Wheeler & Herres Named All-America By HERO Sports
08/11/2022 | Football
RICHMOND, Va. – University of Richmond redshirt junior linebacker Tristan Wheeler (Bethlehem, Pa.) and graduate wide receiver Jakob Herres (Easton, Pa.) have been named to the HERO Sports All-America Team Thursday. Wheeler and Herres both earned Second Team All-America accolades. They are the only linebacker and wide receiver on the first two teams from CAA Football and are two of 12 total from the conference on the three teams.
Wheeler, a preseason All-CAA Football, is a three-time All-CAA selection with two of those coming as First Team selections. He was named Second Team All-America by Stats Perform last fall and was a First Team Sophomore All-America honoree by HERO Sports. He led the team and the CAA in total tackles in the regular season with 114. He ranked eighth in the nation in total tackles and tackles per game (10.4). He enters the season with 256 total tackles in 27 career games.
Wheeler is a Buck Buchanan Award Watch List this season, his third-straight year on the Watch List, and has posted back-to-back full seasons with over 100 tackles. He was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award during the shortened spring season in 2021 after posting 38 tackles in four games. Wheeler was the CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year and a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award given to the nation's top freshman in 2019.
Herres is a graduate transfer from VMI and is in his first year with the Spiders. During his VMI career, he has caught 226 passes for 3,006 yards and 26 touchdowns – all of which are tops among active NCAA FCS wide receivers heading into the 2022 season.
Herres earned Second Team All-Southern Conference honors during the 2021 fall season, batting through injuries to play in eight games, catching 47 passes for 500 yards and five touchdowns. He finished his Keydet career with catches in 28-straight games. He ended his VMI career just eight receptions shy of the program record and only 85 yards from the top spot in the record books.
Herres' best season came in the spring 2021 season when he helped the Keydets make the NCAA FCS Playoffs. He was named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Year and was a consensus First Team All-America selection. He was one of 16 finalists for the Stats Perform Walter Payton Award, given to the national FCS Offensive Player of the Year. He finished fourth overall in the voting for the Walter Payton Award and was named the Virginia Offensive Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. Herres spent the past two seasons working under current Spider offensive coordinator Billy Cosh.
Herres led the SoCon with 80 receptions for 978 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games. He averaged 12.2 yards per catches and 122.2 yards per game, both numbers leading the SoCon. He was named the SoCon Player of the Month in April after posting three games with 100 yards receiving or more, including the Keydets FCS playoff game against top-ranked JMU. In that game, he caught 13 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown.
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Wheeler, a preseason All-CAA Football, is a three-time All-CAA selection with two of those coming as First Team selections. He was named Second Team All-America by Stats Perform last fall and was a First Team Sophomore All-America honoree by HERO Sports. He led the team and the CAA in total tackles in the regular season with 114. He ranked eighth in the nation in total tackles and tackles per game (10.4). He enters the season with 256 total tackles in 27 career games.
Wheeler is a Buck Buchanan Award Watch List this season, his third-straight year on the Watch List, and has posted back-to-back full seasons with over 100 tackles. He was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award during the shortened spring season in 2021 after posting 38 tackles in four games. Wheeler was the CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year and a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award given to the nation's top freshman in 2019.
Herres is a graduate transfer from VMI and is in his first year with the Spiders. During his VMI career, he has caught 226 passes for 3,006 yards and 26 touchdowns – all of which are tops among active NCAA FCS wide receivers heading into the 2022 season.
Herres earned Second Team All-Southern Conference honors during the 2021 fall season, batting through injuries to play in eight games, catching 47 passes for 500 yards and five touchdowns. He finished his Keydet career with catches in 28-straight games. He ended his VMI career just eight receptions shy of the program record and only 85 yards from the top spot in the record books.
Herres' best season came in the spring 2021 season when he helped the Keydets make the NCAA FCS Playoffs. He was named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Year and was a consensus First Team All-America selection. He was one of 16 finalists for the Stats Perform Walter Payton Award, given to the national FCS Offensive Player of the Year. He finished fourth overall in the voting for the Walter Payton Award and was named the Virginia Offensive Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. Herres spent the past two seasons working under current Spider offensive coordinator Billy Cosh.
Herres led the SoCon with 80 receptions for 978 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games. He averaged 12.2 yards per catches and 122.2 yards per game, both numbers leading the SoCon. He was named the SoCon Player of the Month in April after posting three games with 100 yards receiving or more, including the Keydets FCS playoff game against top-ranked JMU. In that game, he caught 13 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown.
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