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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2173201"] [B]Amba Etta - Tawo[/B] [B]Senior Year (2016):[/B] Started all 12 games at outside receiver and was installed as a team captain after the season ... Earned All-America honors from [I]Sporting News[/I] (second team), the Associated Press (third team), Phil Steele (fourth team) and [I]Athlon Sports[/I] (fourth team) ... All-ACC First Team selection (Media, Coaches) ... One of the 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the nation's most outstanding receiver ... Rated the 15th-best player in college football and No. 2 among receivers by ESPN ... SI.com Midseason Second Team All-American ... ECAC All-Star ... Three-time ACC Receiver of the Week ... Established SU single-season records for receptions (94), receiving yards (1,482) and receiving yards per game (123.5) ... His 94 catches ranked seventh on the ACC single-season ledger, while his 1,482 yards and 123.5 yards per game were both second in conference single-season history to Torry Holt's marks of 1,604 yards and 145.8 yards per game for NC State in 1998 ... ACC leader in receptions per game (7.8), total receiving yardage, receiving yards per game and touchdown catches (14) ... Eighth in the FBS and second among Power-Five players in receiving yardage behind Oklahoma's Dede Westbrook (1,524) ... Third to Clemson's Mike Williams (98) and North Carolina's Ryan Switzer (96) for the most receptions by a Power-Five receiver ... Sixth nationally in receiving yards per game and seventh in receptions per game ... His 14 touchdown catches tied Tommy Kane's 1987 Syracuse season record ... Led all ACC receivers with a school-record seven 100-yard games, including a team-record five in a row to start the season ... Third player in ACC history with two 200-yard receiving games in the same season, joining Holt (1998) and Florida State's Craphonso Thorpe (2003) ... Fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yards per game (123.5) and fourth in scoring by non-kickers at 7.0 points per contest ... Averaged 15.8 yards per catch ... Had 18 receptions of 25+ yards and 10 of 40+ yards, including eight TDs ... Made his Syracuse debut in the season opener versus Colgate (9/2) and caught 12 passes for 210 yards, including a 43-yard TD on the first reception of his Orange career, to earn ACC Receiver of the Week honors ... Against Louisville (9/9), had eight catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns ... Made eight receptions for 123 yards versus USF (9/17) ... Tallied 12 receptions and set the SU single-game record with 270 yards receiving and two touchdowns at Connecticut (9/24). His yardage total was the top single-game figure in the ACC in 2016 and eclipsed Scott Schwedes' previous SU record of 249 yards against Boston College in 1985, a mark that stood for more than 30 years ... Earned his second ACC Receiver of the Week honor for the performance ... Served as SU's offensive captain and tallied his school-record fifth consecutive 100-yard game with seven catches for 134 yards and a touchdown versus Notre Dame (10/1) ... At Wake Forest (10/8), made four receptions for 36 yards ... Had five catches for 54 yards in SU's 31-17 victory over Virginia Tech (10/15) ... At Boston College (10/22), totaled 144 yards on 10 catches, including a 68-yard TD reception in the fourth quarter to help seal a 28-20 victory ... Had nine catches for 84 yards at Clemson (11/5) ... Made four receptions for 88 yards, including a career-long, 81-yard touchdown reception against NC State (11/12) ... Two catches for 58 yards versus Florida State (11/19), including a 46-yard Hail Mary touchdown at the end of the first half ... As a game captain at Pittsburgh (11/26), made a career-high 13 receptions for 178 yards and set the Syracuse single-game record with five touchdown receptions to earn his third ACC Receiver of the Week award. His five TD catches tied Holt's ACC single-game record, and his 30 points scored against the Panthers were a conference high. I don’t know. Based on the above it’s just so hard to make a decision. One year and this is all he did!? Nah, it was probably a fluke. Not that fast - only 4.35. Undrafted. ;) [/QUOTE]

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