Walter Camp Release
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Holy Cross fifth-year linebacker Jacob Dobbs earned 2023 FCS All-America honors when it was announced by the Walter Camp Foundation. Dobbs was the lone Patriot League representative on the 27-member squad, representing 21 schools and eight conferences.
Dobbs, a two-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, added to a long list of All-America honors after his historic 2023 season. The Macomb, Mich. native received All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Associated Press (AP), Phil Steele and Stats Perform before the Walter Camp announcement. He was also named the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year by the College Sports Communicators (CBS) in association with the AP and the Fiesta Bowl organization.
Dobbs finished second in the FCS with 13.7 tackles per game and 19th with 1.3 tackles for loss (TFLs) per game, helping him break the Patriot League career tackles record, finishing his career in Worcester, Mass. with 432 total tackles. His 6.0 sacks ranked third in the Patriot League.
ABOUT THE WALTER CAMP FOUNDATION
Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. Visit
www.waltercamp.org for more information.
ABOUT THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
The Patriot League is in its fourth decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes who are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.