{"id":6279,"date":"2013-11-26T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T02:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2013-11-26T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T02:33:07","slug":"stephon-robertson-wins-caa-defensive-player-of-the-year-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6279","title":{"rendered":"Stephon Robertson Wins CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6281\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?fit=640%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?fit=640%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6281\" alt=\"MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?resize=576%2C412\" width=\"576\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MMMKGKRMESXVDLD.20121118051525.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>For the second time in as many years, Stephon Robertson has been selected as the CAA Defensive Player of the Year. It&#8217;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&#8217;s one of the leading candidates for the Buck Buchanan Award, an honor given to the top defensive player in the FCS. And he&#8217;s one of my personal favorite players to ever put on the purple and gold. He doesn&#8217;t get an actual physical award for that last one, but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s something he&#8217;ll treasure always nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;ve heard of it.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive lineman Jordan Stanton joined Robertson on the All CAA First Team defense and Dae&#8217;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&#8217;d be a real treat if he was right.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6279&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in as many years, Stephon Robertson has been selected as the CAA Defensive Player of the Year. It&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[310,412,411,413,414,108],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5598,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5598","url_meta":{"origin":6279,"position":0},"title":"Robertson and Marlowe Selected to Preseason All America Team","date":"July 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sports Network's 2013 Preseason All America team\u00a0has been released and JMU's Stephon Robertson and Dean Marlowe were selected. Robertson, a redshirt senior linebacker, earned a first team selection. Marlowe, a junior safety, made the second team. They were among a total of 14 CAA players who were honored. 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Unfortunately, JMU's own Stephon Robertson did not win and had to settle for second place. The award instead was given to Montana State defensive end Brad Daly. Daly had a heck of a year, sharing the defensive player of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"TBDUSA","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TBDUSA.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4072,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4072","url_meta":{"origin":6279,"position":4},"title":"Watford, Scott, and Robertson Earn Pre-Season All America Honors","date":"July 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sports Network released its 2012 FCS Preseason All-America teams and 3 members of the JMU Dukes were selected. Senior offensive guard, Earl Watford was named to the first team, while Stephon Robertson and Dae'Quan Scott earned third team honors. 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