Augsburg's Royce Winford named to D3Football.com All-America second team

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MINNEAPOLIS (12/17/07) -- Augsburg College wide receiver Royce Winford (JR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) was named to the All-America second team by D3Football.com, a national website that covers NCAA Division III football, on Saturday.

Winford is the fifth Augsburg player to earn D3Football.com All-American honors since the website began naming All-American teams in 1999. Earlier this season, Winford was named as a first-team All-West Region honoree from D3Football.com, and was named as a first-team All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection.

"Royce has been an awesome person to watch grow," said Augsburg head coach Frank Haege. "He was part of our first recruiting class, a virtually unknown wide receiver from a Wing-T offense. He came in raw, but with great attitude and potential. The two things that set him apart are his work in the weight room and his competitive nature. In the weight room, he became a member of our 1,000-pound club in the spring of his sophomore year -- very unusual for a wide receiver. He competes to win at everything, whether it be in a practice drill and or a pick-up basketball game; he is playing to win without excuses. What a great honor for a well-deserving young man."

Winford set a single-season school record with 16 receiving touchdowns, while becoming the first Auggie since 1998 to record a 1,000-yard receiving season. He caught 101 passes for 1,403 yards, the second-most receptions and receiving yards in a single season in school history. He had seven 100-yard-plus receiving yardage games this season, including three straight games with 200 or more receiving yards midway through the season. In Augsburg's 38-16 victory over Carleton on Oct. 20, Winford set a team and MIAC single-game record with 20 receptions, a total that is tops among all NCAA football players, regardless of division, this season.

His 10.1 receptions per-game currently stand second-best among all NCAA Division III receivers, and his 140.3 receiving yards per-game and 1,403 receiving yards both currently stand third-best among all Division III receivers and are tops among all MIAC receivers in overall play. He also stands 20th among Division III players in scoring (9.6 points per-game). In league games-only, his 89 receptions (11.1 per-game) and 1,189 yards (148.6 per-game) were both tops among all MIAC receivers.

Among all college football receivers (all NCAA divisions and NAIA) this season (through games of Dec. 8, see below), Winford's 10.1 receptions per game rank sixth-highest nationally, while his 140.3 receiving yards per-game rank fifth-highest nationally and his 1,403 receiving yards rank seventh-highest nationally.

In 28 career games, Winford has 154 catches (fourth-most in school history) for 2,143 yards (fourth-most in school history) and 24 receiving touchdowns (third-most in school history).

Under Haege, in his third year as Augsburg's head coach, the Auggie football team finished 5-5 overall, 3-5 in MIAC play this season, marking the first time Augsburg had reached the .500 mark since 2003 (5-5 overall, 4-4 MIAC). With its five victories this season, Augsburg also eclipsed its number of wins from the previous three seasons combined (4-26).

Winford was one of seven MIAC players named to the D3Football.com All-American teams this season, comprising 100 players. Bethel senior safety Brandon Carr was a first-team selection, while St. John's junior defensive tackle Nick Gunderson joined Winford on the second team. St. Olaf senior wide receiver Horace Gant was a third-team selection, and three MIAC players were honorable-mention selections -- St. Thomas senior wide receiver P.J. Theisen, Concordia-Moorhead senior offensive tackle Grant Weller and St. John's senior center Andrew Salvato.

Royce Winford in national receiving statistics rankings (through games of Dec. 8):

2007 NCAA all-divisions and NAIA receptions per-game leaders (all games -- above 10.0 receptions per-game or 100 receptions)
13.0 -- Nick Smart, Southwest Baptist (Mo., Division II) -- 11 games, 143 receptions, 1,263 yards, 9 TDs
10.64 -- Terrell Hudgins, Elon (N.C., Division I-FCS) -- 11 games, 117 receptions, 1,474 yards, 18 TDs
10.42 -- Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (Division I-FBS) -- 12 games, 125 receptions, 1,861 yards, 21 TDs
10.3 -- Hagen Miller, Guliford (N.C., Division III) -- 10 games, 103 receptions, 976 yards, 11 TDs
10.17 -- Jordy Nelson, Kansas State (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 122 receptions, 1,606 yards, 11 TDs
10.1 -- Royce Winford, Augsburg (Minn., Division III) -- 10 games, 101 receptions, 1,403 yards, 16 TDs
10.0 -- Chad Arlt, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn., Division III) – 10 games, 100 receptions, 1,294 yards, 11 TDs
10.0 -- Drew Smith, Hampden-Sydney (Va., Division III) -- 11 games, 110 receptions, 1,616 yards, 8 TDs
9.25 -- Casey Fitzgerald, North Texas (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 111 receptions, 1,322 yards, 12 TDs
8.58 -- Danny Amendola, Texas Tech (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 103 receptions, 1,177 yards, 5 TDs
8.42 -- Davone Bess, Hawaii (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 101 receptions, 1,213 yards, 12 TDs
8.33 -- Ryan Grice-Mullen, Hawaii (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 100 receptions, 1,335 yards, 12 TDs

2007 NCAA all-divisions and NAIA receiving yardage per-game leaders (all games -- all receivers above 130.0 yards per-game)
155.08 ypg (1,861 yards) -- Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (Division I-FBS) -- 12 games, 125 receptions, 21 TDs
148.0 ypg (1,628 yards) -- Jack Phelan, Hartwick (N.Y., Division III) -- 11 games, 73 receptions, 23 TDs
146.9 ypg (1,616 yards) -- Drew Smith, Hampden-Sydney (Va., Division III) -- 11 games, 110 receptions, 8 TDs
143.6 ypg (1,292 yards) -- McKay Dunn, Southern Virginia (NAIA) – 9 games, 86 receptions, 11 TDs
140.3 ypg (1,403 yards) -- Royce Winford, Augsburg (Minn., Division III) -- 10 games, 101 receptions, 16 TDs
134.00 ypg (1,474 yards) -- Terrell Hudgins, Elon (N.C., Division I-FCS) -- 11 games, 117 receptions, 18 TDs
133.83 ypg (1,606 yards) -- Jordy Nelson, Kansas State (Division I-FBS) -- 12 games, 122 receptions, 11 TDs
133.36 ypg (1,467 yards) -- Ramses Barden, Cal Poly (Division I-FCS) -- 11 games, 57 receptions, 18 TDs

2007 NCAA all-divisions and NAIA receiving yardage leaders (all games -- all receivers above 1,300 yards)
1,861 (155.08 ypg) -- Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (Division I-FBS) -- 12 games, 125 receptions, 21 TDs
1,628 (148.0 ypg) -- Jack Phelan, Hartwick (N.Y., Division III) -- 11 games, 73 receptions, 23 TDs
1,616 (146.9 ypg) -- Drew Smith, Hampden-Sydney (Va., Division III) -- 11 games, 110 receptions, 8 TDs
1,606 (133.83 ypg) -- Jordy Nelson, Kansas State (Division I-FBS) -- 12 games, 122 receptions, 11 TDs
1,474 (134.00 ypg) -- Terrell Hudgins, Elon (N.C., Division I-FCS) -- 11 games, 117 receptions, 18 TDs
1,467 (133.36 ypg) -- Ramses Barden, Cal Poly (Division I-FCS) -- 11 games, 57 receptions, 18 TDs
1,403 (140.3 ypg) -- Royce Winford, Augsburg (Minn., Division III) -- 10 games, 101 receptions, 16 TDs
1,336 (111.33 ypg) -- Donnie Avery, Houston (Texas, Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 81 receptions, 7 TDs
1,335 (111.25 ypg) -- Ryan Grice-Mullen, Hawaii (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 100 receptions, 12 TDs
1,331 (121.0 ypg) -- Almonzo Banks, West Liberty State (Mo., Division II) -- 11 games, 88 receptions, 18 TDs
1,322 (110.17 ypg) -- Casey Fitzgerald, North Texas (Division I-FBS) – 12 games, 111 receptions, 12 TDs
1,308 (100.62 ypg) -- Aaron Boyce, Eastern Washington (Division I-FCS) – 13 games, 85 receptions, 10 TDs

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