Biography
A 2022 consensus All-American … 2022 Walton Payton Award finalist … Set school record for receptions in a season in 2022 (103) … Tied Fordham single season record with 14 touchdown catches in 2022 … Set school career receiving touchdowns mark (35) … Third all-time at Fordham in career receptions and fifth in career receiving yards … Led Patriot League in receiving scores and all-purpose yards in 2022 ... 2022, 2020-21 and 2021 First Team All-Patriot League ... Leading Fordham receiver in 2020-21, 2021, and 2022 ... Led Patriot League in scoring and receiving touchdowns and was second in receptions/game and receiving yards in 2021 ... Gave the Fordham receiving corps a lift in 2019 after transferring to Fordham from Northern Illinois University … Led team in touchdown receptions and third in receptions and receiving yards ... An All-State performer at Maine South High School in 2017 ... Named to the 2019, 2021, and 2022 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Senior Season)
• First Team Associated Press NCAA FCS All-America.
• First Team Athlon Sports FCS All-America.
• 2022 Athlon Sports FCS Postseason All-America Team.
• Second Team AFCA FCS All-America.
• Walter Camp FCS All-America Team
• Walter Payton Award finalist
• First Team All-Patriot League.
• Caught 103 passes for 1,312 yards and 14 touchdowns.
• Set school record with 103 receptions and 1,312 receiving yards was third best single season at Fordham.
• Sixth Fordham receiver, and one of three on 2022 team, to record more than 1,000 passing yards in a season.
• Led team in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving scores.
• 14 touchdown catches ties Fordham single season record.
• Led Patriot League and is fourth in the NCAA FCS in receiving touchdowns.
• Second in the Patriot League and third in the NCAA FCS in receiving yards/game (109.3).
• Second in the League and the NCAA FCS in receptions/game (8.16.
• Led the Patriot League and is ninth in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards/game (153.3).
• 35 career receiving touchdowns, a new school record.
• 229 career receptions, third all-time at Fordham.
• Has 2,994 career receiving yards, fifth on the Fordham career list.
• Caught 13 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns at Ohio University, setting a school and Patriot League record for receiving yards in a game.
• Tied Fordham single game record with four receiving scores.
• Set a Patriot League NCAA FCS championship record with 14 receptions at New Hampshire.
2021 (Senior Season)
• Named First Team All-Patriot League.
• Started all eleven games at wide receiver.
• Caught 57 passes for 783 yards and 13 touchdowns.
• Led team in receptions and receiving scores.
• 13 touchdown catches tied for second most in a season at Fordham.
• Led Patriot League and was second in the NCAA FCS in receiving touchdowns.
• Led Patriot League in scoring (7.1 ppg).
• Second in the Patriot League in receiving yards and fourth in receiving yards/game (71.2).
• Second in the League in receptions/game (5.2).
• Led the Patriot League and 25th in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards/game (112.8).
• Also returned 23 kickoffs for 450 yards.
• Made ten catches for 157 yards in win over Lehigh.
• Had six receptions for 76 yards and three touchdowns in Bucknell win.
• Recorded seven catches for 101 yards and two scores in Homecoming win over Wagner.
• Registered five receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns at Georgetown.
2020-21 (Junior Season)
• Named First Team All-Patriot League.
• Appeared in all three games.
• Caught 20 passes for 278 yards and one touchdown.
• Led team in receptions and receiving yards.
• Led Patriot League in receiving yards/game (92.7).
• Second in the Patriot League in receptions/game (6.7) and total receiving yards.
• Ranked 11th in the NCAA FCS in receptions and 14th in receiving yards/game.
• Second in the League and 24th in the NCAA in all-purpose yards/game (118.0).
2019 (Sophomore Season)
• Named Phil Steele First Team All-Patriot League at all-purpose and second team at kick returner.
• Appeared in all 12 games at wide receiver, making two starts.
• Led Patriot League with seven receiving touchdowns.
• Third on team with 49 receptions for 621 yards.
• Also returned 40 kickoffs for 869 yards (21.7 average), ranking second in the Patriot League.
• Also rushed five times for 27 yards.
• Led Patriot League and was 21st in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards (126.58 yards/game).
• Had a season-high nine receptions for 45 yards and two touchdowns versus Richmond.
• Pulled in eight passes for a season-high 136 yards and one score at Yale.
• Had five catches for 72 yards and one score at Stony Brook.
• Caught five passes for 78 yards vs. Lehigh.
• Made three receptions for 57 yards and one touchdown at Bryant.
• Grabbed three passes for 25 yards, including a game-winning 17-yard scoring strike with 16 seconds left, at Georgetown.
2018 (Freshman Season at NIU)
• Appeared in all eleven games.
• Returned nine kickoffs for 151 yards.
Before Fordham
• A graduate of Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, where he lettered in football for head coach Dave Inserra.
• Named to the Illinois Football Coaches (IHSFCA) 8A All-State team.
• Career totals include 4,035 rushing yards, 69 touchdowns, and 6,384 total yards.
• Earned 2017 Pioneer Press Player of the Year honors and first team All-Area running back recognition.
• 2017 Bugle News Player of the Year and was named to EdgyTim (Rivals) All-State offense.
• Three-time Illinois High School Association Academic All-State team member.
• Received All-Central Suburban League honors three times.
• As a senior, totaled 181 carries for 1,633 yards and 24 touchdowns for an average of nine yards a carry.
• Caught 30 passes for 351 yards and five touchdowns to average 11.7 yards per catch.
• Maine South reached the Class 8A semifinals in 2017.
• Recorded two of his top games in the playoffs with 213 rushing yards and four TDs versus Warren, and • 243 total yards (138 rushing/105 receiving) and four touchdowns versus Naperville Central.
• Received IHSA Academic All State awards for 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• Received the 2016 Academic Excellence Award in Science.
Personal
• Son of Joselyne and Dimitrios (Jim) Kokosioulis.
• Has four siblings.
• A Biology major.