Southern Miss quarterback Austin Davis was one of 14 Conference USA football players to earn All-Academic Team honors for this year.

The former West Lauderdale standout captured his first all-academic accolade as a business major with a 3.69 GPA.

The redshirt freshman is the first freshman QB to start the season since 1991 for the Golden Eagles and broke nine school single-game records and five single-season marks that include most passing yards in a game (461) and most rushing touchdowns in a contest (5) as well as total offense for a season (3,323).

Davis was the only freshman and lone Golden Eagle named to the team, which is made up of student-athletes with a 3.2 cumulative grade point average or better. To be eligible, players must be a starter or key reserve on the football team.