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James Roe

  • Ht./Wt. - /

Biography

NSU all-time leader with 239 receptions, 4,468 yards and 46 touchdowns ... NSU single-season leader with 77 receptions, 1,454 yards and 17 touchdowns (1994) – All of which were CIAA single-season records at the time as well ... 3-time first-team All-CIAA selection ... Named to multiple All-America teams in both 1994 and 1995 ... Was a consensus first-team Division II All-American in 1995 (Kodak, AP, NCAA, Football Gazette) ... Had 64 catches for 1,248 yards and 15 touchdowns that season ... Was the 1995 Eddie Robinson Trophy winner as the top HBCU football player ... Graduated as the No. 2 receiver in college history in receiving yards, No. 3 in D-II history in receptions and No. 4 in D-II in receiving TDs ... 6th round NFL Draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 ... All-time franchise leading receiver for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena League ... 3-time All-Ironman AFL pick ... Helped San Jose to 3 Arena Bowl titles ... 2nd-team All-Arena League in 2007 ... NSU Athletics Hall of Fame member (2009 inductee).