University of Delaware Athletics
Townsend, Schmoke, Kost Named To CAA Preseason All-Conference Team
7/25/2023 9:00:00 AM | Football
NEWARK, Del. - Jourdan Townsend and newcomers Alex Schmoke and Ryan Kost were named to the 2023 CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team, selected by the conference's head coaches, as announced on Tuesday.
Townsend is coming off a year that saw him record 61 receptions for 698 yards and six touchdowns and was named All-CAA Second-Team. He had seven catches for 109 yards in a road-win over Rhode Island, and scored a touchdown on eight receptions for 91 yards against William & Mary. Entering the season, Townsend has 91 career receptions for 1,001 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also earned All-CAA Second-Team honors in 2021.Â
Schmoke joins the Blue Hens from Saint Francis, where he was a two-time All-NEC First-Team selection as a placekicker and a HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American in 2021. For his career, Schmoke went 33-39 in field goal attempts, making a career-long of 50 on Oct. 15, 2022 against LIU. He is also 73-79 on PAT attempts for his career, converting on 25-27 in 2021 and 48-52 in 2022. He ranks third in all of FCS in active career field goal percentage at 84.6 percent.Â
Kost, a transfer from Monmouth, was named to The Bluebloods 2023 FCS Preseason All-American Team earlier this summer. He was a First Team All-CAA Punter in 2022, while also being named Phil Steele/DraftScout FCS Postseason All-America Second-Team Punter and All-ECAC Special Teams Punter. Kost also received HERO Sports FCS Preseason All-America Third Team, STATS Perform Preseason All-America Third Team, and CAA Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition. He averaged 48.1 yards per punt to lead the CAA and FCS. He had a career-long 71-yard punt against Rhode Island on Oct. 22. Kost also earned First-Team All-Big South honors in 2021 and was a First-Team All-ECAC selection. During the 2020-2021 year, he was a Second-Team All-Big South selection.
Braden Brose, Fintan Brose, and Chase McGowan received preseason honorable mention. Braden caught four touchdowns last season and had 16 receptions for 176 yards as a tight end, while Fintan was an All-CAA Third-Team selection after appearing in 13 games and starting in 12 of them as an offensive lineman. McGowan was an All-CAA Third-Team selection after recording 30 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, and five sacks last season. He also earned Third-Team All-CAA honors in 2022 and Second-Team All-CAA honors in 2020-2021. Delaware was picked to finish fourth with 149 points and received one first-place vote.Â
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