ATLANTA, Ga. -- The University of North Alabama football team has placed seven players on the ASUN Conference pre-season all-conference team, selected by the league's head coaches. 

As a team, UNA was picked to finish sixth in the conference in its first season in ASUN league play. 

Named to the pre-season All-ASUN team from UNA were sophomore running back Parker Driggers of Brantley, Ala.; junior receiver Takairee Kenebrew of Childersburg, Ala.; graduate receiver Cortez Hall of Hoover, Ala., graduate tight end Corson Swan of Spanish Fort, Ala.; junior defensive lineman Micah Bland of Louisville, Ky.; senior defensive back Kyree Fields of Columbus, Miss., and sophomore return specialst Kobe Warden of Killen, Ala. 

Kennesaw State is the pre-season conference favorite, receiving 34 points in the voting. The Owls were followed by Eastern Kentucky (26), Jacksonville State (21), Central Arkansas (20), Austin Peay (14) and UNA (8). 

Since its move to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2018, UNA played as an independent in football in 2018 before becoming an associate member of the Big South Conference from 2019-21. 

2022 ASUN Conference Football Preseason Honors & Awards

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Xavier Shepherd, Kennesaw State

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky