushing list. His 18 rushing touchdowns are tied with Alvin Kamara (2014) for second on that single-season list. His 7.6 yards per carry ranks second in team single-season history.
Jordan is the fourth-straight Blue Dragon player to earn KJCCC Offensive Player of the Year honors. He joins running back Anwar Lewis in 2021, running back Dylan Kedzior in 2022 and quarterback Samari Collier in 2023. Indirectly, Jordan also joins current teammate Benson Prosper, who shared Offensive Player of the Year honors with Collier in 2023 when Prosper played at Highland last season.
Jordan was a five-time KJCCC Player of the Week and he was an NJCAA National Player of the Week once in 2024.
DREW DALLAS – COACH OF THE YEAR
This is the fourth time in his tenure at Hutchinson that Dallas has been named the KJCCC Coach of the Year.
The Blue Dragons won at least nine games for a fourth-straight season under Dallas. The only time Hutchinson didn't win at least nine games was the covid-shortened season in 2020-21 when the Blue Dragons won the national championship going 8-0.
The 2024 Blue Dragons won their fourth conference title under Dallas. The Dragons also won the 2021 KJCCC Playoffs under Dallas, who is 47-5 on the Hutchinson sideline.
Offensively in 2024, the Blue Dragons averaged 45.0 points per game, which was first in the Jayhawk This season. The Dragons led the league in total offense at 473.2 yards per game and were second in the KJCCC in rushing at 265.0 yards per game.
Defensively, the Dragons led the KJCCC in scoring defense at 14.5 points per game with three shutouts. Hutchinson was No. 1 in total defense at 257.9 yards per game and rushing defense at 102.8 yards per game.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Samari Collier – QB: Collier is a two-time first-team all-KJCCC selection. This season I nine games, the sophomore from DeSoto Texas completed 82 of 152 passes (53.9 percent) for 1,163 yards with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. Collier was the second-leading rusher this season with 441 yards on 72 carries and seven touchdowns.
Tate Hoover – FB: A tremendous blocker at the fullback spot, the redshirt freshman from Manhattan didn't have a rush this season, but caught three balls for 102 yards and a touchdown.
Tre Brown – WR: A redshirt freshman from Savannah, Georgia, led the Blue Dragons and the Jayhawk Conference with nine touchdown receptions. Brown had 27 receptions for 500 yards and averaged 18.5 yards per carry.
Ja'Cory Thomas – WR: Thomas had 23 receptions for 375 yards with two touchdowns. The sophomore from Walker, Louisiana averaged 16.3 yards per reception.
Bubba Craig – OT: Starting all 10 games this season, the redshirt freshman from Fort Wayne, Indiana helped the Blue Dragons lead the KJCCC in rushing at 265.0 yards and in scoring at 45.0 points per game.
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Devan Lowe – DT: Lowe, a sophomore from Olathe, had 29 total tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss. He had three quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and fumble recovery.
Marshon Oxley – DE: A sophomore from South Central California, Oxley led the Blue Dragons with eight quarterback sacks and 10.0 tackles for loss. Oxley had 34 total tackles with six quarterback hurries, one pass broken up, one fumble forced and one fumble recovered.
JaQuel Mack – LB: The redshirt freshman from Gonzalez, Louisiana, led the 2024 Blue Dragons in tackles with 53 stops. He had 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 quarterback sacks and three quarterback hurries. Mack also had two interceptions and forced a fumble.
Demonte Gaston – CB: A sophomore from Pensacola, Florida, Gaston is a two-year starter who had 15 total tackles and four passes broken up this season.
Kollin Collier – S: The freshman from Cordova, Tennessee led the Blue Dragons with three interceptions, including a return for touchdown. He had 33 total tackles that included 1.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback sack. Collier forced two fumbles and defensive two passes.
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
Davis Barr – P: A freshman punter from DeSoto, Kansas, had only 24 punt attempt this season, but averaged 43.5 yards per punt, including a season's-long 74 yards punt. He had eight punts of 50 or more yards and had seven others downed inside the 20-yard line.
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Receiver Derrick Salley Jr., tight end Jared Napoli, offensive guard Jeremiah Williams and center Mason Thrush were named to the second-team offense.
Salley had 19 receptions for 317 yards and five touchdowns. Napoli is a two-team second-team selection at tight end. He had two receptions for 14 yards this season.
Williams and Thrush were part of a Blue Dragon offensive line that helped Hutchinson reach 500 or more yards four times this season.
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive tackle Ja'Kwon McGinney, linebacker Kedrick Walker and safety La'Modrick Spencer were named to the second-team defense.
McKinney had 22 tackles in 10 games with a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss.
Spencer was third in tackles with 45. He also had an interception, eight passes defended and seven tackles for loss. Walker, who was the Week 12 KJCCC Defensive Player of the Week, finished this season with 47 tackles and eight tackles for loss.
SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker Nestus Burger and return specialist Kordell Gouldsby were second-team honorable mention selections.
Burger booted 8 of 16 field goals and 50 of 53 extra points. He's had 43 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs this season.
Gouldsby is among the KJCCC leaders in punt and kickoff returns. He is second in kickoff returns at 29.6 yards per return on 11 returns with a long of 59 yards. He had one punt return for a touchdown and averages 14.2 yards per return on 24 attempts.
HONORABLE MENTION SELECTIONS
The Blue Dragons had three offensive honorable mention selections in tackle Carson Bradley, offensive guard Dylan Johnson and receiver Ben Prosper.
The Dragons had five defensive players on the honorable mention list with defensive end Chandavian Bradley, cornerback David Jester, defensive end DeMarcus Johnson, safety Avian Rice and defensive tackle Rudy Vargas.