2023 Football Roster

Charlie Ventura
Jonathan Aguallo
Jonathan Aguallo

0 Milan Tucker

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Lehigh Acres, Fla.
  • High School Fort Myers

Biography

Career: Appeared in 53 games from 2019-23 … Second-team All-American as a kick returner in 2022 from the Football Writers Association of America ... Returned 52 kickoffs for 1,316 yards (seventh place in program history) and one touchdown (96 yards against Marshall in 2022) to go along with 24 catches for 336 yards and one touchdown as a receiver as well as 13 tackles as a cornerback/on special teams and one fumble recovery (on special teams).

2023: Appeared in all 14 games, averaging 23.8 yards on 23 kickoff returns and catching 21 passes for 305 yards with one touchdown … Scored first career receiving touchdown on a 35-yard, go-ahead catch and run against East Carolina … Had a 69-yard reception against Coastal Carolina … Switched permanently from CB to WR after the first fall scrimmage …  First three returns produced gains of 41, 48 and 34 yards in 2023 … Preseason third-team All-American as a kick returner in 2023 from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele.

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.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2019Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 170 lbs
    18
  • 0

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 165 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 175 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    0