BUFFALO, NY – The 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Football Team was announced on Thursday and University at Buffalo players Tim Roberts and Tomas Jack-Kurdyla were selected to this year's first team. The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
Roberts is a social science interdisciplinary major with a 3.68 grade point average. The senior safety ranks sixth on the team in tackles with 52. He also has a tackle for loss, an interception and a forced fumble on the year.