BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Prairie View A&M University’s Johntá Hebert (Baton Rouge, La./Glen Oaks) was named to the 2014 American Football Coaches Association Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ All-America Team Monday. The 5-10, 195-pound junior played at both the running back and return positions for the Panthers. He was named to special team as an all-purpose player.
The first Southwestern Athletic Conference AFCA All-American since 2012, he is the first for Prairie View since punter Pedro Ventura in 2009. Hebert is the nation’s statistical leader in all-purpose yards and finished atop the league in scoring average, kick return average, and all-purpose yards. He also ranks top 10 nationally in combined kick returns (6th), kickoff return touchdowns (4th), and kickoff returns (6th).
The SWAC is seventh among all FCS conferences with 55 appearances and 53 players named AFCA All-Americans. It also boasts three of the four schools to have more than two players named to the All-America Team in one year. This year, South Dakota State joined the ranks of Alabama State, Grambling State, and Jackson State with multiple selections.
The AFCA has selected an All-America Team every year since 1945 as voted on by the coaches. This year’s team is comprised of 19 seniors, five juniors and one sophomore.
