Greensboro, NC (11/30/01) -- Guilford College junior Chris McKinney (Apex, NC/Apex) earned a spot on the Don Hansen's Football Gazette Division III All-South Team Friday. Junior safety J.J. Edwards (Mims, FL/Astronaut) was a second-team all-region pick, while senior offensive lineman Lee Massey (St. Cloud, FL/St. Cloud) received third-team laurels.

A record 152 players were nominated by sports information directors and coaches from throughout the NCAA Division III South Region, which includes 61 institutions and extends from Pennsylvania to Texas. A panel of sports information directors selected the regional teams. McKinney and his fellow first-team honorees are eligible for selection to the Football Gazette's All-America teams, which will be released the week of December 10.

McKinney, a 2001 first team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) receiver, made the All-South squad as a kick returner and is the Quakers' initial first-team All-South selection. He set the NCAA Division III record and tied the all-divisions mark for most punt returns for a touchdown in a season (5). McKinney leads all NCAA divisions through games of November 24 with a 26.7-yards per return average, the seventh-best figure in Division III history. The 6-2, 200-pound receiver set league and school standards for punt return yards and punt return average in a season and became the school's career leader with 994 punt return yards. He ran punts back for scores in each of Guilford's last three games, all Quakers' victories, and earned a spot on the d3football.com Team of the Week three times during the season.

McKinney led the Quakers with 33 catches for 462 yards and four touchdowns and ranked among the ODAC leaders in all-purpose yards (2nd), scoring (4th) and receptions (10th). He averaged 19.0 yards per return in a career-high 21 kickoff returns. His 11 touchdowns marked the most by a Guilford player since Junior Lord's school-record 18 scores in 1997. McKinney was a second-team All-ODAC pick in 1998 and 1999 before transferring to North Carolina State after the 1999 season. He walked on to the Wolfpack's football team before returning to Guilford last August.

Edwards, a second-team All-ODAC performer this year, shared the league lead with five interceptions and ranked fourth in total tackles with a club-best 88 stops (49 solo). His team-high 12 tackles and interception in the end zone preserved a 17-7 Quakers' victory over Emory & Henry November 10 and earned Edwards the ODAC's Player of the Week Award. A 6-1, 185-pound safety, he led Guilford's tacklers a team-high six times. He had five games with 10 or more stops, including a career- and team-season-high 16 tackles versus Hampden-Sydney (9/22). Edwards made all five of his interceptions in Guilford territory, including two in the end zone and four inside the Quakers' 10-yard line. He earned honorable mention All-ODAC laurels as Guilford's leading receiver in 2000.

A 2001 second team All-ODAC pick, Massey started all four years on the Quakers' offensive line and ranked among their top linemen each season. The 6-1, 255-pound guard started each of his eight games as a senior and concluded his career with 34 starts in 35 appearances. He blocked for the ODAC's second-best rushing offense (192.9 ypg) this year and helped the Quakers' to two 300-yard rushing performances, including a 330-yard effort against Methodist (9/8), the fourth-highest single-game rushing total in school history. Massey was an honorable mention all-conference selection and Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District III honoree in 2000.

The trio helped coach Mike Ketchum's Quakers win their last three games and finish with a 4-6 overall record. Guilford went 3-3 in the ODAC, good enough for second place. The Quakers expect 16 starters from this year's squad back in 2002.