NEWBERRY, S.C. --- Tusculum College's Xzanvion Smith and Luke Harris have been named to the 2012 Daktronics All-Super Region 2 Football second team announced officials Thursday.

Smith, a 5-11, 190-pound junior from Anderson, S.C., is currently the top all-purpose performer in the conference, averaging 150.45 yards per game, which is 23rd in the country. The 2012 All-South Atlantic Conference second team selection posted 1,013 receiving yards this year, which is third in the league and 18th in the country. The Westside High School product becomes only the fourth player to post 1,000 receiving yards in a season. He scored 10 touchdowns, which are tied for the fifth most in the league. Smith tallied eight TD receptions and returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, covering 83 and 79 yards. He averaged 23.78 yards per kickoff return (8th in TC history), which is second in the conference and 52nd in the nation. He returned 27 kickoffs (5th in TC history) for 642 yards (3rd in TC history) this season.

Against West Georgia earlier this year, Smith established a school record with 219 receiving yards on 14 receptions (2nd in TC history), breaking the TC mark that has stood for a dozen years. He also broke the school single-game all-purpose yardage record with 311 against Brevard. In that game, he posted 149 receiving yards and 162 on his two kickoff returns for touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named the SAC and NCAA Division II Special Teams Player of the Week.

Harris, a 6-1, 210-pound senior defensive back from Floyd, Va., finished seventh in the league in total tackles with 102, marking only the eighth time in school history that a Pioneer has eclipsed the 100-tackle plateau for a season. Harris' 9.27 tackles per game average is the eighth-best in the league and 61st in NCAA Division II. The Floyd County High School graduate recorded 10 or more tackles on three occasions this season, including a career-high 17 tackles against Carson-Newman, which are tied for the seventh most in TC history. The 2012 All-SAC first team honoree wraps up his TC career with 231 tackles, which are ninth in the Tusculum record book.

The Daktronics All-Super 2 Football Team is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America representing members of the Gulf South Conference, South Atlantic Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and DII Independent members North Greenville University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

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2012 Daktronics All-Super Region 2 Football Team
First Team Offense
Pos Player School
TE Daniel Youssif West Georgia
WR Chris Bowden % Wingate
WR Gerald Ford Valdosta State
OL Ryan Schraeder % Valdosta State
OL Kevin Day Carson-Newman
OL Edmund Kugbila Valdosta State
OL Kaleb Myrick Lenoir-Rhyne
OL Andy Nations West Alabama
QB Cayden Cochran Valdosta State
RB Derrick Washington Tuskegee
RB Brandon Baker Carson-Newman
RS Lavon Downs Delta State
K Ryne Smith West Alabama

First Team Defense
Pos Player School
DL Ridge Wilson West Alabama
DL Vauchard Goodridge Clark Atlanta
DL Richie Mata'afa North Alabama
LB Leron Furr Fort Valley State
LB Cory Johnson Catawba
LB Corey Jones Lane
LB Tavarius Wilson North Alabama
CB William Buford Tuskegee
CB Jumal Rolle Catawba
S Dexter Moody Albany State
S Otha Foster West Alabama
P Justin Rosenbaum Fort Valley State

Second Team Offense
Pos Player School
WR Damian Ford Stillman
WR Xzanvion Smith Tusculum
OL Joseph So Wingate
OL Devonte Jones Tuskegee
OL Christopher Tolbert Tuskegee
OL Nick Allison Mars Hill
OL Will Furlong North Alabama
QB David Thomas Miles
RB David Carter Morehouse
RB Shaikel Davis Mars Hill
RS Thomas Williams Morehouse
K Curt Duncan Carson-Newman

Second Team Defense
Pos Player School
DL Troy Harris Mars Hill
DL Nick Napolitano Wingate
DL Carlos Ware Kentucky State
LB Apollo Stretch $ Newberry
LB Deon Lacey West Alabama
LB Jared Seate Wingate
LB Chris Pope Valdosta State
CB Myer Nolan Lenoir-Rhyne
CB Carlos Wilson Stillman
S Luke Harris Tusculum
S Caleb Massey North Alabama
P Eric Watts Brevard

Region Offensive Player of the Year: Derrick Washington, Tuskegee
Region Defensive Player of the Year: Cory Johnson, Catawba
 
$ - 2011 DAKTRONICS First Team All-Region
% - 2011 DAKTRONICS Second Team All-Region