The awards continue to roll in for the SWAC Champion Jackson State Football Team as five players were named BOXTOROW HBCU All-Americans.
JSU QB
Shedeur Sanders, OL
Tyler Brown, DL
Nyles Gaddy, LB
Aubrey Miller Jr., and S
Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig were named to the All-America team.
Sanders set single-season school records for touchdown passes (36) and completions (314) while throwing for 3,409 yards and rushing for a career-high five touchdowns. He set a career with 438 passing yards against Miss. Valley St. on September 24 and threw a career-high 5 TDs twice in games against Florida A&M (Sept. 4) and Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 15). Sanders has eight games with 3+ TD passes this season (2 3-TD games, 4 4-TD games, 2 5-TD games), and five 300-yard passing games this season.
Brown was the top lineman on an offense that leads the SWAC and ranks in the Top 15 in scoring offense (38.0 ppg / 8th FCS), passing offense (293.5 ypg / 10th FCS), and total offense (448.3 ypg / 14th FCS). The offense gained 400+ yards in a game nine times, including a pair of 600-yard games (638 yards vs. Miss. Valley; 608 yards vs. Grambling).
Gaddy recorded 40 tackles and ranked second on the team in both sacks (7.0) and tackles for loss (11.0), with two forced fumbles, three quarterback hits, and two pass breakups. Among his top games, Gaddy made six tackles with a career-high 3.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss with two quarterback hits vs. Tennessee St., and recorded five tackles with one sack, two tackles for loss, and one forced fumble vs. Bethune-Cookman.
Miller made 103 tackles (56 solo) with two sacks, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, four quarterback hits, five pass breakups, and one touchdown. Miller, a Buck Buchanan Award finalist as FCS Defensive Player of the Year, recorded eight+ tackles in a game seven times, including four 10+ tackle games. Miller tied a career-high with 19 tackles against Texas Southern (Nov. 5), made 17 tackles against Alabama A&M (Nov. 12), and 11 tackles at Alcorn (Nov. 19).
Silmon-Craig ranks second on team with 61 tackles (38 solo), with 1.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery. He made a career-high 11 tackles twice (vs. Tennessee State with 1.5 tackles for loss; vs. Texas Southern), with seven solo tackles each game, and recorded six tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Alabama A&M.
The two-time defending SWAC Champion Tigers (12-0) will face North Carolina Central (9-2) in the Cricket Celebration Bowl Saturday at 11 a.m. CT on ABC.
