Four Olivet College football players named to All-MIAA teams
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. – Four Olivet College football players have been selected to the 2022 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) teams. Senior offensive lineman Christopher Beck, senior wide receiver Jalen Broussard and senior defensive lineman Ricky Williamson are All-MIAA First Team honorees, and senior return specialist Deonte Higgins is an All-MIAA Second Team pick.
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. – Four Olivet College football players have been selected to the 2022 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) teams. Senior offensive lineman Christopher Beck, senior wide receiver Jalen Broussard and senior defensive lineman Ricky Williamson are All-MIAA First Team honorees, and senior return specialist Deonte Higgins is an All-MIAA Second Team pick.
Beck is a repeat selection, as he also earned All-MIAA First Team honors in 2021. He helped block for an offense which averaged 433.5 yards per game, 253.2 on the ground and 180.3 through the air.
Broussard caught a team-leading 45 passes for 832 yards and seven touchdowns. In conference play, he had three games with more than 100 receiving yards, with a single-game high 196 yards against league champion Alma College. Broussard's 832 yards are the fourth-most in school history for a single season.
Williamson started all 10 games at defensive end and recorded 55 total tackles. Twenty of the tackles were for negative 66 yards, including 7.5 quarterback sacks. Williamson's 20 tackles for loss are the most for any Olivet player since Ryan Armstrong had 22.5 during the 2014 season.
Higgins returned nine kickoffs for 136 yards. He finished the year with a team-leading 928 all-purpose yards, as he also had 48 carries for 480 yards, 30 receptions for 313 yards and one punt return for minus one yard.