BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins football team placed eight players on the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District® Team it has been announced by the organization.  The eight selections are the maximum as each team is limited to eight nominees.  Select All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot; the 2023 CSC Academic All-America Football Team will be announced on January 28, 2025.
 
Johns Hopkins has now produced eight or more Academic All-District Football players in each of the last seven seasons and seven or more every year since 2013.
 
To be eligible for CCS Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA, be a sophomore or above and a starter or significant reserve.
 
Johns Hopkins' 2024 Academic All-District Selections:
 
Oliver Craddock (Sr. • LB)
Major: International Studies
GPA:  3.81
« 2024 First Team All-Centennial Conference
« 2023 Second Team All-Centennial Conference
« Finished second on the team in tackles (90), sixth in TFLs (8.0) and fifth in PBUs (4)
« Ended career with 200 tackles, including 12.5 TFLs and two sacks.  Added six PBUs and three interceptions
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
 
Cole Crotty (So. • WR)
Major: Economics
GPA:  3.96
« 2024 Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference
« 2023 First Team All-Centennial Conference
« 2023 Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year
« Totaled team-high 65 receptions for 793 yards and five TDs in 2024 despite missing four games
« Has career totals of 140 receptions for 1,846 yards and 14 TDs
 
Matthew Konkol (Sr. • DL)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA:  3.89
« 2024 Fourth Team D3football.com All-American
« 2024 First Team All-Centennial Conference and the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year
« 2023 Second Team All-Centennial Conference
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
« Totaled 54 tackles, including team-highs of 13.0 TFLs and 8.5 sacks in 2024
« Ends career with 103 tackles, including 26.0 TFLs and 18.0 sacks
« Ranks ninth in school history in TFLs and sacks
 
PJ Penders (Sr. • DB)
Major: Economics
GPA:  3.66
« 2024 First Team All-Centennial Conference
« 2023 Second Team All-Centennial Conference
« Totaled a career-high 61 tackles, including 50 solos, with a team-high 10 PBUs and two INTs in 2024
« Finishes career with 149 tackles, 25 PBUs and two interceptions
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
 
Cole Peters (Sr. • LB)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA:  3.81
« 2023 & 2024 Second Team D3football.com All-Region
« 2023 & 2024 First Team All-Centennial Conference
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
« Led Johns Hopkins in tackles in 2023 (87) and 2024 (93)
« Finished career with 191 tackles, 13.5 TFLs, five sacks, five PBUs and three interceptions
 
James Rinello (Sr. • QB)
Major: Economics
GPA:  3.75
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
« Started final 11 games of 2024 season and won first 10 starts with a 10-1 overall record as JHU's starting QB
« Was 186-of-289 for 2,499 yards with 16 TDs against just four INTs in 2024.  Also rushed for 351 yards and three scores
« Sparked JHU's four-game run in 2024 NCAA Playoffs as he was 88-of-129 (.682) for 1,265 yards with seven TDs against two INTs
 
Luke Simsiman (Sr. • OL)
Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
GPA:  3.81
« 2024 First Team All-Centennial Conference
« Named to Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times (2022, 2023, 2024)
« Starting center for the Blue Jays over final three seasons
« JHU averaged better than 40 points per game in two of his three seasons as a starter and better than 35 points per game over final three seasons
 
EJ Talarico (Sr. • WR)
Major: Economics
GPA:  3.79
« 2024 Second Team All-Centennial Conference
« 2023 First Team and 2022 Honorable Mention All-Centennial as a return specialist
« Led team in receiving yards (975) and TD receptions (7) while finishing second in receptions (58) in 2024
« Finished career with 85 receptions for 1,352 yards and eight TDs
« JHU's career leader in kickoff return yards (1,426)