Chase Coffman Named AFCA 1st-Team All-American
Senior Is Second-Straight Tiger Tight End To Earn The Honor
Dec. 4, 2008
Columbia, Mo. – University of Missouri senior tight end Chase Coffman (Peculiar, Mo.) has been named a 1st-Team All-American by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA) for his outstanding play in 2008. Coffman has established himself as the top tight end in the country, and despite missing two games in November due to a foot injury, he has 79 catches for 872 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
Coffman is the second straight Tiger tight end to be named 1st-Team All-American by the AFCA, as he follows in the footsteps of 2007 All-American Martin Rucker, who is now playing for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.
The Big 12 Conference leader in receptions per game (7.90), Coffman ranks 5th in the NCAA among all players in the category, and he also ranks 6th in the Big 12 (20th in the NCAA) in receiving yards per game (87.20).
Earlier this season, Coffman established himself as the most prolific pass-catching tight end in NCAA Division I-A (FBS) history, breaking the former record of 217 catches by Louisville’s Ibn Green (1996-99). Coffman has 236 career receptions for 2,544 yards and an MU-record 29 touchdowns entering the final two games of his Tiger career.
Coffman and his teammates will play in their second-straight Big 12 Conference Championship Game this Saturday as they take on the Oklahoma Sooners in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
Senior Is Second-Straight Tiger Tight End To Earn The Honor
Dec. 4, 2008
Columbia, Mo. – University of Missouri senior tight end Chase Coffman (Peculiar, Mo.) has been named a 1st-Team All-American by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA) for his outstanding play in 2008. Coffman has established himself as the top tight end in the country, and despite missing two games in November due to a foot injury, he has 79 catches for 872 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
Coffman is the second straight Tiger tight end to be named 1st-Team All-American by the AFCA, as he follows in the footsteps of 2007 All-American Martin Rucker, who is now playing for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.
The Big 12 Conference leader in receptions per game (7.90), Coffman ranks 5th in the NCAA among all players in the category, and he also ranks 6th in the Big 12 (20th in the NCAA) in receiving yards per game (87.20).
Earlier this season, Coffman established himself as the most prolific pass-catching tight end in NCAA Division I-A (FBS) history, breaking the former record of 217 catches by Louisville’s Ibn Green (1996-99). Coffman has 236 career receptions for 2,544 yards and an MU-record 29 touchdowns entering the final two games of his Tiger career.
Coffman and his teammates will play in their second-straight Big 12 Conference Championship Game this Saturday as they take on the Oklahoma Sooners in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
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