CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University football senior defensive lineman
Truman Jones and senior running back
Aidan Borguet have both earned First Team CSC Academic All-America accolades, College Sports Communicators announced on Tuesday.
The 2022 Bushnell Cup winner as the Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Jones gained First Team All-Ivy unanimously alongside FCS Associated Press Third Team All-America and FCS Stats Perform Third Team All-America. He captured the Bulger Lowe Award given to the New England Defensive Player of the Year this past fall. Jones gained Phil Steele Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and First Team Phil Steele All-Ivy League.
A New England Football Writers All-New England Team pick, he led the Ivy league in tackles for loss (13.0) and ranked third in sacks (6.0). In the NCAA FCS rankings, he stood fourth in blocked kicks (three), 23
rd in tackles for loss per game, and 41
st in sacks per game. Selected to play in both the 2023 Hula Bowl and 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl, Jones totaled 40 tackles and six quarterback hurries in 2023.
A biomedical engineering concentrator with plans to attend medical school following his playing career, Jones gained Academic All-Ivy, College Sports Communicators Academic All-District, and William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist accolades this past season.
Borguet gained recognition as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top offensive player in the nation in the FCS, and as a finalist for the Ivy League's Bushnell Cup, given to the conference's top offensive and defensive player. A unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection, he earned Phil Steele First Team All-Ivy League and New England Football Writers All-New England Team honors, while also garnering College Sports Communications Academic All-District accolades as a government concentrator.
This past fall, Borguet ran for 1,182 yards, ranking fifth all-time in program history and becoming the eighth student-athlete in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Borguet ranked ninth in the FCS in rushing yards per game (118.3), 15
th in rushing yards (1,183), and 21
st in all-purpose yards per game (124.10). He led the Ivy League in rushing yards (1,183), rushing yards per game (118.3), rushing attempts (206), while standing third in the conference in rushing touchdowns (10) and yards per carry (5.7). For his career, Borguet rushed for 2,429 career yards, standing eighth in program history.