PHILADELPHIA – Seven members of the University of Pennsylvania football team earned All-Ivy honors as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon. It marked the most Quakers to garner end-of-the-year accolades since nine Penn players picked up league-wide distinction following the 2018 season.
Senor DL
Prince Emili and senior LB
Brian O'Neill were named first-team All-Ivy while senior RB
Isaiah Malcome, senior OL
Trevor Radosevich and senior DB
Jason McCleod, Jr. all earned second-team All-Ivy honors. Senior DL
Jake Heimlicher and junior DL
Micah Morris were both honorable mention All-Ivy.
For his work in the classroom and on the gridiron, Malcome also was named Academic All-Ivy.
Emili capped a stellar career with the Red and Blue by picking up first team All-Ivy honors for the second time. He finished the season with 49 tackles, 13 tackles for loss (TFL) including five sacks, and one blocked kick. Emili ranked second in the Ivy League in TFLs and he had five games with two or more TFLs. Last week, he earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. Emili graduates from Penn with 11 career sacks and 30.5 TFLs.
O'Neill earned All-Ivy distinction for the second time in his career after landing on the second team in 2019. He
had a team-high 59 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, one interception, one fumble recovery, three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup this fall. O'Neill ranked
sixth in the Ivy League in total tackles and ninth in tackles per game. He
had two games this year with 10 or more tackles in 2021 and finishes his impressive career with the Quakers with 200 tackles.
Radosevich was a mainstay on the offensive line in 2021, starting all 10 games at center. Dating back to 2019, he has started the last 20 games in the trenches in for the Red and Blue. Radosevich anchored an offensive line that averaged more than 125 rushing yards per game.
Malcome puts the exclamation point on a great career at Penn by earning All-Ivy honors for the first time. He rushed for 719 yards and six TDs in 2021 and caught 29 passes for 201 yards and a TD out of the backfield. He also had a team-high seven touchdowns this autumn. Malcome ranked third in the Ivy League in all-purpose yards (987) and he led all Ivy League running backs with 5.9 yards per carry. Malcome was the only Ivy League running back to have a 200-yard rushing game this fall, and he was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on October 11. Malcome ends his career as Penn's all-time leader in yards per carry (6.0).
McCleod had a breakout season at cornerback for the Quakers in 2021, recording three interceptions, 15 pass breakups and 18 passes defended. He led the Ivy League in pass breakups and passes defended and he was third in interceptions. He had four games with three or more pass breakups this fall, the most by any player in the Ancient Eight. He ends the season ranked second in the nation in passes defended per game (1.8).
Heimlicher was a force on the defensive line all autumn for the Red and Blue, setting new career bests in
tackles (51), TFLs (12.5), sacks (7.5) and quarterback hurries (12). Heimlicher
ranked fourth in the Ivy League in sacks and fifth in TFLs. In a victory over Brown on October 30, he registered a career-high three sacks. His 7.5 sacks were the most by a Penn player since Tyler Drake had 8.5 in 2015.
Morris had an impressive season in the trenches for the Quakers in 2021. In his first season as a starter on the defensive line, he registered 35 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, one sack and one forced fumble. In Penn's win over Brown he blocked a field goal attempt going into halftime. Morris had a season-high seven tackles and one forced fumble in the season opener against Bucknell.
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