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Jared Casey Named to CSC Academic All-America Team
1/28/2025 11:00:00 AM | Football
LAWRENCE, KAN. – Kansas' Jared Casey was named Second Team Academic All-America as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday. The team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
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Casey, from Plainville, Kansas, earns his first CSC Academic All-America honor with a 3.91 GPA in Sport Management at KU. Casey becomes the 15th Jayhawk in program history to earn the Academic All-America distinction, including the fifth in the past three seasons, joining Mason Fairchild (2023), Jalon Daniels (2022), Sam Burt (2022) and Earl Bostick Jr (2002).
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Casey recently finished his senior season as a Jayhawk, earning First Team All-Big 12 honors in 2024. Casey was fifth on the team with 18 receptions for 203 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. He was previously named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, and he was on the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
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To qualify for the Academic All-America teams, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50, be at least a sophomore athletically and academically with a year in residence at the school and appear in 90 percent of all contests. Upon being named Academic All-District, individuals are placed on the All-America ballot.
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Casey is one of eight individuals from the Big 12 Conference to be named to the Academic All-America teams, while Colorado's Travis Hunter was named the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division I.
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Casey, from Plainville, Kansas, earns his first CSC Academic All-America honor with a 3.91 GPA in Sport Management at KU. Casey becomes the 15th Jayhawk in program history to earn the Academic All-America distinction, including the fifth in the past three seasons, joining Mason Fairchild (2023), Jalon Daniels (2022), Sam Burt (2022) and Earl Bostick Jr (2002).
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Casey recently finished his senior season as a Jayhawk, earning First Team All-Big 12 honors in 2024. Casey was fifth on the team with 18 receptions for 203 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. He was previously named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, and he was on the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
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To qualify for the Academic All-America teams, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50, be at least a sophomore athletically and academically with a year in residence at the school and appear in 90 percent of all contests. Upon being named Academic All-District, individuals are placed on the All-America ballot.
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Casey is one of eight individuals from the Big 12 Conference to be named to the Academic All-America teams, while Colorado's Travis Hunter was named the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division I.
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