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Frogs bring home three more conference honors
Conference USA announced its players of the year and head coach of the year, with the Frogs taking three of the five honors.

Head coach Gary Patterson was named the league’s coach of the year.

Patterson is 15-9 after two seasons as TCU’s coach. This season the Frogs went 9-2 — including eight straight wins — en route to at least a share of the C-USA title and a berth in the AXA Liberty Bowl.

Senior linebacker LaMarcus McDonald was named defensive player of the year.

McDonald leads the league in tackles for loss with 28, and had 113 tackles on the season, fifth in C-USA. He is second in the conference in sacks with 10, and has led TCU in tackles in 10 of 11 games this season.

Running back Lonta Hobbs was announced as freshman of the year.

Since taking off his redshirt against Houston on Oct. 5, Hobbs has rushed for 952 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns, both TCU freshman records. He ranks sixth in the C-USA in rushing despite not playing the first four games.