D3football.com All-American Teams

Utica, NY (12/18/2012) – Senior wide receiver Jeremy Meier (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) of the Utica College football team was named to the 2012 D3football.com All-America Third Team Friday.  Meier is the first player in the program's 12 year history to earn a spot on one of the four D3football.com All-America teams. He is also one of just three players from the Empire 8 to be honored with All-American status. 

Meier, who was also an Empire 8 All-Conference first teamer and a D3football.com All-East Region selection, will graduate as the most accomplished receiver in program-history.  This past season he led the Empire 8 in touchdowns (15), receptions (73), yards (1,212), yards per game (121.2), and yards per catch (16.6). He also finished the year ranked ninth in the country in yards receiving per game. 

He became the first Pioneer in school history to record over 1,000 yards (1,212) receiving in a single-season and also broke the college's all-time record in yards (2,472) and receptions (187). Meier will graduate as the College's all-time leading scorer with 194 career points scored.  He scored a school-record 32 career touchdowns. His yards, receptions, and touchdown catches this past year were both single-season records for UC.

This past season he helped guided the program to new heights, as UC tied the school-record for wins in a single-season (6) and the Pioneers set a new record for Empire 8 Conference victories (4).  He helped give UC a legitimate shot at an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament as they played nationally-ranked Salisbury in Week 9 with a chance at the Conference title hanging in the balance.  Headed into their week 9 contest the Pioneers were receiving votes in both the AFCA and D3football.com national polls for the first time in program-history.

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