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Jersey Number 0
Milan Tucker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lehigh Acres, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Appalachian State
- High School:
- Fort Myers
- Major:
- Communications
- Birthday:
- 1/25/2001
Bio
At Florida Atlantic
Redshirt Senior (2024)
At Appalachian State
App State Career
Redshirt Senior (2024)
- Returned to his native state to play his final year of college football after graduating from App State
- Named preseason Athlon All-AAC Fourth Team on offense, also earned spot on Jet Award Watch List
- Targeted twice at Michigan State and recorded a 16-yard kick return
- Led the Owls with five receptions for a total of 31 yards versus Army while adding a 20-yard kick return
- Had a 12-yard reception in the Owls' Shula Bowl victory over FIU and added two kick returns for a total of 30 yards; his longest was 18 yards
- Targeted in the UConn contest
- Had a four-yard reception and a 23-yard kick return in the Owls' 41-10 win over Wagner
- Added 69 yards, on two catches, to the Owls' offensive attack versus North Texas and returned three kicks for a total of 61 yards
- Returned two kicks to a total of 42 yards, an average of 21 yards per return versus South Florida
- Handled three kick returns totaling 37 yards and added a two-yard reception versus ECU
- Totaled nine receiving yards on two catches and added a kick return for 18 yards versus Temple
- Recorded an 18-yard reception versus Charlotte and added a 30-yard kick return
- Targeted once versus Tulsa
TUCKER FEATURE
At Appalachian State
App State Career
- Appeared in 53 games from 2019-23
- Second-team All-American as a kick returner in 2022 from the Football Writers Association of America
- Returned 52 kickoffs for 1,316 yards (seventh place in program history) and one touchdown (96 yards against Marshall in 2022) to go along with 24 catches for 336 yards and one touchdown as a receiver, as well as 13 tackles as a cornerback/on special teams and one fumble recovery (on special teams).
- Appeared in all 14 games, averaging 23.8 yards on 23 kickoff returns and catching 21 passes for 305 yards with one touchdown
- Scored first career receiving touchdown on a 35-yard, go-ahead catch and run against East Carolina
- Had a 69-yard reception against Coastal Carolina
- Switched permanently from CB to WR after the first fall scrimmage
- First three returns produced gains of 41, 48, and 34 yards in 2023
- Preseason third-team All-American as a kick returner in 2023 from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele
- Second-team All-American as a kick returner from the Football Writers Association of America
- First place in the Sun Belt and second nationally (among qualifying players) with a kick return average of 28.2 yards (with 620 yards on 22 returns)
- All-Sun Belt second team from PFN and third team from the league
- Scored his first career touchdown with a 96-yard kickoff return at Marshall
- Gave App State a kick return touchdown for the fifth straight year
- Also had key returns of 47 yards vs. UNC and 63 yards in the win vs. Georgia State
- Started at cornerback against Robert Morris and saw additional action as a reserve cornerback and on additional special teams units, finishing the season with three stops
- Preseason watch list for the Hornung Award.
- Appeared in 13 of 14 games, missing just the Elon game
- Began the year as a slot receiver and finished it as a cornerback after switching based on secondary injuries for the final eight games
- Diving, one-hop recovery of an onside kick after App State’s first touchdown in a 30-27 win against No. 14 Coastal Carolina helped Mountaineer turn a 14-0 deficit into a 14-14 tie
- Had one catch for 20 yards in the opening victory against East Carolina in Charlotte and totaled seven kickoff returns for 149 yards, with a long of 26 against Louisiana during the regular season
- Finished season with three tackles, including one defensive stop at Arkansas State
- Had two kickoff returns for 51 yards against Louisiana, four returns for 88 yards against Coastal Carolina, and one for 10 yards at Troy
- Appeared in the final 11 games, contributing as a receiver who switched to No. 0 after beginning the year as a cornerback
- Caught two passes for 11 yards and had one carry for 7 yards
- Also a special teams contributor, made three tackles
- Had an eight-yard reception against Arkansas State, a 7-yard run against ULM, and a 3-yard catch against Louisiana
- Officially redshirted while playing in three games as a true freshman
- Made two tackles, including one at cornerback in the fourth quarter of the 34-31 win at North Carolina
- Also made a stop at cornerback against ULM.
- Played both ways for Fort Myers, racking up over 1,000 all-purpose yards and 12 total touchdowns (nine receiving, three rushing) to go with 34 tackles, an interception, and a blocked field goal as a senior
- Saw time at cornerback as well as receiver and running back in the Green Wave’s new spread offense in 2018
- Helped coach Sam Sirianni’s team to a 10-3 record and second round of the Florida 6-A playoffs and earned first-team all-area honors from The News-Press
- Second-team all-area as a junior in 2017, when he totaled nearly 750 all-purpose yards and seven TDs as one wing in the Green Wave’s wing-T scheme and intercepted two passes, recovered a fumble, and blocked a punt
- Son of former Major League Baseball outfielder Michael Tucker
- Rated a three-star prospect by the 247Sports composite rankings
- Son of Michael Tucker and Azureed Tucker
- Born on Jan. 25, 2001
Inside the Owls' Burrow S10, E7
Wednesday, September 24
Inside the Owls' Burrow S10, EP7
Monday, September 22
Enyce Sledge Pads Off
Wednesday, September 17
Jajuan Dulaney TE Coach
Wednesday, September 17
