Jonathan Wins Jim Tatum Award
12/21/2020 9:44:00 PM | Football
Award for top ACC student-athlete
Syracuse senior defensive end Kingsley Jonathan has been named the recipient of the 2020 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday.
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The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete.
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Jonathan has compiled a career 3.729 GPA while majoring in information studies. The Baltimore native is a three-time ACC All-Academic Team member and a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
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A semifinalist for the 2020 Campbell Trophy and Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award, Jonathan represents Syracuse on the ACC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has posted a GPA of at least 3.5 every semester of his college academic career.
Jonathan is also involved in numerous off-field initiatives as well. He is in his second year of a two-year term as one of the ACC's Autonomy Representatives, with voting power on proposed rule changes in the NCAA Division I Autonomy process. 1-of-15 NCAA student-athletes with voting power. He is also a member of the Syracuse SAAC, ACC SAAC and Syracuse Diversity and Inclusion Student-Athlete Board.
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Starting each of Syracuse's 11 games this fall, Jonathan recorded 32 tackles (25 solo). He posted 5.5 tackles for loss, including three quarterback sacks, while breaking up three passes. He forced one fumble and four quarterback hurries.Â
"Kingsley is a model student-athlete, and that's evident in all of the extra-curricular endeavors he leads, while also taking care of business in the classroom and on the field," said head coach Dino Babers. "I'm thrilled that all of Kingsley's work has been recognized by the ACC for this award."
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Jonathan is the first Syracuse student-athlete to be recognized as the ACC's Jim Tatum Award recipient since the Orange joined the conference in 2013.
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The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete.
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Jonathan has compiled a career 3.729 GPA while majoring in information studies. The Baltimore native is a three-time ACC All-Academic Team member and a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
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A semifinalist for the 2020 Campbell Trophy and Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award, Jonathan represents Syracuse on the ACC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has posted a GPA of at least 3.5 every semester of his college academic career.
Jonathan is also involved in numerous off-field initiatives as well. He is in his second year of a two-year term as one of the ACC's Autonomy Representatives, with voting power on proposed rule changes in the NCAA Division I Autonomy process. 1-of-15 NCAA student-athletes with voting power. He is also a member of the Syracuse SAAC, ACC SAAC and Syracuse Diversity and Inclusion Student-Athlete Board.
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Starting each of Syracuse's 11 games this fall, Jonathan recorded 32 tackles (25 solo). He posted 5.5 tackles for loss, including three quarterback sacks, while breaking up three passes. He forced one fumble and four quarterback hurries.Â
"Kingsley is a model student-athlete, and that's evident in all of the extra-curricular endeavors he leads, while also taking care of business in the classroom and on the field," said head coach Dino Babers. "I'm thrilled that all of Kingsley's work has been recognized by the ACC for this award."
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Jonathan is the first Syracuse student-athlete to be recognized as the ACC's Jim Tatum Award recipient since the Orange joined the conference in 2013.
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