Eight Football Rams Named All-Patriot League

Patriot League Release
 
Bronx, N.Y. – Eight members of the 2017 Fordham University football team were honored today with All-Patriot League honors, including senior offensive lineman Anthony Coyle, junior wide receiver Austin Longi and junior defensive back Dylan Mabin, who were all named to the first team.
 
Joining the three first team selections were five second team picks: senior running back Chase Edmonds, junior tight end Isaiah Searight, senior offensive lineman Ben Hartman, junior defensive back Antonio Jackson and freshman linebacker Glenn Cunningham.
 
Coyle, who started all eleven games at left tackle, earns first team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight year. He blocked for an offense that averaged 371.7 yards of total offense/game, third best in the Patriot League, including 238.9 passing yards/game, also third best in the league and 31st among all NCAA FCS teams.
 
Longi, who missed five game with injuries, earns first team honors at wide out this fall after being named second team in 2016. He caught 38 passes, second best on the team, for a team-high 478 yards and three touchdowns while also returning 13 punts for 163 yards (12.5 yards/return) with one score, a 90-yard return for a touchdown that broke both the school and Patriot League record for longest punt return. He recorded three 100-yard receiving games in 2017, including 13 catches for 150 yards. Both career-highs, with one score at Georgetown.
 
Over his career, Longi has 131 receptions for 1,715 yards and 15 touchdowns. His 1,715 career receiving yards in eleventh best all-time at Fordham while his 15 receiving touchdowns is ninth best.
 
Mabin, who started all eleven games at cornerback for the Rams in 2017, garners his first career Patriot League postseason honor after recording44 total tackles, 35 solo, including three for loss. He also leads the team with 19 pass breakups, ranking second in the Patriot League and third in the NCAA FCS in passes defended (1.6/game). Mabin also forced two fumbles and recovered one and returned 30 kickoffs for 672 yards (22.4 yards/return), including one for 93 yards and a touchdown, and three punts for 20 yards.
 

Edmonds, the Patriot League preseason offensive player of the year who was limited by injuries this year, rushed 136 times for 577 yards and five scores in seven games this fall. He also caught eleven passes for 129 yards. Despite missing four games to injury, Edmonds ranked fourth in the Patriot League in total rushing yards.
 
Edmonds closes out his career with 5,862 career rushing yards along with 74 career touchdowns and 67 career rushing touchdown, all school and Patriot League records. His 5,862 career rushing yards is fifth best in NCAA FCS history while his 67 career rushing touchdowns is fourth best and his career rushing yards/game average of 133.2 is 14th best. He also amassed 7,374 career all-purpose yards, a school and Patriot League career record, tenth best in NCAA FCS history.
 
Searight, who also earned second team All-Patriot League honors in 2016, caught 33 passes for 452 yards this fall, both third best among the Rams. He set the Fordham single game record for receiving yards by a tight end in the Lehigh game, hauling in eight passes for 139 yards with two scores, all career-highs.
 
Over his career, Searight has 47 receptions for 640 yards and six touchdowns.
 
Hartman, a preseason All-Patriot League pick who started ten games this fall, displayed his versatility by playing at three different positions on the offensive line in 2017 as the line was hit by the injury bug. He appeared at center, right tackle and left tackle this fall, helping the offense average 371.7 yards of total offense/game, third best in the Patriot League, including 238.9 passing yards/game, also third best in the league and 31st among all NCAA FCS teams.
 
Jackson, who started all eleven games at strong safety in 2017, was third on the Fordham defense with 63 total tackles, 46 solo, including two for loss. He also led the team with four interceptions to go with four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. Jackson ranked second in the Patriot League and 32nd in the NCAA FCS in interceptions/game (0.4).
 
Cunningham, who was recently named a finalist for the STATS Jerry Rice Award as the top NCAA FCS freshman, finished his rookie campaign leading the Rams with 82 total tackles, 54 solo, in ten games. Among his 82 stops were 9.5 for loss and 5.5 sacks, both team-highs. Cunningham ranked third in the Patriot League in sacks/game (0.55) and fifth in both tackles/game (8.2) and solo tackles/game (5.4).