Brad Musso named to AFCA and Associated Press All-American teams

Wheaton, Ill. (12/18) Wheaton College senior Brad Musso has been named to a pair of All-American teams for his outstanding senior season. On Tuesday Musso was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-American Team. The 22-player AFCA All-American Team is selected by the Division III coaches. Musso was a Third Team selection to the Associated Press' "Little All-America Team". The Associated Press selects the top football players from both NCAA Division II and Division III for the "Little All-America Team".

Musso, a senior wide receiver for the Thunder, caught a school-record 98 passes for 1,293 yards with nine touchdown catches this season. He finished the year second in Division III in receptions with 8.9 catches per game and was fourth in the nation in receiving yards with 117.5 receiving yards per game.

In his four-year career at Wheaton Musso caught a school-record 255 passes for 4,287 yards, the fifth-highest career receiving yardage total in Division III history. Musso is a four-time All-CCIW selection, earning First Team All-League honors the last three seasons.

He also holds Wheaton 's career records for all-purpose yards with 5,332 yards and the all-time mark for punt return yardage with 923 yards. He has averaged 5.5 recHe has scored 39 career touchdowns with 236 points, the third-best career scoring total in Wheaton's 92 seasons of intercollegiate football.

Musso holds Wheaton's record for consecutive games appeared in with a reception, catching at least one pass in the 38 straight games that he appeared in from Nov. 3, 2001 until the final game of his collegiate career on Nov. 27, 2004. In fact, Musso started 46 of Wheaton 's 47 games over the past four years, catching at least one pass in 45 of the 46 games he started at receiver. In 32 of his 46 career appearances he caught five or more passes and he recorded 100 or more receiving yards in 21 of the 46 games he has played in.

Wheaton finished its third consecutive 10-win season with a record of 10-2, third consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III Playoffs and its fourth College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship in five seasons.

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