Ivan Pace Jr., Mason Fletcher Win AAC POTY Awards; 13 Bearcats Earn Conference Honors

Cincinnati showed out in plenty of way during the 2022 season.

CINCINNATI — The 2022 Bearcats football team earned plenty of AAC honors for their strong play this season.

The league named Ivan Pace Jr. Defensive Player of the Year and Mason Fletcher Special Teams Player of the Year, while 11 other players earned recognition.

Pace is leading the AAC with 120 tackles and 19.5 tackles for loss, plus, he's second in the conference with nine sacks.

🏈Defensive Player of the Year🏈

Ivan Pace Jr. | @GoBearcatsFB

Pace leads The American with 120 tackles and 19.5 tackles for loss and is second in the conference with 9.0 sacks. He is also a finalist for the Butkus Award and the Bednarik Award pic.twitter.com/BiylgF8Hex

— American Football (@American_FB) November 30, 2022

Fletcher ended his season ranked fourth nationally in average punt distance and his 84-yard boot against SMU set a new program and conference record for single-punt distance.

🏈Special Teams Player of the Year🏈

Mason Fletcher | @GoBearcatsFB

Fletcher leads The American and is fourth nationally with a 46.7-yard punting average. He hit an 84-yard punt this season that shattered The American’s distance record pic.twitter.com/xtDoRcKjWL

— American Football (@American_FB) November 30, 2022

Check out the other honorees below.

First Team All-AAC:

• TE Josh Whyle
• DL Jowon Briggs
• DL Dontay Corleone
• LB Ivan Pace Jr.
• CB Ja'Quan Sheppard
• P Mason Fletcher

Second-Team All AAC:

• WR Tyler Scott
• OT James Tunstall
• S Ja'Von Hicks
• K Ryan Coe

All-AAC Honorable Mention:

• CB Arquon Bush
• OT Joe Huber
• OG Dylan O'Quinn

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