Appalachian State: Coakley Enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame [Archive]

Mountaineer

July 18th, 2011, 05:28 PM

Congrats to Dexter! xthumbsupx The dude was straight up beast. Glad he's the first App inductee to the CFHOF, no doubt to be joined by AE and Moore in the future. xawesomex

Perhaps the most decorated defensive player in NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision — formerly Division I-AA) history, Coakley remains ASU’s all-time leader in total tackles (616), solo tackles (350), assisted tackles (266), double-figure tackle games (37) and 20-tackle games (7).

He was the 1993 SoCon Freshman of the Year, a three-time Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year (1994-96 — still the only three-time recipient of the award), a two-time SoCon Male Athlete of the Year (1995-96 and 1996-97), a three-time All-American (one of only two three-time consensus first-team All-Americans in ASU history) and the winner of the first two Buck Buchanan Awards (1995 and ‘96). Fifteen years after he won the second of his two Buchanan Awards, Coakley remains the only two-time winner of award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top FCS defensive player.