Wilson Takes Home All-American Honor

Football | 12/7/2016 12:09:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern cornerback Raheem Wilson has been named second team AFCA Division II All-American following his outstanding senior season.
 
Wilson is the first All-American selection for the Savage Storm since Baylen Laury was a D2Football.com selection in 2010 and he becomes the first AFCA selection since SE joined the NCAA.
 
It is also the 62^nd All-American honor in Southeastern football history and the 20^th since joining the NCAA.
 
Wilson has already taken home first team All-Super Region 3 honors this season and could potentially earn another All-American honor moving forward.
 
Wilson, is a senior corner back from DeSoto, Texas, was a first team All-GAC honoree. He finished the season with 47 tackles and leads the country in passes defended with 24 which included a GAC-best five interceptions and 19 pass breakups. He enters SE's record book for career interceptions and passes defended while matching that mark at the conference level with a total of 18 interceptions.
 
Southeastern wrapped up its third-straight winning season after going 7-4 which earned them a fourth-place finish in the Great American Conference standings.