2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-American® Team
Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham University junior linebacker
Ryan Greenhagen was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American® it was announced today. He was placed on the second team and is one of just two Patriot League student-athletes named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American® Football Team.
Greenhagen becomes the first Fordham football student-athlete to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American® honors since Dan Light and Brett Biestek in 2014.
It is the third major award of the spring for Greenhagen, who was also named a STATS FCS Sports All-American and the 2020-21 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year.
Ryan Greenhagen (Jr., LB, Sparta, N.J./Pope John XXIII)
• 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS All-America (Second Team)
• 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2020-21 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
• 2020-21 First Team All-Patriot League
• 2020-21 Academic All-Patriot League
• Recorded 22 total tackles, eleven solo, despite missing one game
• Made 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack
• Also had a pass breakup
• Led Patriot League in total tackles/game (11.0)
• Recorded a League single-game high of 16 tackles in the Rams' 40-8 victory over Colgate
• Is second among active FCS players with 1.37 tackles for loss per game through 26 career games
• 2019 First Team All-Patriot League
• Has 35.5 career TFLs, fifth-best in school history
