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Dec. 13, 2006
Football: Four Penguins Earn Associated Press All-America Honors

     The Youngstown State football team was well represented on The Associated Press All-America team with four selections, the service announced on Wednesday.

    Senior tailback Marcus Mason (Potomac, Md.) was named to the first team, senior center Ryan Jewell (Warren, Ohio) and senior cornerback Jason Perry (Warrensville Heights, Ohio) were named to the second team while senior cornerback Codera Jackson (Rochester, N.Y.) was selected to the third team by the AP.

    The four selections are the most since 1997 (two first and two second teamers) and tied for the second most in school history behind five on the 1994 squad (three first team, one second team and one third team).

    Mason has already been named to the Walter Camp Foundation and AFCA All-America squads. Jewell was named to the Walter Camp team as well.

    Perry, finished with a team-high 11 pass breakups and tied for team-high honors with Jackson with four interceptions. Perry finished with 65 total tackles, including 32 solo stops. He returned two interceptions for touchdowns during the campaign.

    Jackson finished with 61 total tackles, including 39 solo stops. He had four interceptions, three pass breakups and two forced fumbles.

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