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Pacheco Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Dec 01 | Football
Vedral earns Sportsmanship Award
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers football running back Isaih Pacheco earned All-Big Ten honorable mention in both the coaches' and media vote released Wednesday by the conference office. In addition, quarterback Noah Vedral collected the team's Sportsmanship Award. The honor is given to an individual who has distinguished themselves through sportsmanship, ethical behavior, is in good academic standing and demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Rutgers Football Big Ten Honors
First Team (Coaches): P Adam Korsak
Third Team (Media): LB Olakunle Fatukasi, P Adam Korsak
Honorable Mention (Coaches): LB Olakunle Fatukasi, RB Isaih Pacheco, DL Julius Turner
Honorable Mention (Media): DB Christian Izien, RB Isaih Pacheco, DL Julius Turner
Sportsmanship Award: QB Noah Vedral
Starting all 12 games, Pacheco led the Scarlet Knights with 647 rushing yards on 167 carries with five touchdowns. The Vineland, New Jersey, native posted a season-best 107 yards on the ground at Michigan, recording multiple-score games versus Indiana and Delaware. He finishes the season with 2,442 career rushing yards to rank seventh in program history, with his 563 carries sixth. In addition, he is ranked 11th in the school record book with 3,039 career all-purpose yards. Pacheco was voted a 2021 team captain.
Vedral started all 12 games at quarterback and passed for 1,736 yards, the most for a Scarlet Knight since 2015. Voted a team captain, he added 280 rushing yards, including a go-ahead 15-yard touchdown run in the win at Illinois. Vedral previously was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. He is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar working towards a master's degree in communication, information and media.
Follow Rutgers football on Twitter (@RFootball), Facebook (/RFootballShow) and Instagram (@rfootball) for the latest news and updates. Also subscribe to the YouTube channel and bookmark Rutgers.Football, the Scarlet Knights' dedicated recruiting site.
Rutgers Football Big Ten Honors
First Team (Coaches): P Adam Korsak
Third Team (Media): LB Olakunle Fatukasi, P Adam Korsak
Honorable Mention (Coaches): LB Olakunle Fatukasi, RB Isaih Pacheco, DL Julius Turner
Honorable Mention (Media): DB Christian Izien, RB Isaih Pacheco, DL Julius Turner
Sportsmanship Award: QB Noah Vedral
| ISAIH PACHECO |
Starting all 12 games, Pacheco led the Scarlet Knights with 647 rushing yards on 167 carries with five touchdowns. The Vineland, New Jersey, native posted a season-best 107 yards on the ground at Michigan, recording multiple-score games versus Indiana and Delaware. He finishes the season with 2,442 career rushing yards to rank seventh in program history, with his 563 carries sixth. In addition, he is ranked 11th in the school record book with 3,039 career all-purpose yards. Pacheco was voted a 2021 team captain.
| NOAH VEDRAL |
Vedral started all 12 games at quarterback and passed for 1,736 yards, the most for a Scarlet Knight since 2015. Voted a team captain, he added 280 rushing yards, including a go-ahead 15-yard touchdown run in the win at Illinois. Vedral previously was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. He is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar working towards a master's degree in communication, information and media.
Follow Rutgers football on Twitter (@RFootball), Facebook (/RFootballShow) and Instagram (@rfootball) for the latest news and updates. Also subscribe to the YouTube channel and bookmark Rutgers.Football, the Scarlet Knights' dedicated recruiting site.
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