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Nassau Community College Football Alums Competing NCAA Titles
Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Nassau Community College Football Alums Competing NCAA Titles

(Article Courtesy Of Nassau Community College Athletics)

Garden City, New York - Five former Nassau Community College football team members are competing for NCAA championships this postseason.

Anton Juncaj made three appearances for NCC in 2021 and is now an integral part of the University of Albany football team that is set to play in the NCAA Division I FCS semifinals on Friday. The defensive lineman collected CAA Preseason Honorable Mention and CAA First Team Defense accolades this season. 

Junius Keys, Rashad Tucker, Jack Winey, and Jaden Martinez – all former Lions and now members of the SUNY Cortland football team – will compete for an NCAA Division III championship against North Central College on Friday.

Tucker earned All-Empire 8 First-Team (return specialist) and Second-Team (all-purpose player) accolades, and All-ECAC Second-Team honors (return specialist) last season.

Winey leads the Red Dragons with 134 tackles through 14 games. The linebacker had 10 tackles and a sack in a semifinal win over Randolph-Macon College on Dec. 9.

Martinez led the team with 11 tackles on Dec. 9 and Keys has been credited with 22 tackles and 3.5 sacks this season.

Juncaj and the Great Danes will face #1 South Dakota at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15. The game will air live on ESPN2. Kick-off for Cortland's Friday night championship contest is also at 7:00 p.m. and can be seen live on ESPNU.