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Mike Roussos Named HeroSports Preseason All-American
5/28/2020 11:56:00 AM | Football
Roussos earns preseason HeroSports FCS Second Team All-America honors as a return specialist; is one of two Ivy League players to earn preseason All-America accolades.
NEW YORK—Columbia junior wide receiver Mike Roussos was named a preseason Second Team All-America punt returner by HeroSports, a national website covering FCS Football on Thursday. Roussos was one only two Ivy League football players selected as a preseason All-American. HeroSports will also release its all-conference teams and conference previews later in the summer.
Following the 2019 season, Roussos earned STATS FCS All-America Third Team honors, Phil Steele Magazine Fourth Team All-America, and HeroSports First Team Sophomore All-America accolades as a return specialist. He also became the first Columbia player to earn back-to-back First Team All-Ivy League honors since 2011.
Last season, Roussos ranked among national FCS leaders in punt return touchdowns (No. 2), punt return average (No. 3), combined return yardage (No. 4), and all-purpose yards per game (No. 18). A First Team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight season, Roussos led the conference in four statistical categories including kickoff return average (23.8), punt return average (17.3), punt return touchdowns (1), and combined kick return yardage (907), and ranked No. 3 in all-purpose yardage per game (130.8). A preseason Third Team All-American selection, Roussos set or tied Columbia school records for most combined return yards in a season (907), most career 50-yard returns (6), and most career return touchdowns (3) during the 2019 season.
Roussos earned the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week honor three times this season and four times in his career. On the year, Roussos led the Lions with six touchdowns (team-high four rushing TDs), 1,308 all-purpose yards (665 on kickoff returns, 242 punt return, 395 receiving and six rushing), ranked second on the squad in both receptions (35) and receiving yards (395) and totaled six games of 100 or more all-purpose yards.
Roussos was one of five conference players to earn unanimous First Team All-Ivy League honors. Roussos earned the prestigious honor for the second consecutive year and became the first Lion to garner back-to-back All-Ivy League First Team honors since offensive lineman Jeff Adams earned three straight honors from 2009-11.
Over his two-year (2018-19), 18-game career, the New Port Richey, Fla. native has accumulated 1,741 all-purpose yards (96.7 per game), scored eight touchdowns, caught 38 passes for 407 yards and accumulated 868 kickoff return (24.1 average) and 460 punt return (17.7 average) yards. He is enrolled at Columbia College.
Following the 2019 season, Roussos earned STATS FCS All-America Third Team honors, Phil Steele Magazine Fourth Team All-America, and HeroSports First Team Sophomore All-America accolades as a return specialist. He also became the first Columbia player to earn back-to-back First Team All-Ivy League honors since 2011.
Last season, Roussos ranked among national FCS leaders in punt return touchdowns (No. 2), punt return average (No. 3), combined return yardage (No. 4), and all-purpose yards per game (No. 18). A First Team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight season, Roussos led the conference in four statistical categories including kickoff return average (23.8), punt return average (17.3), punt return touchdowns (1), and combined kick return yardage (907), and ranked No. 3 in all-purpose yardage per game (130.8). A preseason Third Team All-American selection, Roussos set or tied Columbia school records for most combined return yards in a season (907), most career 50-yard returns (6), and most career return touchdowns (3) during the 2019 season.
Roussos earned the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week honor three times this season and four times in his career. On the year, Roussos led the Lions with six touchdowns (team-high four rushing TDs), 1,308 all-purpose yards (665 on kickoff returns, 242 punt return, 395 receiving and six rushing), ranked second on the squad in both receptions (35) and receiving yards (395) and totaled six games of 100 or more all-purpose yards.
Roussos was one of five conference players to earn unanimous First Team All-Ivy League honors. Roussos earned the prestigious honor for the second consecutive year and became the first Lion to garner back-to-back All-Ivy League First Team honors since offensive lineman Jeff Adams earned three straight honors from 2009-11.
Over his two-year (2018-19), 18-game career, the New Port Richey, Fla. native has accumulated 1,741 all-purpose yards (96.7 per game), scored eight touchdowns, caught 38 passes for 407 yards and accumulated 868 kickoff return (24.1 average) and 460 punt return (17.7 average) yards. He is enrolled at Columbia College.
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