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Three Sun Belt Defensive Stars to Play in Senior Bowl
Updated: 01/28/2010 13:04:45 (ET)
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The Sun Belt Conference will have three senior defensive stars showing off their skills to NFL scouts at the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl this weekend. Representing the conference will be Alex Carrington of Arkansas State and Troy teammates Cameron Sheffield and Brandon Lang. These three seniors will take the collegiate field one last time on January 30, 2010, 3pm at Ladd-Peebles Stadium along with some of the nation's best seniors. The game will be broadcast on NFL Network.

The Senior Bowl is football's premier pre-draft event, annually featuring the country's best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL draft prospects on teams representing the North and South which are coached by the entire coaching staffs from two National Football League teams.

Carrington will be on the North Team which will be coached by the Detroit Lions coaching staff, while Lang and Sheffield will represent the South and will get to work with the Miami Dolphins' Tony Sparano and the rest of his coaching staff.

Alex Carrington
Arkansas State
DE
Height: 6-5
Weight: 284

Alex Carrington, the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year, was named a First Team 2009 All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 2009 after completing the season with nine sacks that tied the most this season and eighth most all-time by an SBC player. He also recorded a team-high 14.5 sacks last season, which was the third most in the league. He completed his career with 21.5 sacks for the second most ever by an ASU player and the fourth most in Sun Belt history. He was listed on the 2009 Lombardi, Lott Trophy and Ted Hendricks watch lists. He was the 2008 Little Rock Touchdown Club's ASU Player of the Year and named CollegeFootballNews.com Midseason Second Team All-America. His 2008 season was one of the most dominating ever by a Sun Belt Conference defensive player, finishing just one sack shy of the Sun Belt Conference record 11.5. As a junior, he ranked tied for 14th in the nation in sacks and seventh in the nation in tackles for loss (1.58 per game). His 10.5 sacks in 2008 rank as the fourth most in ASU history and he posted at least one sack in seven. Carrington was a 2007 Honorbale Mention All-Sun Belt Conference selection. Carrington had the best season of his young career in 2007 with 38 tackles, including five for loss of 25 yards, and one sack . The Tupelo, Miss. native started six games at defensive end for ASU in 2006, and saw action in eight total games before suffering a season-ending injury. Carrington redshirted and participated on the scout team in 2006. While at Tupelo High School, Carrington recorded 84 tackles, six sacks and forced three fumbles as a senior.

Lang, Brandon
Troy
DE
Height: 6-3
Weight: 260

One of Troy's dominating tandem of defensive ends ... Ranks third on the squad in total tackles with 69, which includes 10.5 TFL and a team-leading 7.5 sacks ... He has a team-high 31 quarterback hurries on the year ... Standout performance of the season came against WKU when he had 13 tackles, including 3.5 TFL and two sacks ... Also had two sacks among his six tackles against ULM ... Recorded eight tackles against Arkansas and seven each against UAB and top-ranked Florida ... Was credited with a whopping seven QB hurries against FIU ... Ranks third in Troy history in TFL, trailing only NFL stars Demarcus Ware and Osi Umenyiora ... Is second only to Ware in career yards from TFL and sacks.

Sheffield, Cameron
Troy
DE
Height: 6-2
Weight: 256

One of Troy's dominating tandem of defensive ends along with Lang... Ranks fifth on the team in total tackles with 62, which includes 10.5 TFL and seven sacks ... Ranks second on the squad with 26 QB hurries on the year ... Standout performance came against FIU when he had eight tackles, two TFL including 1.5 sacks, and seven QB hurries ... Also was credited with a PBU against FIU ... Opened the season with eight tackles, including a sack, against Bowling Green ... Also had a sack of Tim Tebow at top-ranked Florida and two sacks at Arkansas ... Ranks 61st nationally in sacks ... Rank seventh in career TFL at Troy.

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