CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel football team placed an FCS-high two cadet-athletes on the Walter Camp All-American Team, it was announced Monday.

Defensive back Dee Delaney and offensive lineman Isaiah Pinson each earned All-America accolades from the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Delaney became The Citadel's first two-time Walter Camp All-American, and Pinson earned his second All-America honor of 2016. The Citadel, which has two Walter Camp All-Americans for the second straight year, was one of four teams with multiple representatives on the Walter Camp All-American Team, tying James Madison, Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State for the most in the nation.

Delaney was also voted a first-team All-American by the Associated Press and College Sports Madness and was selected as a first-team All-Southern Conference performer by the conference's coaches and media for his performance this season. The junior from Beaufort, South Carolina, recorded 35 tackles, six interceptions, eight pass breakups and one fumble recovery in 2016. His interceptions total tied for third on The Citadel's single-season list, and his 14 total passes defended tied for fourth in a season in program history. Delaney's six interceptions ranked first in the Southern Conference and tied for third in FCS in 2016, and his passes defended total ranked second in the SoCon. He was one of five FCS defenders with two multiple-interception games in 2016, grabbing two against Furman and making interceptions on back-to-back plays in the second round of the FCS Playoffs against Wofford.

Delaney's career total of 13 interceptions is tied for second on The Citadel's all-time career list, five behind the program record, and his 32 career passes defended are fourth in program history, also five shy of the Bulldogs' career record. Delaney helped lead a Bulldog defense that ranked first in the Southern Conference in fewest first downs allowed, third-down defense and fewest passing touchdowns allowed. The Citadel held its opponents to 177 first downs, the seventh-best mark in FCS, while allowing 30.1 percent on third-down conversions to rank ninth in FCS. The Bulldogs also ranked 12th in FCS with 13 passing touchdowns allowed.

Pinson has also been named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association, The Citadel's first since 2012. He was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection by the conference's coaches and media and the SoCon's Jacobs Blocking Award winner. The junior from Wellford, South Carolina, started all 12 games this season at left tackle to increase his consecutive starts streak to 37 games. He played 889 snaps, missing only 15 offensive plays in 2016, and recorded 123 knockdowns while allowing zero sacks and grading out at 90-percent for the season.

Pinson blocked for an offense that leads FCS in rushing with an average of 348.2 yards per game and fewest tackles for loss allowed with an average of 3.3 per game and is tied for the fewest sacks allowed in Division I with three. The Bulldogs also finished the season ranked first in the Southern Conference in time of possession, yards per completion, third-down conversions and yards per rush. Their average possession time of 34 minutes, 37 seconds ranks second in FCS, while the Bulldogs' 15.5 yards per completion ranks sixth, their third-down conversion rate of 47.7 percent ranks ninth and their average of 5.37 yards per rush ranks 10th.

The Citadel won its second consecutive Southern Conference championship and tied the SoCon record with an 8-0 conference mark in 2016. The Bulldogs began the season 10-0 and earned the No. 6 seed in the FCS Playoffs, hosting a playoff game in Johnson Hagood Stadium for the first time since 1992.

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