BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Dec. 12, 2019) – On the night when he officially received the John Mackey Award trophy, Florida Atlantic University football’s Harrison Bryant also earned Walter Camp First Team All-America honors, in voting by FBS head coaches and sports information directors.
This is the second First Team All-America selection in as many days for the senior tight end, as he was named as such by Sports Illustrated on Wednesday. Many more outlets will choose their squads in the coming days and weeks, but here is a list of Bryant’s awards that will continue to be updated as needed.
Bryant’s Award Season Accolades:
· 2019 John Mackey Award winner
· Walter Camp First Team All-America
· Sports Illustrated First Team All-America
· First Team All-Conference USA
· Conference USA All-Academic
· PFF First Team All-America
· PFF C-USA Player of the Year
· PFF All-C-USA Team
The Owls returned to practice on Thursday with the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl nine days away, on Saturday, Dec. 21. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by visiting FAUTickets.com.
About the Walter Camp
This is the 130th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team – the nation’s oldest All-America team. Twenty-six players have been selected to the first team by the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, 25 players were selected to the Second Team.
The 2019 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the organization’s 53rd annual national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
