Charlotte, N.C. – Charlotte redshirt junior Victor Tucker was named 2020 Second Team all-Conference USA to highlight a school-record total of 10 Niners nabbing league honors.
TOP WIDEOUT
Tucker was the 49ers leading receiver for the third straight year. He pulled in 30 catches for 400 yards and two touchdowns in six games played. He ranked fourth in C-USA with a 66.7 receiving average and fifth with 3.0 catches per game. He had two 100-yard receiving games, both coming against league foes: 118 vs. FAU; 111 vs. WKU. In league play, he ranked third in C-USA with 6.0 catches and 87.5 yards/game. He led Charlotte with eight catches of 15 or more yards and averaged 13.3 yards per catch. His touchdown catches came at Duke and in a win over UTEP.
A 2020 Biletnikoff Watch Lister as a candidate for the nation’s top receiver, Tucker now ranks second all-time for the 49ers with 2,021 career receiving yards. His 11 career receiving TDs rank third all-time. He has 10 career 100-yard receiving games, including seven in 12 C-USA games over the last two years. He has caught a pass in 13 straight games and made 21 consecutive starts for the 49ers. In 2019, he made history by recording the 49ers first-ever touchdown in a bowl game.
Tucker is the 12th 49er to earn first or second team all-C-USA honors in Charlotte’s six years in the league. Tucker was named honorable mention all-C-USA in 2019
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
Nine other 49ers were named Honorable Mention all-Conference USA. On Offense, quarterback Chris Reynolds, who passed for 217.5 yards per game and eight TDs, running back Aaron McAllister, who became the first 49ers to score a rushing, receiving and return TD all in the same season, and offensive lineman Jaelin Fisher, a three-year starting center who was a Outland and Rimington Award Watch Lister, all earned honorable mention.
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
Five 49ers received honorable mention on defense. Defensive tackle Timmy Horne, a three-year starter who collected his 100th career tackles in 2020, defensive end Romeo McKnight, a transfer from Illinois State who was fifth on the team in tackles and led the 49ers with 5.0 tackles for loss, defensive Tyriq Harris, a four-year starter and three-time team captain who ranks in the 49ers all-time top seven in career tackles, TFL and sacks, linebacker Tyler Murray, a first-year transfer who lead the 49ers in tackles and had two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery and safety Ben DeLuca, a four-year starter who became the 49ers all-time leader in career tackles.
On special teams, punter Connor Bowler, who ranked fourth in the league with a single-season school-record 44.4 punting average and broke a school record with four punts of 50 or more yards in a game, earned an honorable mention nod.
ALL-TIME MENTIONS
DeLuca was named honorable mention all-C-USA for the third time in his career while Harris and Reynolds were tabbed for the second time.
Charlotte’s 2020 all-Conference USA Football Honors
Second Team
WR Victor Tucker
Honorable Mention
QB Chris Reynolds
RB Aaron McAllister
OL Jaelin Fisher
DT Timmy Horne
DE Tyriq Harris
DE Romeo McKnight
LB Tyler Murray
S Ben DeLuca
P Connor Bowler
