Josiah Silver Selected to Associated Press All-America First Team

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior defensive end and captain Josiah Silver (Hampton, Va.) of the 19^th-ranked University of New Hampshire football team has been named to the 2024 Associated Press FCS All-America First Team.

Silver has received a pair of 2024 All-America First Team honors; he was also feted by Stats Perform.

Silver's other 2024 postseason awards include CAA Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-CAA and All-New England Team. He was also a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the FCS national defensive player of the year, as well as a semifinalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, which honors the top defensive end among all levels of college football.

Silver ended the regular season ranked No. 3 in the nation in sacks per game (0.96) and 11th in tackles for loss (1.50); both those numbers ranked second in the CAA. He was UNH's leader in both sacks (11.5) and tackles for loss (17.5), as well as quarterback hurries (four), and he ranked third in total tackles (58). Silver was also credited with one forced fumble.

The captain was named CAA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14 in recognition of tying his career highs in both sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (5.0) in UNH's 17-10 win at Elon. He finished with seven total tackles.

Silver recorded his 200th career tackle with the last of his four tackles Sept. 14 against Stonehill and ended his career with 238. He is UNH's active career leader in both sacks (37.5) and tackles for loss (64.0).

Silver, who was a DNP in the FCS playoff game, led the team in both tackles for loss (17.5) and sacks (11.5). He ranked third in both solo tackles (32) and total tackles (58). He also had a forced fumble and four QB hurries to his credit.

For the season, he recorded a tackle for loss in 8 of 12 games and a sack in 6 of 12.

Nov. 2 at UAlbany, he finished with 2.5 tackles for loss, including two sacks, with six total tackles. One week earlier, Silver tied for the team lead with eight tackles at nationally-ranked Villanova with 2.5 tackles for loss, including two sacks (one of which was a strip-sack).

In the opener at UCF, Silver made six solo tackles and two assisted for eight total tackles, which included a team-high two tackles for loss. He made eight more tackles, including a sack, at Holy Cross.

Silver ended his career as UNH's all-time sacks leader (37.5) as part of 64.0 tackles for loss and 238 total tackles.

Silver was named to a total of four All-America teams, including the Stats Perform Third Team, following the 2022 season. He also made the Associated Press Second Team, Phil Steele All-America Second Team and HERO Sports Sophomore All-American Team.

The No. 19/24 UNH football team won the last four games of the regular season to earn an at-large invitation and 16^th seed in the FCS playoffs, where the Wildcats lost in the first round to No. 23/20 UT Martin.

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