Iowa tight end Noah Fant named AP first-team All-American
Noah Fant has raked in the honors heading into the 2018 season, and he picked up another on Tuesday.
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Iowa tight end Noah Fant scores a touchdown during the game between Iowa and North Texas at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. The Hawkeyes went on to defeat the Mean Green 31-14. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)
August 21, 2018
Iowa tight end Noah Fant earned another accolade Aug. 21 when he was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press.
Fant, a junior, led all Football Bowl Subdivision tight ends in 2017 with 11 touchdown receptions and an average of 16.5 yards per catch.
His 11 touchdowns led the team, obviously, and he finished second on the squad with 30 receptions, which also set a career high.
Fant is no stranger to being named an All-American — the junior from Omaha was previously named a first-team All-American by NFLDraftScout, Sporting News, and Athlon Sports. He also earned a place on the Big Ten preseason honors list and made the watch lists for the John Mackey Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year.
Fant is projected as a first-round NFL Draft prospect on many mock drafts, and he is listed as the No. 1 tight end of the 2019 draft class by Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller.
Josey Jewell was the last Hawkeye named a preseason first-team All-American, accomplishing the feat before the 2017 season. By the end of the season, Jewell and Josh Jackson both had places on the first-team All-American squad.