TicketsCINCINNATI – Cincinnati football redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Dontay Corleone was named to The Athletic 2023 Preseason All-America Second Team on Monday.
Corleone was one of six Big 12 players that earned a first or second-team selection.
The preseason accolades continue to roll in for Corleone, who was tabbed a preseason "player to watch" for the 2023 Walter Camp Trophy last week and was on a short list of players nationally that were named to both watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Bronko Nagurski Trophy earlier this month.
The Cincinnati Colerain High School product anchored a defense that ranked fifth nationally with 4.61 yards per play allowed and totaled 45 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, three sacks, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles in only 11 games to earn All-AAC First Team and Third Team All-America selections from the Associated Press (AP) and Pro Football Focus (PFF) in 2022. He was also named an AFCA and College Football News Freshman All-American.
Corleone finished as the nation's highest-graded defensive player by PFF (93.8) last fall and recorded a single-season run defense grade (94.7) that was the best of any player since 2019.