Maryland's Josh Wilson Earns ACC's Tatum Award
12/14/2006 7:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 14, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland senior defensive back Josh Wilson has been named recipient of the 2006 James E. Tatum Award, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced today.
The Tatum Award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the fifties at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete.
Wilson had 52 tackles for the Terrapins during the 2006 regular season, and has 154 tackles in his career. He has played in 45 career games with 27 starts, and accumulated 3.4 tackles for loss, including 2.5 this season. The defensive back from Upper Marlboro, Md., also broke up 12 passes and had 2.0 quarterback sacks in 2006. Wilson is currently third in the ACC and fifth in the nation in kickoff returns, averaging 28.1 yards per return and finished the regular season with 856 all-purpose yards.
An Academic All-ACC selection as a junior in 2005, Wilson earned honorable mention for the 2006 All-ACC Football Team this past season. A pre-season honoree for All-American and watch list candidate for the Jim Thorpe Award, Wilson also picked up several academic accolades in 2006 including the President's Cup Award for Academic Achievement and recognition on ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Team.
A business administration major with a career 3.243 grade point average while at Maryland, he has been a member of the school's Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll every semester since the fall 2003. Wilson becomes the second Tatum Award winner from Maryland and the first since Nick Novak in 2004.
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