AFCA | December 3, 2019

AFCA announces the 2019 DII football All-America teams

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Notre Dame (Ohio) running back Jaleel McLaughlin and West Texas A&M all-purpose player Tobias Harris headline the 2019 AFCA Division II Coaches’ All-America Teams announced today by the American Football Coaches Association.

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best — the coaches themselves.

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McLaughlin earned his second straight AFCA First-Team All-America honor as a sophomore by leading the nation in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and scoring. He has 2,190 yards, 28 rushing touchdowns and 13.8 points per game on the year and has helped lead Notre Dame (Ohio) into the quarterfinals of the Division II playoffs. McLaughlin broke his own Mountain East Conference record with his 28 rushing touchdowns in 2019. Harris led the nation in punt return yards with 436 and finished second in combined kick return yards with 1,007. He broke the school record for single-season and career punt return yards. As a defensive back, Harris led West Texas A&M with four interceptions and recorded a career-high 68 tackles.

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2019 DII football All-America First Team

(*-2018 AFCA All-American)

Offense
Position	Name	School
QB	Rogan Wells	Valdosta St. (Ga.)
RB	*Jaleel McLaughlin	Notre Dame (Ohio)
RB	Nate Gunn	Minnesota St.
WR	*Craig Rucker	Mars Hill (N.C.)
WR	Zimari Manning	Tarleton St. (Texas)
TE	Zach Davidson	Central Missouri
OL	Tanner Owen	Northwest Missouri St.
OL	Grant Stewart	Colorado School of Mines
OL	Jake Lacina	Augustana (S.D.)
OL	Quentin Hall	Assumption (Mass.)
OL	Phillip McDowell	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)

Defense
Pos	Name	School
DL	Jackson Wibbels	Colorado St.-Pueblo
DL	Ch’aim Smith	West Chester (Pa.)
DL	Demetrice Lofton	Morehouse (Ga.)
DL	Austin Edwards	Ferris St. (Mich.)
LB	Drew Seers	Lindenwood (Mo.)
LB	Vada King	Delta St. (Miss.)
LB	CJ Miller	St. Anselm (N.H.)
DB	Demetri Morsell	Bowie St. (Md.)
DB	Brandon Anderson	Edinboro (Pa.)
DB	Nick Ciccio	Colorado Mesa
DB	Michael Junker	Bemidji St. (Minn.)

Specialists
Pos	Name	School
PK	Jordan Walters	East Stroudsburg (Pa.)
P	JoseLuis Moreno	Minot St. (N.D.)
AP	Tobias Harris	West Texas A&M

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2019 DII football All-America Second Team

Offense
Pos	Name	School
QB	Brook Bolles	Central Missouri
RB	Justin Felder	Stonehill (Mass.)
RB	JaQuan Hardy	Tiffin (Ohio)
WR	Tariq Bitson	Adams St. (Colo.)
WR	*Shane Zylstra	Minnesota St.
WR	Mike Strachan	Charleston (W.Va.)
OL	Tyler Allison	Ferris St. (Mich.)
OL	Adonis Sealey	Valdosta St. (Ga.)
OL	Andrew Strickland	Wingate (N.C.)
OL	Kyle Hinton	Washburn (Kan.)
OL	Joseph Gonzales	Western Oregon

Defense
Pos	Name	School
DL	*Chris Garrett	Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
DL	Antonio Washington	Southern Arkansas
DL	Jaquan Artis	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)
DL	Chauncy Haney	North Greenville (S.C.)
LB	Leon Eggleston	Wayne St. (Mich.)
LB	Clay Shreve	Ashland (Ohio)
LB	Chris Hoad	Texas-Permian Basin
DB	Junior Faulk	Delta St. (Miss.)
DB	Desmond Fairell	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
DB	Kyle Dugger	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)
DB	Mercardo Anderson	Henderson St. (Ark.)

Specialists
Pos	Name	School
PK	Dante Brown	Fort Hays St. (Kan.)
P	Zach Gaines	West Alabama
AP	Trey Vaval	Missouri Western St.