University of Delaware Athletics
Kedrick Whitehead Named an Athlon Sports’ Preseason All-American
6/13/2022 1:13:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – University of Delaware football safety Kedrick Whitehead has been selected to the Athlon Sports' 2022 FCS Preseason All-America Team, as announced on Monday. Whitehead, a five-time All-American in the past three seasons, earns his second-consecutive nod to the Athlon preseason squad.
The Middletown, Del. native is coming off a 2021 season in which he earned an All-CAA First Team selection as well as Stats Perform FCS Third Team All-America honors. Whitehead ranked second on the defense last fall with 76 total tackles and was a force in the UD secondary, breaking up eight passes and creating a turnover at Rhode Island. Whitehead finished with 1.5 TFL and had three games with at least 10 tackles, including a career-high 15 against James Madison.
Whitehead earned All-America honors for the third-straight season after being named a Stats Perform, Associated Press and Athlon Sports First Team All-American following the 2020-21 spring campaign and a HERO Sports Sophomore All-American in 2019.
The Blue Hens have earned a pair of preseason honors as a team, being ranked in two national polls. They slot in as No. 15 in he HERO Sports Preseason FCS Poll as well as No. 20 in the 2022 Athlon Sports FCS Preseason Top 25. Delaware will open the 2022 season and the Ryan Carty era on Saturday, September 3 at Navy. The Blue & Gold will play the first of six home games the following weekend when they host Delaware State to renew the Route 1 Rivalry on September 10. Kickoff at Delaware Stadium is set for 6 p.m.
Single-game tickets for all six of Delaware's home games, as well as partial plans and individual game parking, will go on sale online beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 15.
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