The countdown to the 2018 college football season is on. Four FCS teams are in action Aug. 25 as Duquesne takes on UMass, Prairie View faces Rice and North Carolina A&T and Jacksonville State square off in ESPN’s FCS Kickoff.
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*Note: Jersey numbers are from the 2017 season.
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4: Jesper Horsted, Senior Wide Receiver — Princeton
There are a lot of reasons why Princeton was voted to finish second in the Ivy League this season, but none of them are bigger than the Tigers' six-foot-four receiver, Jesper Horsted.
Horsted might be a little off your radar because of where he plays, but he'd be a starting receiver on pretty much every college football team in America. The rising senior had a sick season in 2017, posting the third-highest number of catches ever recorded by any Ivy League player. In total, he had 92 catches for 1,226 yards and 14 touchdowns — all three of which were conference-best marks. He set multiple Princeton records in the process.
So yeah, Horsted (who also plays baseball at Princeton!) is pretty filthy. After an honorable mention season as a sophomore, he was named a unanimous selection to the Ivy League's First Team in 2017.
We pegged him as a preseason All-American this summer, alongside Davion Davis and Kelvin McKnight. Expect a huge senior season.
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