Northwest Missouri State defensive end Matt Longacre was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America team in a release from the organization on Tuesday. Longacre becomes the 13th Bearcat all-time to earn All-America honors from the AFCA.

Longacre, a junior from Omaha, Neb., was the 2013 MIAA and Daktronics Super Region 3 Defensive Player of the Year. This season, he leads the team with 11.5 sacks, and 19.5 tackles for loss. He has also forced a Northwest single-season record five fumbles and has been credited with 19 quarterback hurries. He is tied for fourth on the team with 54 tackles.

For his career, Longacre now has 23 sacks, third all-time, and has 25.5 tackles for loss, tied for fifth all-time. He has also scored two career touchdowns, one coming back in 2001 and the other came earlier this season against Nebraska-Kearney on Sept. 28.

Northwest AFCA All-Americans: Matt Uhde (1996), Chris Greisen (1997 & 98), Tony Miles (1999 & 2000), Seth Wand (2001 & 02), Jamaica Rector (2003 & 04), Dave Tollefson (2005), Mike Peterson (2006), Xavier Omon (2007), Jeremy Davis (2008), Myles Burnside (2009), Ryan Jones (2010), Chad Kilgore (2011) & Matt Longacre (2013).

— Northwest Sports Information —