Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and fellow Walter Payton Award finalist Terrance West of Towson have been selected to The Associated Press FCS All-America team.
Garoppolo passed for 5,050 yards and 53 touchdowns and won the Payton Award as the top player in FCS. He led Eastern Illinois (12-2) to the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs.
West has run for 2,295 yards and tied an FCS record with 39 touchdowns to help Towson (12-2) reach this weekend's semifinals after it eliminated Eastern Illinois last week.
Montana State defensive end Brad Daly, who won the Buck Buchanan Award as the top defensive player in FCS, was selected to the first-team defense, along with cornerback Marcus Williams of two-time defending national champion North Dakota State.
| POS. | PLAYER | SCHOOL | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Jimmy Garoppolo | Eastern Illinois | Sr. |
| RB | Terrance West | Towson | Jr. |
| RB | Zach Zenner | South Dakota State | Sr. |
| OL | Billy Turner | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| OL | Eric Pike | Towson | Sr. |
| OL | Dakota Dozier | Furman | Sr. |
| OL | Ashton Miller | Eastern Washington | Sr. |
| OL | Danny Kistler | Montana | Sr. |
| WR | Erik Lora | Eastern Illinois | Sr. |
| WR | Cooper Kupp | Eastern Washington | RS Fr. |
| TE | MyCole Pruitt | Southern Illinois | Jr. |
| All-purpose | Fabian Truss | Samford | Sr. |
| K | Seth Sebastian | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. |
| DL | Brad Daly | Montana State | Sr. |
| DL | Shaquille Riddick | Gardner-Webb | Jr. |
| DL | Davis Tull | Chattanooga | Jr. |
| DL | Sullivan Grosz | Cal Poly | Sr. |
| LB | Stephon Robertson | James Madison | Sr. |
| LB | Justin Shade | Samford | Sr. |
| LB | Jordan Tripp | Montana | Sr. |
| DB | Daniel Fitzpatrick | Tennessee State | Jr. |
| DB | Marcus Williams | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| DB | Caleb Schaffitzel | Missouri State | Jr. |
| DB | Jerome Couplin | William & Mary | Sr. |
| P | Kyle Loomis | Portland State | Jr. |
| POS. | PLAYER | SCHOOL | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Vernon Adams | Eastern Washington | So. |
| RB | Timothy Flanders | Sam Houston State | Sr. |
| RB | Lorenzo Taliaferro | Coastal Carolina | Sr. |
| OL | Kadeem Edwards | Tennessee State | Sr. |
| OL | Chris Elkins | Youngstown State | Sr. |
| OL | Bryan Witzmann | South Dakota State | Sr. |
| OL | Arinze Agada | McNeese State | Sr. |
| OL | Garrett Frye | Georgia Southern | Jr. |
| TE | AC Leonard | Tennessee State | Jr. |
| WR | Sam Ajala | Fordham | Jr. |
| WR | Lee Kurfis | Lehigh | Sr. |
| All-purpose | Xavier Roberson | Southeastern Louisiana | So. |
| K | Ray Early | Furman | Sr. |
| DL | Zach Hodges | Harvard | Sr. |
| DL | Terrence Fede | Marist | Sr. |
| DL | Anthony Bass | Tennessee State | Jr. |
| DL | Ryan Drevlow | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| LB | Quinn Backus | Coastal Carolina | Jr. |
| LB | Joe Thomas | South Carolina State | Sr. |
| LB | Tyler Starr | South Dakota | Sr. |
| DB | Kendall James | Maines | Sr. |
| DB | Jaquiski Tartt | Samford | Jr. |
| DB | T.J. Lee | Eastern Washington | Sr. |
| DB | Nick Addison | Bethune Cookman | Jr. |
| P | Chad Zinchini | Tennessee Tech | Sr. |
| POS. | PLAYER | SCHOOL | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Brock Jensen | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| RB | Kyle Harbridge | St. Francis (Penn.) | Sr. |
| RB | D.J. Adams | Portland State | Sr. |
| OL | Dominic Pagliara | Eastern Illinois | Sr. |
| OL | Jamey Cheatwood | Coastal Carolina | Sr. |
| OL | Collin Seibert | Eastern Illinois | Jr. |
| OL | Jared Singleton | Wofford | Sr. |
| OL | Robert Booker | Missouri State | So. |
| TE | Justin Perillo | Maine | Sr. |
| WR | Jeremy Butler | Tennessee-Martin | Sr. |
| WR | Lee Doss | Southern | Sr. |
| All-purpose | Greg Hardin | North Dakota | Sr. |
| K | Colton Cook | Southern Utah | Sr. |
| DL | Caraun Reid | Princeton | Sr. |
| DL | Colton Underwood | Illinois State | Sr. |
| DL | Robert Simpson | Mississippi Valley State | Sr. |
| DL | Mike Reilly | William & Mary | Jr. |
| LB | Lynden Trail | Norfolk State | Jr. |
| LB | Tony Bell | Tennessee-Martin | Jr. |
| LB | Grant Olson | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| DB | Lucky Dozier | Northern Arizona | Sr. |
| DB | Jacob Hagen | Liberty | Jr. |
| DB | J.D. Roussel | Sacred Heart | Jr. |
| DB | Qua Cox | Jackson State | Sr. |
| P | Justin Weldon | Sacramento State | Sr. |
