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CHATTANOOGA, TN (GoMocs.com) -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team cleaned house on the Southern Conference postseason awards announced by the league office today. Russ Huesman, Davis Tull and Jacob Huesmanswept coach, defensive, and offensive player of the year honors given out by the coaches and media, while Corey Levin took home the Jacobs Blocking Award.

All totaled, an astonishing 21 Mocs walked away with some type of recognition between the All-SoCon and all-freshman teams. A school-record 17 Mocs made the All-SoCon first or second teams while a league-high six earned SoCon All-Freshman recognition.

The elder Huesman is the first Moc football coach to win three SoCon Coach of the Year honors. He swept the award from both the coaches and the media. He led Chattanooga to a 9-3 overall record and a 7-0 SoCon mark this season for its sixth league crown. Coupled with last season's shared SoCon title, Huesman has now led the Mocs to back-to-back titles for the first time since 1978-79.

In addition to earning a spot in the FCS Playoffs for the first time in 30 years, the Mocs also earned the No. 8 national seed and a first-round bye. Chattanooga has been nationally ranked all season, including this week's school-record No. 8 listing in both the FCS Coaches and Sports Network top 25.

Tull and Jacob Huesman become the sixth pair of teammates to sweep the media awards and the first duo to do so for UTC. They also took both honors from the coaches. Tull is currently on the Buchanan Watch List while Huesman is a Payton Award candidate.

Huesman averaged 243 yards of total offense per game. He led the Southern Conference and ranks sixth nationally in pass efficiency (155.9). The Chattanooga, Tenn., native completed 68 percent of his passes for 2,155 yards this season, including a season-high 359 yards against Mercer on Oct. 25. Huesman tossed 21 touchdowns against just seven interceptions. The junior is just three touchdown passes away from setting a new school record. He averaged 63.6 yards per game on the ground and scored 10 touchdowns.

Tull, a defensive lineman, leads the league in sacks for the third straight season, posting 10.5 this year to become the SoCon's all-time leader with 37.0. With his third straight defensive honor, he becomes just the second player in league history to be named defensive player of the year three times and the first since Appalachian State's Dexter Coakley from 1994-96. So far this season, Tull has amassed 55 tackles (35 solo), with 17.0 going for lost yardage. The senior from Knoxville, Tenn., also has a fumble recovery and was the SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 29.

Levin is just the second Moc to earn the Jacobs Blocking Award and the first in 31 years, joining Mike Nease, who won it in 1983. Also a first-team all-conference selection, Levin, a sophomore offensive lineman from Dacula, Ga., was integral in helping the Mocs boast the top scoring offense in the SoCon at 35.1 points per game and the third-best rushing offense in the league at 204.8 yards per game. The Mocs also lead the conference in pass efficiency at 154.2.

First team honorees for Chattanooga on offense include Huesman, Levin, senior tight end Faysal Shafaatand senior running back Keon Williams. Freshman center Jacob Revis was a consensus second-team pick, while the league's coaches gave senior receivers Tommy Hudson and sophomore receiver C.J. Boardsecond team recognition.

Defensively, Tull was one of six Mocs to earn first team recognition. He and senior defensive linemanDerrick Lott were picked by both the coaches and the media. Senior linebacker Muhasibi Wakeel and freshman defensive back Lucas Webb made the media's first team while sophomore defensive backs Cedric Nettles and Dee Virgin made the coaches first team. Sophomore defensive lineman Keionta Davis and sophomore linebacker Nakevion Leslie were consensus second team selections on defense.

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Mocs control the SoCon Media and Coach Awards