Stephon Robertson Wins CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Again.
For the second time in as many years, Stephon Robertson has been selected as the CAA Defensive Player of the Year. It’s just the latest in a series of well deserved CAA honors for the redshirt-senior linebacker. Robertson ends his career with 3 All CAA First Team selections, one All CAA Third Team and a CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year award. And he’s one of the leading candidates for the Buck Buchanan Award, an honor given to the top defensive player in the FCS. And he’s one of my personal favorite players to ever put on the purple and gold. He doesn’t get an actual physical award for that last one, but I’m sure it’s something he’ll treasure always nonetheless.
Robertson started every single one of the 46 games the Dukes have played since 2010. He had 445 career tackles, more than any other active FCS player and the fourth most in JMU history. And his break out performance came in only his second career game. A game in which he had 13 tackles and one forced fumble. A game JMU won 21-16 over Virginia Tech. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.
Defensive lineman Jordan Stanton joined Robertson on the All CAA First Team defense and Dae’Quan Scott was selected on offense. Offensive lineman Josh Wells, safety Dean Marlowe, and defensive lineman Tyler Snow all made the second team. Marlowe was also recognized as a punt returner, earning a third team selection along with redshirt freshmen linebacker Gage Steele. And Stephon himself has hinted that Gage has the potential to be every bit as good as he was. It’d be a real treat if he was right.
Stephon is a credit to our university, the CAA, and the FCS. It was a pleasure watching him make opposing teams try to work around him. We wish him all the best …
Congratulations to Stephon… he absolutely deserved it.
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“JMU announces 7 all-CAA selections, yet still finished 9th place in the conference, just ahead of dead-ass-last D-II programs Albany and Rhode Island.”
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“All-Everything selection Dae-Quan Scott selected First-Team all-CAA, averaged only 86 yards per game”
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“Dean Marlowe averaged 7.4 yards per punt return and Zero TD’s, selected as All-CAA Punt Returner”
Going back all the way to the high-school level, these all-whatever teams are a complete joke.
Can this blog dig a hole in the ground and throw football in it an bury it? JMU is commencing a very troubling looking mens basketball season. The CAA sucks and JMU blew it back during the Lefty years not switching to the A 10 when invited. I hate Richmond.
Whoever developed a schedule that only has 10 home basketball games should be fired. That’s just stupid.
A big congrats to Stephon Robertson! Way to represent! That’s one positive thing that came out of this year’s football season.