Career: Second-team All-American as a kick returner in 2022 from the Football Writers Association of America ... Preseason third-team All-American as a kick returner in 2023 from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele ... Enters 2023 with 29 career kick returns for 769 yards (26.5 average in that role from 2021-22).

2022: Second-team All-American as a kick returner from the Football Writers Association of America ... First place in the Sun Belt and second nationally (among qualifying players) with a kick return average of 28.2 yards (with 620 yards on 22 returns) … All-Sun Belt second team from PFN and third team from the league … Scored his first career touchdown with a 96-yard kickoff return at Marshall … Gave App State a kick return touchdown for the fifth straight year … Also had key returns of 47 yards vs. UNC and 63 yards in the win vs. Georgia State … Started at cornerback against Robert Morris and saw additional action as a reserve cornerback and on additional special teams units, finishing the season with three stops ... Preseason watch list for the Hornung Award.

2021: Appeared in 13 of 14 games, missing just the Elon game … Began the year as a slot receiver and finished it as a cornerback after switching based on secondary injuries for the final eight games … Diving, one-hop recovery of an onside kick after App State’s first touchdown in a 30-27 win against No. 14 Coastal Carolina helped Mountaineer turn a 14-0 deficit into a 14-14 tie … Had one catch for 20 yards in the opening victory against East Carolina in Charlotte and totaled seven kickoff returns for 149 yards, with a long of 26 against Louisiana during the regular season … Finished season with three tackles, including one defensive stop at Arkansas State … Had two kickoff returns for 51 yards against Louisiana, four returns for 88 yards against Coastal Carolina and one for 10 yards at Troy.

2020: Appeared in the final 11 games, contributing as a receiver who switched to No. 0 after beginning the year as a cornerback … Caught two passes for 11 yards and had one carry for 7 yards … Also a special teams contributor, made three tackles … Had 8-yard reception against Arkansas State, a 7-yard run against ULM and a 3-yard catch against Louisiana.

2019: Officially redshirted while playing in three games as a true freshman … Made two tackles, including one at cornerback in the fourth quarter of the 34-31 win at North Carolina … Also made a stop at cornerback against ULM.

High School: Played both ways for Fort Myers, racking up over 1,000 all-purpose yards and 12 total touchdowns (nine receiving, three rushing) to go with 34 tackles, an interception and a blocked field goal as a senior … Saw time at cornerback as well as receiver and running back in the Green Wave’s new spread offense in 2018 … Helped coach Sam Sirianni’s team to a 10-3 record and second round of the Florida 6-A playoffs and earned first-team all-area honors from The News-Press … Second-team all-area as a junior in 2017, when he totaled nearly 750 all-purpose yards and seven TDs as one wing in the Green Wave’s wing-T scheme and intercepted two passes, recovered a fumble and blocked a punt … Committed to App State in June 2018 … Son of former Major League Baseball outfielder Michael Tucker ... Rated a three-star prospect by the 247Sports composite rankings.

Milan Tucker