Robert Coury Repeats as AP and D3football.com All-American

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Senior linebacker Robert Coury of the Carnegie Mellon University football team has received two additional All-America honors following his American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches' All-America first-team honor.

Prior to the 2023 Stagg Bowl in Salem, Virginia, Friday, December 15, he was named to the second team by D3football.com and on Friday he was named to the Division III Associate Press (AP) Second Team. This marks the second straight season that Coury has received All-America honors from all three organizations.

Coury becomes the first Tartan in program history to be honored in back-to-back seasons by all three organizations. It is also the fourth time in program history that it has occurred in the same season. Running back Sam Benger received all three honors in 2015 with punter Tyler Kohman accomplishing it in 2017.

Coury, who was also a semifinalist for the 2023 Gagliardi Trophy, a First Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) honoree, a First Team D3foorball.com Region 2 selection and a 2023 All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) selection, led the Cardinal and Gray defense in 2023 for the fourth straight season in tackles (83) and third straight season in tackles for loss (16.5) while ranking second on the squad with 4.0 sacks. The senior has also forced a fumble, recovered a fumble, recorded an interception and had two blocked punts this season.

The two-year captain, headed a Tartans defense for the third consecutive season that led the PAC in scoring defense, allowing 10.2 points per game, rushing defense giving up 73.1 yards per contest, total defense allowing 245.0 yards per game, turnovers gained with 29, fumbles recovered with 13, passes intercepted with 16, turnover margin at 1.55 and tackles for loss with 8.7 per contest. The Cardinal and Gray ranked fourth nationally in fumbles recovered, sixth in turnovers gained, seventh in scoring defense, eighth in turnover margin, ninth in team tackles for loss, 13th in total defense and 16th in both rushing defense. The defense held nine opponents under 100 yards on the ground and broke a school record when holding Westminster to -16 yards rushing earlier this season.