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Wester Named to the FWAA All-America Team
12/11/2023 9:20:00 AM | Football
First-Team Selection
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Junior LaJohntay Wester has been named as a 2023 Football Writers Association First-Team selection, as announced by the FWAA today.
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Wester was selected as an elite punt returner. The junior finished the regular season No. 2 nationally in punt return TDs. He led the American Athletic Conference in all-purpose yards with 1,520 and became the first Owl to return a punt for a TD since 2014.
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Wester's regular season receiving efforts led the nation, as well as the AAC, wire-to-wire in receptions per game (9.0), receiving yards (1,168), receiving yards per game (97.3), and in punt returns for a TD. The Palmetto, Florida native rewrote the FAU record book in the process. (See below for full list of FAU Records)
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Junior LaJohntay Wester has been named as a 2023 Football Writers Association First-Team selection, as announced by the FWAA today.
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Wester was selected as an elite punt returner. The junior finished the regular season No. 2 nationally in punt return TDs. He led the American Athletic Conference in all-purpose yards with 1,520 and became the first Owl to return a punt for a TD since 2014.
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Wester's regular season receiving efforts led the nation, as well as the AAC, wire-to-wire in receptions per game (9.0), receiving yards (1,168), receiving yards per game (97.3), and in punt returns for a TD. The Palmetto, Florida native rewrote the FAU record book in the process. (See below for full list of FAU Records)
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FAU All-Time All-Americans
| Â Player | Â Season | Â Team |
| Â Andy Rosas, P | Â 2001 | Â Football Gazette |
| Â Mauratae Johnson, SÂ Â | Â 2001 | Â Football Gazette Honorable Mention |
|  Anthony Crissinger-Hill, TE |  2003 |  SWAMI JOSH's First Team,                     Football Gazette First Team,  Sports Network Second Team |
| Â Roosevelt Bynes, WR | Â 2003 | Â Football Gazette Third Team |
| Â Chris Laskowski, LB | Â 2003 | Â Football Gazette Third Team |
| Tavious Polo, DB | Â 2007 | Â Football Writers Assoc. of America (freshman) |
| Â Frantz Joseph, LB | Â 2008 | Â SI.com Honorable Mention |
| Â Mickey Groody, PÂ | Â 2010 | Â CollegeFootballNews.com Honorable Mention |
| Â Reggie Bain, OLÂ Â | Â 2014 | Â Freshman All-American 247Sports |
|  Azeez Al-Shaair, LB |  2015 |  USA Today Freshman All-American,                Scout.com |
|  Devin "Motor" Singletary, RB |  2016 |  Freshman All-American Athlon Sports  All-American Third Team,  Campus Insider Honorable Mention |
|  Devin "Motor" Singletary, RB |  2017 |  AP All-American Third Team,  CFB All-American Second Team,                   SB Nation Honorable Mention |
|  Harrison Bryant, TE |  2019 |  Unanimous All-American:  AFCA First Team,  Associated Press First Team,  FWAA First Team,  Sporting News First Team,  Walter Camp First Team,  Phil Steele Magazine's First Team |
| Â Evan Anderson, DL | 2020 | Â Freshman All-American The Athletic |
| Â Riley Thompson, P | Â 2022 | Â Freshman All-American CFN |
| Â LaJohntay Wester, PRÂ | Â 2023 | Â FWAA First Team |
ETCHED IN THE RECORD BOOKS
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LaJohntay Wester in the FAU Record Books
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| Â Career | Â Rank | Â Total | Â Â Â Record |
| Â Pass Reception Yards | Â #1 | Â 2,703 | |
| Â Pass Receptions | Â #1 | Â 252 | |
| Â Pass Reception TDs | Â #1 | Â 21 | |
| Â Receptions Per Game | Â #1 | Â 5.6 | |
| Â All-Purpose Yards | Â #2 | Â 3,841 | Â 4,961 |
| Â Touchdowns Scored | Â #4 | Â 24 | Â 67 |
| Â Punt Return Yards | Â #2 | Â 632 | Â 822 |
| Â Punt Returns | Â #3 | Â 57 | Â 80 |
| Â Punt Return TDs | Â #T2 | Â 1 | Â 2 |
| Â Average Yards/punt return | Â #3 | Â 11.1 | Â 15.60 |
| Â Single Season | Â Rank | Â Total | Â All-Time Record |
| Â Pass Reception Yards | Â #1 | Â 1,168 | Â Third in history to record, 1,000+Â Â Â (1,168) |
| Â Receptions | Â #1 | Â First in history to tally more than 100 (108) | |
|  Pass Reception TDs |  #4 |  8 2Xs |  9 |
| Â Rec./game (10 games) | Â #1 | Â 9.0 | |
| Â All-Purpose Yards | Â #5 | Â 1,520 | Â 2,118 |
| Â Punt Return Yards | Â #3 | Â 278 | Â 311 |
| Â Punt Return TDs | Â #T1 | ||
|  Average Yards/punt  ret. |  #1 (2023) | 19.9 | |
| Â #5 (2022) | 10.46 | ||
| Single Game | Â Rank | Â Total | Â All-Time Record |
| Â Most Passes Caught | Â #2 | Â 14 | Â 15 |
| Â #3 | Â 13 | Â 15 | |
| #T4 | Â 12 2Xs | Â 15 | |
| Â Most Receiving Yards | Â #1 | Â 219 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (11 rec) |
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| Â Most TD receptions | Â #2 | Â 3 3Xs | |
| Â Most TDs Scored | Â #T4 | Â 4 | Â 5 |
| Â Longest Punt Returns | Â #3 | Â 67 | Â 75 |
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