Dontay Corleone Collects Preseason Phil Steele All-America Honors

Cincinnati football redshirt senior defensive tackle Dontay Corleone collected preseason All-America Fourth Team honors from Phil Steele earlier this month to lead preseason accolades from the publication.

Dontay Corleone Collects Preseason Phil Steele All-America HonorsDontay Corleone Collects Preseason Phil Steele All-America Honors
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati football redshirt senior defensive tackle Dontay Corleone collected preseason All-America Fourth Team honors from Phil Steele earlier this month to lead preseason accolades from the publication.
 
Corleone was also one of just two Big 12 defensive linemen to earn preseason All-America honors from Phil Steele. It's the third straight season he was named a preseason All-American by the outlet.
 
He was also one of 11 Bearcats to be picked to a Phil Steele preseason All-Big 12 team:
 
First Team
TE Joe Royer
 
Second Team
OL Taran Tyo
DT Dontay Corleone
P Max Fletcher
LS Eli Stein
 
Third Team
WR Jeff Caldwell
 
Fourth Team
RB Tawee Walker
OL Gavin Gerhardt
OL Joe Cotton
LB Jake Golday
DB Matthew McDoom Purchase Season Tickets Today Led by First Team all-conference honorees and Queen City natives tight end Joe Royer and defensive tackle Dontay Corleone as well as starting quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the Cincinnati football team is poised to contend in the Big 12 under third-year head coach Scott Satterfield in 2025. 
 
Additionally, the Bearcats added 40 scholarship student-athletes, including 21 transfer portal additions this offseason. Cincinnati was named an early transfer portal winner by The Athletic and added the nation's top available offensive lineman (tackle Joe Cotton) in the spring portal. 
 
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