NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State football team went 2-for-2 in a sense Tuesday.
 
The Demons had two players named to the All-Southland Conference second-team after voting by league coaches and sports information directors, and both NSU players selected earned the second All-SLC nods of their careers.
 
Center Jakob Sell was a repeat all-conference selection, following his third-team honor in the 2021 spring season. Sell was NSU's offensive line ironman this season, starting all 11 games – the only Demon lineman to do so.
 
Sell had nine games where he graded at 80 percent or better, including seven of eight Southland Conference games. The junior's best game came against Southeastern on Oct. 23, earning a grade of 90 percent. Sell averaged nearly four knockdowns per game from his center spot and helped the Demons rush for 149.8 yards per game.
 
A Dallas, Texas, product, Sell's second-team honor comes after he was named to the third-team all-conference squad in the spring.
 
Bartholomew added the second all-conference award of his career after recovering from a knee injury that cost him all but one game of NSU's six-game spring slate.
 
The New Orleans native picked off two passes, including an end-zone interception against Nicholls for the second time this calendar year, and added six pass breakups. A junior cornerback from Cypress Ranch (Texas) High School, Bartholomew added 29 tackles, including one for loss, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
 
For his Demon career – which included a 2019 All-Southland third-team season – Bartholomew has nine interceptions in 28 games.
 
The Demons also had five players named honorable mention All-Southland Conference: wide receiver Jay Griffin IV, defensive lineman Isaiah Longino, linebackers Jomard Valsin Jr. and Jared Pedraza and punter Scotty Roblow.
 
2021 Southland Conference Football Individual Superlative Winners
 
Player of the Year: Cole Kelley, Southeastern
Offensive Player of the Year: Cameron Ward, UIW
Defensive Player of the Year: Isaiah Chambers, MCN
Newcomer of the Year: Taylor Grimes, UIW
Freshman of the Year: Gage Larvadain, Southeastern
Offensive Lineman of the Year: PJ Burkhalter, Nicholls
Coach of the Year: Eric Morris, UIW
 
2021 Southland Conference Football First Team All-Conference Offense

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
QB	Cole Kelley2	Southeastern	Sr.	Lafayette, La.
RB	Kevin Brown2	UIW	Gr.	Mount Pleasant, S.C.
RB	Collin Guggenheim	Nicholls	Fr.	Kenner, La.
TE/HB	Nolan Givan	Southeastern	Sr.	Berkley, Mich.
WR	Dai'Jean Dixon4	Nicholls	Sr.	New Orleans, La.
WR	Taylor Grimes	UIW	Jr.	Godly, Texas
WR	Austin Mitchell3	Southeastern	R-Sr.	Plaquemine, La.
OL	PJ Burkhalter3	Nicholls	Sr.	Franklinton, La.
OL	Caron Coleman	McNeese	Jr.	St. Louis, Mo.
OL	Nash Jones	UIW	So.	Nacogdoches, Texas
OL	Jair Joseph2	Nicholls	Sr.	Belle Rose, La.
OL	Rendon Miles-Character2	Southeastern	Sr.	New Orleans, La.
PK	Gino Garcia	HBU	Jr.	Richardson, Texas
P	Brady Buell	HBU	Jr.	Traverse City, Mich.

 
2021 Southland Conference Football First Team All-Conference Defense

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
DL	Isaiah Chambers2	McNeese	Gr.	Houston, Texas
DL	Perry Ganci	Nicholls	So.	New Orleans, La.
DL	Mason Kinsey2	McNeese	Jr.	Mansfield, Texas
DL	Cameron Preston2	UIW	Sr.	Crowley, Texas
LB	Kelechi Anyalebechi3	UIW	Sr.	Pearland, Texas
LB	Alexis Ramos3	Southeastern	Sr.	Salinas, Calif.
LB	Kordell Williams	McNeese	R-Jr.	Carencro, La.
DB	Zy Alexander	Southeastern	Fr.	Loreauville, La.
DB	Kaleb Culp	UIW	So.	Dallas, Texas
DB	Kevin Johnson	Nicholls	Sr.	New Orleans, La.
DB	Jarius Monroe	Nicholls	So.	LaPlace, La.
DB	Andre Sam2	McNeese	Jr.	Iowa, La.
KR	Gage Larvadain	Southeastern	Fr.	New Orleans, La.
PR	Robert Ferrel2	UIW	Sr.	Sparks, Nev.

 
2021 Southland Conference Football Second Team All-Conference Offense

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
QB	Cameron Ward	UIW	So.	West Columbia, Texas
RB	Deonta McMahon	McNeese	Jr.	Frostploof, Fla.
RB	Taron Jones	Southeastern	Jr.	Mandeville, La.
TE/HB	Lee Negrotto	Nicholls	Fr.	Pass Christian, Miss.
WR	Robert Ferrel2	UIW	Sr.	Sparks, Nev.
WR	KJ Franklin	Nicholls	So.	Prairieville, La.
WR	Gage Larvadain	Southeastern	Fr.	New Orleans, La.
OL	John Allen	Southeastern	So.	Jackson, Miss.
OL	Jalen Bell2	Southeastern	Jr.	Amory, Miss.
OL	Drew Jones2	Southeastern	Sr.	Des Allemands, La.
OL	Evan Roussel2	Nicholls	Fr.	Lutcher, La.
OL	Jakob Sell2	Northwestern State	Jr.	Dallas, Texas
PK	Gavin Lasseigne	Nicholls	So.	Raceland, La.
P	Keven Nguyen	UIW	Sr.	Rohnert Park, Calif.

 
2021 Southland Conference Football Second Team All-Conference Defense

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
DL	Brandon Bowen	UIW	Gr.	Trophy Club, Texas
DL	Garrett Crawford	Southeastern	So.	Slidell, La.
DL	Accord Green	McNeese	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
DL	Jequaries Martin	Nicholls	Sr.	Chilton, Ala.
LB	Rodney Dansby	HBU	Fr.	Houston, Texas
LB	Isaiah Paul2	UIW	R-So.	San Antonio, Texas
LB	Hayden Shaheen	Nicholls	Fr.	Baton Rouge, La.
DB	Shemar Bartholomew2	Northwestern State	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
DB	Rashon Davis	UIW	Gr.	St. Louis, Mo.
DB	Corione Harris	McNeese	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
DB	Donniel Ward-McGee2	Southeastern	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
DB	Jarrius Wallace	McNeese	Gr.	Villa, La.
KR	Tyson Thompson	HBU	R-Fr.	Spring, Texas
PR	Mason Pierce	McNeese	So.	Pearland, Texas

 
2021 Southland Conference Football Honorable Mention:
QB Lindsey Scott Jr., NICH; RB Marcus Cooper, UIW; RB Stephon Huderson, MCN; TE Jamal Pettigrew, MCN; WR Darion Chafin, UIW; WR Jay Griffin IV, NSU; OL Reid Francis, UIW; OL Caleb Johnson, UIW; OL Dawson Kier, UIW; OL Ethan McMullan, SLU; PK Mateo Rengifo, SLU; P Austin Dunlap, SLU; P Scotty Roblow, NSU; DL John Graves III, SLU; DL Blaine Hoover, UIW; DL Isaiah Longino, NSU; DL Myles Vigne, NICH; LB Jared Pedraza, NSU; LB Jomard Valsin Jr., NSU; DB Elliott Davison, UIW; DB Jack Henderson, SLU; DB Moses Reynolds; UIW; DB Brandon Richard, UIW; DB Colby Richardson, MCN; KR Mason Pierce, MCN; PR Tyson Thompson, HBU.