CHICAGO, Ill. – Another week, another honor that puts legendary Alabama A&M graduate quarterback Aqeel Glass (St. Louis, Mo.) in select company as he has been named a Stats Perform Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-American, earning Third-Team recognition as announced by that organization on Monday, December 20.
 
One of 110 players across 60 schools selected to one of three teams, and one of nine from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Glass is the only one of the six quarterbacks to be selected from a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Additionally, he joins a small but illustrious group of Bulldogs to be named an FCS/I-AA All-American.
 
He is one of just seven individuals to achieve that honor and the first since former teammate running back Jordan Bentley was named to the Third-Team in 2019. Prior to that selection it was an eight-year drought since defensive end Corey Hart picked up a Third-Team recognition.
 
The 2008 season would see kicker Jeremy Licea earn Honorable Mention honors, following a 2007 campaign that is the only time A&M has had multiple selections. That year safety Al Donaldson was named to the Second-Team and defensive end Jeremy Maddox made Honorable Mention.
 
The first, however, is still the most impressive as future National Football League (NFL) standout Robert Mathis was named a First-Team honoree in 2002 following an epic season that featured a I-AA record for sacks.
 
AN EPIC 2021 CAMPAIGN
You don't land a spot on one of these teams without delivering a tremendous season and Glass is no exception.
 
After lighting it up in the unique Spring 2021 campaign to earn the first BOXTOROW Player of the Year honor in program history, Glass showed it wasn't a fluke as he went back-to-back and dominated the full Fall 2021 landscape. This season would see him finish with 3,568 passing yards, 36 touchdowns and 356.8 yards per game and 160.8 passing efficiency over the course of 10 games. As part of that performance, the 6-5 NFL prospect currently ranks in the Top-10 nationally of nine different NCAA statistical categories.
 
Leading the way among those is being fourth in points responsible for per game (22.6), fifth in passing yards per game and yards per attempt (8.62), sixth in passing touchdowns (36), passing yards and passing efficiency, seventh in total points responsible for (226) and total offense (348.3) and eighth in completions per game (25.9). For good measure he is 12^th in passing yards per completion (13.78).
 
This season would see him crank it up for five games of at least 400 passing yards, two of which surpassed his own NCAA Division I Era program record with 446 yards and four touchdowns at Grambling (10/2) and 462 yards with five scores at Texas Southern (11/13). He also added a pair of performances of more than 300 yards passing with four TDs in each.
 
The Fall 2021 campaign would be the keystone to one of the most prolific FCS careers of all time. In five seasons he threw for 12,136 yards and drilled 109 touchdown passes, ranking in a tie for 11^th and 14^th, respectively.
 
In terms of HBCU quarterbacks, he is fourth in both categories, trailing luminaries such as Steve McNair (Alcorn State, 1991-94), Bruce Eugene (Grambling, 2001-05) and Willie Totten (Mississippi Valley State, 1982-85). He also ranks second among active career passers in passing yardage, third in passing yards per game (258.2) and fourth in total offense (11,954).
 
His efforts throughout his final season would go far from unnoticed prior to repeating as the BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. In advance of the year, he landed on high-profile watch lists that include the 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl, the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) and Deacon Jones Award as the nation's Black College Football Player of the Year.
 
He won the latter this past spring and is a strong contender to repeat when the winner is announced at the Inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl on February 19, 2022. Glass was the first ever selection for that event and also finished ninth among 25 finalists for the Walter Payton Award representing the top player at the FCS level. Of those, he was the fifth highest ranked quarterback.
 
On top of those recognitions, he was named a BOXTOROW All-American, became just the third player in the past 23 years to repeat as Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Offensive Player of the Year and earned All-SWAC First-Team for the second straight year, marking four years of All-Conference honors.
 
He also claimed three SWAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (Sept. 6, Nov. 15, Nov. 22) during the year, pairing one with being named BOXTOROW National Player of the Week following a 42-41 opening week victory over South Carolina State (Sept. 4).
 
ALABAMA A&M FCS ALL-AMERICAN HISTORY
Fall 2021 (1)
Aqeel Glass, QB, Third-Team

2019 (1)
Jordan Bentley, RB, Third-Team

2011 (1)
Corey Hart, DE, Third-Team

2008 (1)
Jeremy Licea, K, Honorable Mention
 
2007 (2)
Al Donaldson, S, Second-Team
Jeremy Maddox, DE, Honorable Mention
 
2002 (1)
Robert Mathis, DL, First-Team
 
2021 STATS PERFORM FCS ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
First-Team Offense
QB – Eric Barriere, Redshirt-Senior, 6-1, 210, Eastern Washington
QB – Cole Kelley, Redshirt-Senior, 6-7, 245, Southeastern Louisiana
RB – Quay Holmes, Redshirt-Junior, 6-1, 220, East Tennessee State
RB – Pierre Strong Jr., Senior, 5-11, 205, South Dakota State
FB/H-Back – Hunter Luepke, Junior, 6-1, 236, North Dakota State
WR – Xavier Gipson, Junior, 5-9, 170, Stephen F. Austin
WR – Tyler Hudson, Sophomore, 6-2, 195, Central Arkansas
TE – Tucker Kraft, Sophomore, 6-5, 255, South Dakota State
OL – P.J. Burkhalter, Senior, 6-3, 330, Nicholls State
OL – Lewis Kidd, Senior, 6-6, 311, Montana State
OL – Trevor Penning, Redshirt-Junior, 6-7, 321, Northern Iowa
OL – Cole Strange, Redshirt-Senior, 6-6, 301, Chattanooga
OL – Cordell Volson, Senior, 6-7, 313, North Dakota State
OL – Nick Zakelj, Fifth Year, 6-5, 325, Fordham
 
First-Team Defense
DL – Jared Brinkman, Redshirt-Senior, 6-2, 290, Northern Iowa
DL – Isaiah Chambers, Graduate, 6-5, 251, McNeese
DL – James Houston, Senior, 6-1, 225, Jackson State
DL – Nate Lynn, Redshirt-Sophomore, 6-3, 265, William & Mary
DL – Devonnsha Maxwell, Redshirt-Junior, 6-2, 296, Chattanooga
LB – Troy Andersen, Senior, 6-4, 235, Montana State
LB – Jacob Dobbs, Junior, 6-0, 232, Holy Cross
LB – Isaiah Land, Redshirt-Junior, 6-4, 215, Florida A&M
LB – Patrick O'Connell, Redshirt-Junior, 6-2, 225, Montana
LB – Forrest Rhyne, Graduate, 6-1, 235, Villanova
DB – Markquese Bell, Redshirt-Senior 6-3, 205, Florida A&M
DB – Christian Benford, Senior, 6-1, 205, Villanova
DB – Justin Ford, Redshirt-Junior, 6-2, 190, Montana
DB – Darius Joiner, Senior, 6-2, 200, Western Illinois
DB – Koby Perry, Graduate, 6-0, 174, Austin Peay
 
First-Team Special Teams
PK – Ethan Ratke, Redshirt-Senior, 5-10, 186, James Madison
P – Brian Buschini, Redshirt-Freshman, 6-0, 219, Montana
LS – Kyle Davis, Redshirt-Junior, 6-0, 219, James Madison
KR – Rashid Shaheed, Senior, 6-0, 180, Weber State
PR – Warren Newman, Senior, 5-8, 175, Jackson State
AP – Xavier Shepherd, Sophomore, 6-0, 205, Kennesaw State
AP – Montrell Washington, Senior, 5-10, 170, Samford
 
Second-Team Offense
QB – Cole Johnson, Redshirt-Senior, 6-5, 215, James Madison
QB – Cameron Ward, Sophomore, 6-3, 230, Incarnate Word
RB – Isaiah Ifanse, Junior, 5-10, 202, Montana State
RB – Ramon Jefferson, Redshirt-Junior, 5-10, 215, Sam Houston
FB/H-Back – Logan Kendall, Junior, 6-3, 273, Idaho
WR – BJ Byrd, Senior, 6-0, 190, Morehead State
WR – Taylor Grimes, Junior, 5-11, 190, Incarnate Word
WR – Antwane Wells Jr., Redshirt-Freshman, 6-1, 204, James Madison
TE – Kemari Averett, Senior, 6-6, 260, Bethune-Cookman
OL – Michael Corbi, Senior, 6-3, 335, Villanova
OL – Matthan Hatchie, Junior, 6-2, 310 UT-Martin
OL – Braxton Jones, Redshirt-Junior, 6-7, 310, Southern Utah
OL – Tre'mond Shorts, Redshirt-Junior, 6-4, 335, East Tennessee State
OL – Colby Thomas, Senior, 6-2, 300, Sam Houston
OL – Matt Waletzko, Senior, 6-7, 305, North Dakota
 
Second-Team Defense
DL – Brevin Allen, Senior, 6-4, 265, Campbell
DL – Bryce Carter, Redshirt-Senior, 6-1, 252, James Madison
DL – Daniel Hardy, Senior, 6-3, 240, Montana State
DL – Vaughn Taylor Jr., Senior, 6-3, 252, Morehead State
DL – Kobie Turner, Redshirt-Senior, 6-3, 290, Richmond
LB – Adam Bock, Sophomore, 6-1, 215, South Dakota State
LB – Jack Cochrane, Senior, 6-3, 230, South Dakota
LB – Stone Snyder, Junior, 6-3, 240, Virginia Military Institute
LB – Jeremiah Tyler, Senior, 6-1, 225, Princeton
LB – Tristan Wheeler, Redshirt-Sophomore, 6-2, 228, Richmond
DB – Zy Alexander, Freshman, 6-3, 185, Southeastern Louisiana
DB – Montrae Braswell, Sophomore, 6-0, 190, Missouri State
DB – Qua Brown, Senior, 5-11, 206, Southern Illinois
DB – Decobie Durant, Graduate, 5-11, 180, South Carolina State
DB – Devin Hafford, Senior, 6-1, 210, Tarleton State
 
Second-Team Special Teams
PK – Matthew Cook, Sophomore, 5-11, 180, Northern Iowa
P – Daniel Whelan, Senior, 6-6, 221, UC Davis
LS – Matthew O'Donoghue, Senior, 6-1, 260, Montana
KR – Isaiah Bolden, Junior, 6-2, 205. Jackson State
PR – Jah'Marae Sheread, Redshirt-Junior, 5-7, 175, Florida A&M
AP – Jake Chisholm, Junior, 5-9, 191, Dayton
AP – Christian Watson, Senior, 6-5, 208, North Dakota State
 
Third-Team Offense
QB – Aqeel Glass, Graduate, 6-5, 215, Alabama A&M
QB – E.J. Perry, Senior, 6-2, 210, Brown
RB – Malik Grant, Junior, 5-7, 200, Sacred Heart
RB – Darius Hale, Freshman, 5-11, 215, Central Arkansas
RB – Geno Hess, Senior, 5-8, 209, Southeast Missouri
FB/H-Back – Joe Kenny, Redshirt-Senior, 6-2, 253, Rhode Island
WR – Dai'Jean Dixon, Senior, 6-4, 200, Nicholls State
WR – Dennis Houston, Senior, 6-2, 205, Western Illinois
TE – Ryan Miller, Redshirt-Junior, 6-2, 221, Furman
OL – J.D. DiRenzo, Graduate, 6-6, 315, Sacred Heart
OL – AJ Farris, Graduate, 6-2, 300, Monmouth
OL – Keenan Forbes, Graduate, 6-3, 330, Florida A&M
OL – ZeVeyon Furcron, Redshirt-Senior, 6-2, 327, Southern Illinois
OL – David Kroll, Graduate, 6-7, 315, Delaware
OL – Tristen Taylor, Redshirt-Senior, 6-6, 320, Eastern Washington
 
Third-Team Defense
DL – Jahari Kay, Senior, 6-2, 260, Sam Houston
DL – Titus Leo, Senior, 6-4, 245, Wagner
DL – Shaundre Mims, Redshirt-Senior, 6-0, 276, Charleston Southern
DL – Josiah Silver, Freshman, 6-2, 227, New Hampshire
DL – Brayden Thomas, Senior, 6-3, 260, North Dakota State
LB – Kelechi Anyalebechi, Senior, 6-0, 240, Incarnate Word
LB – David Hoage, Sophomore, 6-3, 250, Northern Colorado
LB – Jalen Mackie, Senior, 6-1, 240, Dartmouth
LB – Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey, Redshirt-Junior, 5-10, 214, James Madison
LB – Tre Walker, Junior, 6-1, 235, Idaho
DB – Johnathan Edwards, Graduate, 6-2, 192, Austin Peay
DB – Zyon McCollum, Senior, 6-4, 200, Sam Houston
DB – Davion Ross, Sophomore, 5-10, 165, Eastern Kentucky
DB – Michael Tutsie, Senior, 5-11, 192, North Dakota State
DB – Kedrick Whitehead, Redshirt-Senior, 5-11, 195, Delaware
 
Third-Team Special Teams
PK – Kyle Sentkowski, Junior, 6-0, 209, Sacramento State
P – Grant Burkett, Redshirt-Freshman, 6-1, 180, Missouri State
LS – Robert Soderholm, Senior, 6-1, 216, Virginia Military Institute
KR – Malik Flowers, Redshirt-Junior, 6-2, 200, Montana
PR – Jayden Price, Junior, 6-0, 186, North Dakota State
AP – Jaleel McLaughlin, Senior, 5-9, 175, Youngstown State
AP – Jacob Saylors, Junior, 5-11, 195, East Tennessee State