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Maurice Jackson Earns Associated Press All-America Honors
12/12/2018 | Football
RICHMOND, Va. – University of Richmond junior defensive end Maurice Jackson (Levittown, Pa.) was named FCS Third Team All-America by the Associated Press Wednesday, marking the fifth-straight year a Spider has earned All-America honors.
Jackson helped form the most sack productive defensive line in all of the Colonial Athletic Association, out-sacking every other line in the league by at least five full sacks. He led the way with a career-high 10.0 sacks on the season, leading the CAA in sacks and ranking sixth in NCAA FCS Football in sacks. He also led the conference in tackles for loss with 15.0 and in forced fumbles with four.
Jackson, who came to Richmond as a safety, is playing his first full season as a defensive end for the Spiders ranks seventh in the country in forced fumbles. He was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week for the final game of the regular season and earns his first career All-Conference honor this year. He did this while playing in just 10 games this season, missing a game and a half due to injury.
Jackson was one of eight players from the CAA to earn All-America accolades. Shane Simpson (Towson) and Jimmy Moreland (JMU) earned first team honors; D'Angelo Amos (JMU), Sterling Sheffield (Maine) and Nasir Adderley (Delaware) earned second team honors; CJ Toogood (Elon) and Aidan O'Neil (Towson) joined Jackson on the third team.
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Jackson helped form the most sack productive defensive line in all of the Colonial Athletic Association, out-sacking every other line in the league by at least five full sacks. He led the way with a career-high 10.0 sacks on the season, leading the CAA in sacks and ranking sixth in NCAA FCS Football in sacks. He also led the conference in tackles for loss with 15.0 and in forced fumbles with four.
Jackson, who came to Richmond as a safety, is playing his first full season as a defensive end for the Spiders ranks seventh in the country in forced fumbles. He was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week for the final game of the regular season and earns his first career All-Conference honor this year. He did this while playing in just 10 games this season, missing a game and a half due to injury.
Jackson was one of eight players from the CAA to earn All-America accolades. Shane Simpson (Towson) and Jimmy Moreland (JMU) earned first team honors; D'Angelo Amos (JMU), Sterling Sheffield (Maine) and Nasir Adderley (Delaware) earned second team honors; CJ Toogood (Elon) and Aidan O'Neil (Towson) joined Jackson on the third team.
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