LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV safety Jalen Catalon, wide receiver Ricky White III, linebacker Jackson Woodard and kicker Caden Chittenden all earned at least one Midseason All-America honor to lead the Rebels' recent list of awards.
 
Catalon, who was also just announced as a semifinalist for the coveted Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the nation's top defensive back, was named both a First Team Midseason All-American and national Midseason Safety of the Year by College Football Network and a Second Team Midseason All-American by Sports Illustrated, The Athletic and Athlon Sports. CFN also tabbed Catalon as the MW Midseason Safety of the Year and MW Defensive Newcomer of the Year.
 
White, who is rolling up the Rebel record books in multiple receiving categories, earned Second Team Midseason All-American from Sports Illustrated as an all-purpose special teams performer after already setting a school record with three blocked punts this fall and also recovering another one for a touchdown. On offense, he was Honorable Mention All-America according to CFN.
 
Woodard, who is a semifinalist for the Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award and the program's first-ever finalist for the National Football Foundation Campbell Award, was named First Team Midseason All-American by CFN. A three-time Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, he also was named MW Midseason Defensive Player of the Year and MW Midseason Linebacker of the Year by the same organization.
 
Chittenden was selected by 247Sports on its True Freshman All-American Team after leading the nation in made field goals (18-of-21). The Las Vegas native was also tabbed both CFN's Midseason Specialist of the Year and Kicker of the Year.
 
CFN also tabbed Barry Odom as the MW Midseason Coach of the Year and Hajj-Malik Williams as the league's Midseason Quarterback of the Year and Offensive Newcomer of the Year. CFN also announced Midseason All-Mountain West lists, with UNLV earning eight spots on the First Team, two each on the Second Team and Third Team and six more players listed as Honorable Mention.
 
The Rebels are off this week before playing at Hawai'i. The next UNLV home game is Nov. 16 vs. San Diego State at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale by calling (702) 739-FANS or visiting unlvtickets.com.
 
 
Sports Illustrated Midseason All-American Second Team
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
The Athletic Midseason All-American Second Team
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
Athlon Sports Midseason All-American Second Team
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
Sports Illustrated Midseason All-American Second Team
Ricky White III, All-Purpose Specialist
 
247Sports Midseason True Freshman All-American Team
Caden Chittenden, Kicker
 
College Football Network Midseason Safety of the Year
Jalen Catalon
 
College Football Network First Team Midseason All-American
Jackson Woodard, LB
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
College Football Network Honorable Mention Midseason All-American
Ricky White III, Wide Receiver
 
College Football Network Honorable Mention Midseason All-American
Ricky White III, Special Teams
 
CFN Midseason MWC Defensive Player of the Year
Jackson Woodard, Linebacker
 
CFN Midseason MWC Specialist of the Year
Caden Chittenden, Kicker
 
CFN Midseason MWC Newcomer of the Year
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
CFN Midseason MWC Coach of the Year
Barry Odom
 
CFN Midseason MWC Quarterback of the Year
Hajj-Malik Williams
 
CFN Midseason MWC Offensive Newcomer of the Year
Hajj-Malik Williams, Quarterback
 
CFN Midseason MWC Linebacker of the Year
Jackson Woodard
 
CFN Midseason MWC Safety of the Year
Jalen Catalon
 
CFN Midseason MWC Defensive Newcomer of the Year
Jalen Catalon, Safety
 
CFN Midseason MWC Kicker of the Year
Caden Chittenden
 
CFN Midseason MWC Special Teamer of the Year
Ricky White III
 
CFN Midseason MWC Kickoff Specialist of the Year
Caden Chittenden
 
CFN First Team Midseason All-Mountain West
QB: Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV
WR: Ricky White III, UNLV
LB: Jackson Woodard, UNLV
S: Jalen Catalon, UNLV
FLEX: Cameron Oliver, UNLV
PK: Caden Chittenden, UNLV
KOS: Caden Chittenden, UNLV
ST: Ricky White III, UNLV
 
CFN Second Team Midseason All-Mountain West
OT: Tiger Shanks, UNLV
OG: Mathyus Su'a, UNLV
 
CFN Third Team Midseason All-Mountain West
OT: Jalen St. John, UNLV
EDGE: Jalen Dixon, UNLV
 
CFN Honorable Mention Midseason All-Mountain West
RB: Jai'Den Thomas, UNLV
OG: Anton Ambuehl, UNLV
OC: Jack Hasz, UNLV
DT: Alex Whitmore, UNLV
LB: Mani Powell, UNLV
FLEX: Johnathan Baldwin, UNLV