PHILADELPHIA – The Ivy League has announced the All-Ivy football teams for the 2019 season, and six University of Pennsylvania football players have been honored with three earning first-team All-Ivy and three more receiving second-team All-Ivy recognition by vote of the eight head coaches.
 
First-Team All-Ivy
Greg Begnoche (OL)
Karekin Brooks (RB)
Prince Emili (DL)
 
Second-Team All-Ivy
Ryan Cragun (WR)
Zach Evans (LB)
Brian O'Neill (LB)
 
All-Ivy Notes

• Begnoche is the fourth different offensive lineman to earn first-team All-Ivy over the past five seasons, and is earning All-Ivy recognition for the second time in his career after he received honorable mention in 2017.
• Brooks continued his progression up the All-Ivy ladder, as he was honorable mention in 2017 and second-team All-Ivy last season. He is the first Penn running back named first-team All-Ivy since Tre Solomon in 2016 and just the second since Joe Sandberg in 2007.
• Emili was named All-Ivy for the first time in his career and made it the fourth year in a row that a Penn defensive lineman was named first-team All-Ivy (Louis Vecchio in 2016 and 2017, Cooper Gardner in 2018).
• Only a sophomore, Cragun earned his first All-Ivy recognition and became Penn's first All-Ivy wide receiver since 2017 graduate and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer Justin Watson.
• Evans and O'Neill are both receiving All-Ivy honors for the first time, making it two years in a row that Penn has had two linebackers earn first or second-team All-Ivy.

 
About Penn's 2019 All-Ivy Selections…
Greg Begnoche (1st) – NFF William Campbell Trophy Semifinalist for National Student-Athlete of the Year … Led offensive line that blocked for Karekin Brooks, the Ivy League's leading rusher and only the 12th 1,000-yard rusher in program history … Part of an offensive line which ranked second in the Ivy League and 30th nationally in sacks allowed per game (1.6)
 
Karekin Brooks (1st) – Became just the 12th player in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, finishing 2019 with 1,003 ... Also had 31 receptions for 200 yards ... Led Penn in scoring with nine touchdowns ... Graduates third on Penn's all-time rushing list with 2,847 yards, a total that is No. 21 all-time among Ivy League running backs … Ranks fifth all-time in carries by a Penn running back with 516 … Ranks sixth all-time at Penn in career rushing TDs (26) … ranks eighth all-time at Penn in all-purpose yards (3,355) … Averaged 5.51 yards-per-carry over his career, which ranks No. 2 all-time by a Quaker and No. 8 all-time in the Ivy League … Ran for 202 yards in a win at Lafayette, becoming the first back in program history with three 200-yard games during his career ... Went over 100 yards three other times this season, against Sacred Heart (178), Delaware (158) and Harvard (102).
 
Prince Emili (1st) – Tops among Ivy League defensive linemen with 65 total tackles and 14.0 tackles for loss … Registered 4.5 sacks and 7 quarterback hurries … Ranked 28th in FCS in tackles-for-loss per game (1.4) … Had 13 tackles at Columbia … Was in on 10 tackles with 3.0 TFL against Brown … Had 10 tackles, including 2.5 sacks against Cornell.
 
Ryan Cragun (2nd) – Caught 58 passes for 885 yards and three touchdowns … Ranked No. 13 in FCS in receiving yards per game (98.3) … Ranked No. 16 in FCS in receptions per game (6.4) … His 885 receiving yards ranks ninth all-time in a season at Penn and his 58 receptions ranks 12th … Had four games with more than 100 receiving yards … Caught eight passes for 145 yards in his varsity debut at Delaware … Had eight catches for 128 yards and two touchdowns at Lafayette … Caught 13 passes for 208 yards at Yale, the 13 receptions tying him for fifth in program history for catches in a single game … Had 11 catches for 144 yards against Brown.
 
Zach Evans (2nd) – Led Penn and the Ivy League with 83 tackles and was second on team with five pass breakups … Had a season-high 12 tackles against Dartmouth, including 10 solo tackles … Had 10 tackles against Brown … Broke up two passes against Cornell, including an interception.
 
Brian O'Neill (2nd) – Finished with 58 total tackles and was second on team with 12.5 tackles for loss … Registered 4.0 sacks … Also had three interceptions and a fumble recovery … Had nine tackles, including 5.0 for loss, against Lafayette … Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after he totaled six solo tackles, two sacks, a 21-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown, and two interceptions against Brown.