ELON, N.C. -- Two Elon University football players have been placed on watch lists for College Football Performance Awards. On the list for the top wide receiver is
Aaron Mellette while
Blake Thompson was placed on the defensive back list.
Mellette established an Elon single-game record with 18 receptions for 195 yards at No. 9 Richmond early in the 2010 season and went on to finish second in the SoCon with 1,100 receiving yards. He caught a league-high 86 passes and led the conference with 12 receiving touchdowns. Mellette concluded the regular season by ranking third in the country with 7.82 receptions per game and sixth nationally with 100.00 yards per outing. He posted six 100-yard receiving games on the year. Mellette, who is from Sanford, N.C., was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection by both the league's coaches and media. Mellette also earned second-team AP All-American honors as well as third-team All-America accolades from The Sports Network and was a second-team selection to Phil Steele's All-American Team. He has been named as a preseason All-American in 2011.
Thompson, who hails from Elkridge, Md., amassed 61 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for a loss and one sack, as a sophomore in 2010. He led the Phoenix with four interceptions and broke up two passes a year ago. In contests against both Duke and The Citadel in 2010, Thompson recorded a career-high 11 tackles.
Mellette, Thompson and the rest of the Phoenix team will begin the 2011 season on Sept. 3 at Vanderbilt.
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