Reed Eason -- Preseason second-team All-American

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior  Reed Eason (St. Louis, Mo./ Parkway North) has been named a second-team preseason NCAA Division III All-American in the 2009 edition of the Lindy's College Football Preview magazine.

Eason has recorded 84 pass receptions for 968 yards and 10 touchdowns in his two years as a Fightin' Engineer.  He needs 16 receptions to become the 10th player in school history with 100 catches and needs 106 receiving yards to move into Rose-Hulman's career top 10 list.

Last season, Eason caught 37 passes for 433 yards and five touchdowns.  He earned first-team all-league honors as a tight end and was the second-team punter after averaging 38.4 yards per kick and landing 15 boots inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

The mechanical engineering major has been named all-North Region during each of his college seasons by d3football.com.  Eason has recorded single-game highs of 121 receiving yards and nine receptions, while also rushing for 84 yards and an 8.4 average per carry as the team's Wildcat formation quarterback last fall.

Rose-Hulman finished the season with a 7-3 record for the second consecutive year in 2008 and earned an outright second-place finish in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.  The Engineers open the season on Sept. 5 at Earlham College.