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Kennedy Named 2019 FCS All America-Team by Phil Steele

Football MSU Athletic Communications

Kennedy Named 2019 FCS All America-Team by Phil Steele

2019 Phil Steele's FCS All-Amerca Team (PDF)

BALTIMORE, Md. (January 16, 2020) – Senior linebacker Rico Kennedy has been named to the 2019 FCS All-America Fourth Team by noted football publication Phil Steele on Wednesday. This is the fourth All-America squad Kennedy has been selected to since the conclusion of the 2019 season. 
 
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida product was named Third Team FCS All-America by STATS, HBCU Gameday /Protect Your Skull National Player of the Year, and BOXTOROW All-American Honorable Mention.
 
Kennedy, a construction management major who graduated in December, finished the 2019 season ranked third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in tackles with 105, averaging 8.8 per game, and he led the conference with 16.0 tackles for loss -- 4.5 of which are sacks. He also added two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on the year.  

Kennedy was named the MEAC Player of the Week after leading the Bears with a career-high 15 tackles in a 31-20 loss at Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 5.  He posted four of the Bears' seven tackles for loss on the day and finished with a sack and an interception.  The four tackles for loss were also a single game career mark.

His 51.0 career TFLs are the most in Morgan State school history, just ahead of Jarrell Guyton (49.5; 2005-08). He also finished with 19.0 career sacks, which is fourth-place all-time at MSU behind Christopher Robinson (28.5; 2011-14), Willie Thompson (26.0; 1994-97) and Justin "JR" Lawrence (24.0; 2006-08). 
 
Kennedy was also a finalist for the 2019 Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the national defensive player of the year in college football's Division I subdivision. 

About Morgan State University
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu. 
 
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Rico Kennedy

#28 Rico Kennedy

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6' 3"
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Players Mentioned

Rico Kennedy

#28 Rico Kennedy

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
LB