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Blue Hens Finish In Final Top-25 Poll For First Time Since 2011
1/7/2019 9:40:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – Head Coach Danny Rocco and his coaching staff came to the University of Delaware in 2017 to usher in a new era of high expectations.
The building blocks have been put in place after the Blue Hens reached the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2010. Another accomplishment was put into place on Monday when Delaware finished in the final Top-25 polls of the year for the first time since 2011.
After piling up seven wins in the fall, the Blue Hens finished #23 in the AFCA Coaches poll and #24 in the STATS FCS poll.
Six different student-athletes were honored with All-American accolades after a season filled with highlights. Nasir Adderley and Mario Farinella both earned First Team honors, while Troy Reeder earned Second Team and Charles Scarff on Third Team. Collin Wallish was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, while DeJoun Lee was named to the HERO Sports Sophomore All-American squad.
The 2018 season marked the first since 2010 and 2011 that Delaware won seven games in back-to-back seasons.
The building blocks have been put in place after the Blue Hens reached the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2010. Another accomplishment was put into place on Monday when Delaware finished in the final Top-25 polls of the year for the first time since 2011.
After piling up seven wins in the fall, the Blue Hens finished #23 in the AFCA Coaches poll and #24 in the STATS FCS poll.
Six different student-athletes were honored with All-American accolades after a season filled with highlights. Nasir Adderley and Mario Farinella both earned First Team honors, while Troy Reeder earned Second Team and Charles Scarff on Third Team. Collin Wallish was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, while DeJoun Lee was named to the HERO Sports Sophomore All-American squad.
The 2018 season marked the first since 2010 and 2011 that Delaware won seven games in back-to-back seasons.
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