The Associated Press 2011 FCS All-America College Football Team
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Bo Levi Mitchell, senior, 6-2, 210, Eastern Washington.
Running backs — Shakir Bell, sophomore, 5-8, 185, Indiana State; Eric Breitenstein, junior, 5-11, 225, Wofford.
Linemen — J.C. Oram, senior, 6-4, 300, Weber State; George Bias, senior, 6-3, 305, Stephen F. Austin; Paul Cornick, senior, 6-6, 309, North Dakota State; Brett Moore, senior, 6-3, 255, Georgia Southern; Tom Compton, senior, 6-6, 314, South Dakota.
Receivers — Rodrick Rumble, junior, 6-2, 201, Idaho State; Aaron Mellette, junior, 6-4, 212, Elon; Ryan Spadola, junior, 6-3, 205, Lehigh.
All-purpose — Jonathan Grimes, senior, 5-10, 201, Williams & Mary.
Kicker — Zach Brown, junior, 6-1, 200, Portland State.
DEFENSE
Linemen — Ben Boothby, senior, 6-0, 280, Northern Iowa; Zack Nash, senior, 6-4, 260, Sacramento State; Ben Obaseki, junior, 6-3, 260, Indiana State; Adrian Hamilton, senior, 6-3, 255, Prairie View A&M.
Linebackers — Tyler Holmes, senior, 6-0, 224, Massachusetts; Kadarron Anderson, senior, 6-1, 234, Furman; Caleb McSurdy, senior, 6-1, 242, Montana.
Defensive backs — Marcus Williams, sophomore, 5-11, 190, North Dakota State; Trumaine Johnson, senior, 6-3, 210, Montana; Ryan Steed, senior, 5-11, 188, Furman; Josh Norman, senior, 6-2, 190, Coastal Carolina.
Punter — David Harrington, senior, 6-2, 1985, Idaho State.
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Chris Lum, senior, Lehigh.
Running backs — Terrance West, freshman, Towson; Tim Flanders, sophomore, Sam Houston State.
Linemen — Bryan Boerner, senior, Southern Illinois; Gino Gradowski, senior, Delaware; Nate Page, senior, Wofford; Blake Matthews, senior, Norfolk State; Joe Faiella, senior, Stony Brook.
Receivers — Brian Quick, senior, Appalachian State; Mario Louis, senior, Grambling; Nicholas Edwards, junior, Eastern Washington.
All-purpose — Brock Jackloski, senior, Stony Brook.
Kicker — Ryan Estep, senior, Norfolk State.
DEFENSE
Linemen — Brent Russell, junior, Georgia Southern; Blake Olijaro, sophomore, San Diego; Andrew Schaetzke, senior, Georgetown; Ronnie Cameron, senior, Old Dominion.
Linebackers — Matt Evans, junior, New Hampshire; Blake Peiffer, junior, Southeast Missouri State; A.J. Storms, senior, Idaho State.
Defensive backs — Kejuan Riley, junior, Alabama State; Justin Bethel, senior, Presbyterian; Darnell Taylor, junior, Sam Houston State; Bryce Robertson, senior, Bucknell.
Punter — Jonathan Plisco, junior, Old Dominion.
THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Casey Brockman, junior, Murray State.
Running backs — Nick Schweiger, senior, Dartmouth; Matt Denham, junior, Eastern Kentucky.
Linemen — Scott Schweitzer, senior, Tennessee Tech; Jon Apperud, senior, Montana; Malcolm Boyd, junior, Liberty; Jeff Adams, senior, Columbia; Troy McKenna, junior, Lehigh.
Receivers — Shane Savage, senior, Cornell; Tre Gray, senior, Richmond; Elvis Akpla, senior, Montana State.
All-purpose — Gralyn Crawford, junior, Stephen F. Austin.
Kicker — Tyler Sievertsen, sophomore, Northern Iowa.
DEFENSE
Linemen —Ryan Davis, senior, Bethune-Cookman; Tyler Osborne, senior Southern Utah; Josue Ortiz, senior, Harvard; Joseph Lebeau, junior, Jackson State.
Linebackers — L.J. Fort, senior, Northern Iowa; Derek Rose, junior, Northwestern State; Keith Pough, junior, Howard.
Defensive backs — Serge Kona, junior, Duquesne; Asa Jackson, junior, Cal Poly; Jeremy Caldwell, senior, Eastern Kentucky; Daxton Swanson, junior, Sam Houston State.
Punter — Patrick Murray, junior, Fordham.
Georgia Southern offensive lineman Brett Moore on Thursday was selected to The Associated Press FCS All-America team.
GSU defensive lineman Brent Russell was named to the second team.
Walter Payton Award finalists Bo Levi Mitchell of Eastern Washington and Shakir Bell of Indiana State were selected to the firstteam.
Mitchell leads the FCS in yards passing per game at 364.5, and his 33 touchdown passes are tops in the nation. Bell is the leading rusher in FCS with 151.8 yards per game, 20 more than the next best average.
The third finalist for the Payton Award as FCS player of the year, Lehigh quarterback Chris Lum, was picked as the second-team quarterback. The award will be presented Jan. 6.
Bell's teammate, defensive end Ben Obaseki, was also selected to the team, making Indiana State one of five schools with two All-Americans.
Montana, which plays at Sam Houston State on Friday night in the FCS semifinals, is represented by linebacker Caleb McSurdy and defensive back Trumaine Johnson. McSurdy was the Big Sky defensive player of the year.
North Dakota State, which hosts Georgia Southern on Saturday in the other semifinal, placed offensive lineman Paul Cornick and defensive back Marcus Williams on the first team.
Furman linebacker Kadarron Anderson and defensive back Ryan Steed also made the first team, and Idaho State was represented by receiver Rodrick Rumble and punter David Harrington, who led the nation with a 48.7-yard average.
Joining Mitchell and Bell in the backfield was Wofford fullback Eric Breitenstein, who had 1,474 yards rushing and 19 touchdowns this season.
The other two receivers on the first team were Elon's Aaron Mellette, who led the nation in catches (113) and yards (1,639), and Lehigh's Ryan Spadola, who was second in yards (1,614).
The other offensive linemen on the first team were: Weber State's J.C. Oram, Stephen F. Austin's George Bias, GSU's Moore and South Dakota's Tom Compton.
The all-purpose player was William & Mary's Jonathan Grimes, who led the nation in all-purpose yards with 228 per game.
Portland State's Zach Brown was the kicker.
On defense, Prairie View A&M's Adrian Hamilton made the first team after leading the nation and setting a Southwestern Athletic Conference record with 20½ sacks.
Northern Iowa's Ben Boothby and Sacramento State's Zack Nash were the other linemen.
Joining McSurdy and Anderson at linebacker was Tyler Holmes of Massachusetts.
Josh Norman of Coastal Carolina rounded out the secondary.
