COLLEGE STATION – For the first time since 2013, three Aggies were named Associated Press All-Americans as Braden Mann and Jace Sternberger garnered first team honors and Trayveon Williams received second team distinction, it was announced Monday.
The three All-Americans are the highest by Texas A&M since Mike Evans, Johnny Manziel, Jake Matthews, and Drew Kaser earned the designation following the 2013 campaign.
Mann currently leads the FBS with a 51.15 punting average and is nearly a yard ahead of LSU's Chad Kessler's NCAA and SEC record mark of 50.28 set in 1997. The Ray Guy Award winner has already set two NCAA records as he broke the single-game gross punt average mark at 60.8 on five boots at No. 1 Alabama and has unleashed 14 60-yard punts, shattering Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier's record set in 2005.
Sternberger leads the country in receiving yards (804) and touchdowns (10) by a tight end, and is the Aggies' leading receiver with 47 receptions. The Kingfisher, Okla., native set the Texas A&M school record for most touchdowns by a tight end in a single season and currently ranks tied for sixth all-time on the Aggies' single-season list.
Williams leads the SEC in rushing (1,524), all-purpose yards (1,802) and touchdowns (16). The junior has posted eight games with 100-or-more yards including two games with at least 200 yards. Williams became the fifth Aggie to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark twice in his career and his 1,524 rushing yards ranks third all-time in Texas A&M school history. He ended the regular season on a tear averaging 175.0 yards per game with 7 touchdowns in the final four games.
Texas A&M returns to action December 31 at 6:30 p.m. as the Aggies take on North Carolina State at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. Tickets for the game can be purchased online at www.12thMan.com/bowltickets.
The three All-Americans are the highest by Texas A&M since Mike Evans, Johnny Manziel, Jake Matthews, and Drew Kaser earned the designation following the 2013 campaign.
Mann currently leads the FBS with a 51.15 punting average and is nearly a yard ahead of LSU's Chad Kessler's NCAA and SEC record mark of 50.28 set in 1997. The Ray Guy Award winner has already set two NCAA records as he broke the single-game gross punt average mark at 60.8 on five boots at No. 1 Alabama and has unleashed 14 60-yard punts, shattering Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier's record set in 2005.
Sternberger leads the country in receiving yards (804) and touchdowns (10) by a tight end, and is the Aggies' leading receiver with 47 receptions. The Kingfisher, Okla., native set the Texas A&M school record for most touchdowns by a tight end in a single season and currently ranks tied for sixth all-time on the Aggies' single-season list.
Williams leads the SEC in rushing (1,524), all-purpose yards (1,802) and touchdowns (16). The junior has posted eight games with 100-or-more yards including two games with at least 200 yards. Williams became the fifth Aggie to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark twice in his career and his 1,524 rushing yards ranks third all-time in Texas A&M school history. He ended the regular season on a tear averaging 175.0 yards per game with 7 touchdowns in the final four games.
Texas A&M returns to action December 31 at 6:30 p.m. as the Aggies take on North Carolina State at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. Tickets for the game can be purchased online at www.12thMan.com/bowltickets.