MONTICELLO – The Little Rock Touchdown Club has chosen to honor junior wide receiver Jywin Ceaser as the University of Arkansas at Monticello Most Valuable Player for the 2009 season.
 
Along with MVPs from all other football playing institutions in Arkansas, Ceaser will be honored at the club’s 6th Annual Awards Banquet on Monday, February 15 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock. The event is set to begin at 7 p.m.
 
Ceaser became just the second receiver in Gwaine Mathews’ era as head coach (2005-present) to record more than 800 receiving yards in a single season with 885 on 61 receptions with five touchdowns catches in 2009. With the exception of yards per catch, he led UAM in all pass-receiving categories.
 
The Marrero, La. native earned 2nd Team All-Gulf South Conference honors after finishing the 2009 season ranked sixth in the league in receptions per game (6.10), fourth in receiving yards per game (88.5) and 10th in all-purpose yards per game (93.7).

Throughout his 2009 campaign, he recorded at least 100 receiving yards on three different occasions and had two games of 10 receptions, led by his season-best performance of 10 catches for 187 yards with one touchdown in the 44-17 homecoming over Harding on October 24. He also posted 10 receptions for 165 yards with two touchdowns in the 27-3 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on September 5. Ceaser’s third best performance was eight catches for 124 yards in 13-27 loss to then ranked No. 1 North Alabama on October 31.
 
In addition to his pass receiving numbers, he had four rushes for five yards and three kickoff returns for 47 yards with a long return of 19 yards in the season-opening loss to Tarleton State.
 
Throughout his three-year career as a Boll Weevil, Ceaser currently ranks second in the UAM football record book with 151 career receptions and fourth with 1,825 career receiving yards. His 885 receiving yards in 2009 is ninth best total at UAM for a single-season.

The Boll Weevils posted a 5-6 overall record and a 4-4 record in GSC games this past season to finish tied for fifth place in the league, just one place below where UAM was predicted to finish in the preseason.
 
Other collegiate players earning MVP honors include Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett, Arkansas Baptist’s Dominique Chinn, Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Kevin Thornton, Arkansas State’s Alex Carrington, Arkansas Tech’s Nick Graziano, Central Arkansas’ Brent Grimes, Harding’s Josh Jones, Henderson State’s Marc Keppner, Ouachita Baptist’s Keldrick Johnson and Southern Arkansas’ Cedric Thornton.
 
For ticket information, go to the club’s official website, www.lrtouchdown.com