At some point later this month at a time TBA, I'm going to unveil the UMass football all-decade team on this very blog.

I enlisted the help of some UMass football experts to compile the team, but I'm interested in hearing from you.

Send me your ballots at mvautour@gazettenet.com.

To be eligible, a player must have played half of his UMass career
between 2000-2009. So Marcel Shipp, Kole Ayi are not eligible even
though their careers dipped into the decade.

Some of the picks are obvious. Some are pretty difficult.

Feel free to write in candidates.

Offensive Player of the Decade - Pick One

Defensive Player of the Decade - Pick One

Quarterback (Choose 1)
Jeff Krohn
Liam Coen
Tim Day

Tailback (Choose 1)
R.J. Cobbs

Steve Baylark
Matt Lawrence
Tony Nelson

Fullback (Choose 1)
Pete Cariello
Matt Lawrence
Breyone Evans
Rich Demers
Chris Zardas

Tight End (Choose 1)
Brad Listorti
Ian Jorgensen
Mike Douglas
Sean Young
Greg Ward

Wide Receivers (Choose 3)
Adrian Zullo
Jason Peebler
Brandon London
Rasheed Rancher
Victor Cruz
J.J. Moore
DeShon Hardy
Jimmie Howard

Offensive Line (Choose 5)
Maikel Miret
Rob Kane
Alex Miller
David Thompson
Brent Caldwell
Vladimir Ducasse
Nick Diana
Matt Austin
Sean Calicchio

Kicker (Choose 1)
Doug White
Chris Koepplin
Armando Cuko

Punter (Choose 1)
David Sanger
Christian Koegel
Brett Arnold

Defensive Line (pick four)
Valdamar Brower
Colin Christopher
John Hatchell
Kyle Harrington
Justin Schweighardt
Brandon Collier
Keron Williams
David Burris
Michael Hanson
Jason Leonard
L.A. Love

Linebacker (pick three)
Jeremy Cain
Mark Kimener
Mike Ziccardi
Jason Hatchell
Serge Tikum
Brad Anderson
Charles Walker
Josh Jennings
Corey Potter

Safety (pick two)
Jeremy Robinson
Anton McKenzie
Shannon James
James Ihedigbo
Jeromy Miles
Greg Scott

Cornerback (pick two)
Tracy Belton
Courtney Robinson
Sean Smalls
Steve Costello
Leroy Brooks
Brandon Freeman