NEW YORK CITY – Texas A&M University-Commerce football players Luis Perez and Jared Machorro have been named Division II All-Americans by the Associated Press (AP). Perez was named the First Team All-American quarterback while Machorro was named Second Team All-America at left tackle. The AP All-America teams were released on Wednesday.
 
Perez is the nation's leading passer and a Harlon Hill Trophy finalist. Perez has led the Lions to a 13-1 record and the National Championship game with Division II's longest active winning streak at nine games. He has completed 398-of-566 passes for 4,678 yards and 44 touchdowns this season, while completing better than 70 percent of his pass attempts.
 
This is the second All-American selection of the day and the third of Perez' senior year. He was named First Team All-American and the Ron Lenz Offensive Player of the Year by the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) earlier on Wednesday. Perez was also named Second Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Perez is the first quarterback at A&M-Commerce since 1980 (Wade Wilson) to be named a First Team All-American and the first to receive multiple First Team All-America awards in the same season since Sam McCord in 1958.
 
Perez has thrown at least four touchdown passes seven times this season and went 269 pass attempts without an interception. He is NCAA Division II's active passing leader at 8,002 yards over the past two seasons with 76 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. The Chula Vista, Calif., native is the reigning J.W. Rollins Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year and posted 10 consecutive 300-yard passing games this season including a campaign-best 482-yard effort against Tarleton State.
 
Machorro has been named a Second Team All-American by the AP for the second consecutive season. This is the seventh All-America honor of his career and third of this season, having been also named First Team All-American by the D2CCA earlier in the day and First Team All-American by the AFCA last week.
 
The Lone Star Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year has paved the way for the nation's No. 2 passing offense on the way to the National Championship Game. The outstanding blocker has been one of the nation's top blockers, as the Lions have allowed fewer than two sacks per game, while the offense has dropped back to pass more than 45 times per game.


 
2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE

Position	Name	Class	School
Quarterback	Luis Perez	Senior	Texas A&M-Commerce
Running backs	Marc Jones	Senior	Gannon
	Cameron Mayberry	Sophomore	Colorado School of Mines
Linemen	Alex Cappa	Senior	Humboldt State
	Lavonte Hights	Senior	Shepherd
	Dominic Giunta	Senior	Ashland
	Harley Vaughn	Senior	West Georgia
	Gavin De Los Santos	Senior	Harding
Tight end	D.J. Cornish	Sophomore	Shepherd
Receivers	J.T. Luper	Senior	Central Oklahoma
	Weston Carr	Sophomore	Azusa Pacific
All-purpose player	Devontae Jackson	Junior	West Georgia
Kicker	Casey Bednarski	Junior	Minnesota State

 
DEFENSE

Position	Name	Class	School
Linemen	Marcus Martin	Senior	Slippery Rock
	Bo Banner	Senior	Central Washington
	Adonis Davis	Junior	Florida Tech
	Myles Humphrey	Senior	Shepherd
Linebacker	Kevin Haynes	Senior	Central Washington
	Terry Samuel	Junior	West Alabama
	Dennis Gardeck	Senior	Sioux Falls
Backs	Tyler Hasty	Junior	Central Washington
	Tavierre Thomas	Senior	Ferris State
	J.R. Stevens	Sophomore	Indiana (PA)
	Chris Johnson	Junior	North Alabama
Punter	Justin Marcha	Senior	Emporia State

 
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE

Position	Name	Class	School
Quarterback	Travis Tarnowski	Senior	Ashland
Running backs	Walter Fletcher	Sophomore	Edinboro
	Deshawn Jones	Sophomore	Missouri S&T
Linemen	Andrew Alten	Senior	Findlay
	Jerron Seales	Senior	Indiana (PA)
	Jake Daugherty	Senior	Ferris State
	Daniel Owens	Senior	Wingate
	Jared Machorro	Senior	Texas A&M-Commerce
Tight end	Qua Boyd	Junior	West Alabama
Receivers	Marcus Johnson	Senior	Slippery Rock
	Jalen Tolliver	Senior	Arkansas-Monticello
All-purpose player	Ja'Quan Gardner	Senior	Humboldt State
Kicker	Cole Tracy	Senior	Assumption

 
DEFENSE

Position	Name	Class	School
Linemen	Evan Perrizo	Senior	Minnesota State
	Zach Seiler	Junior	Ferris State
	Nathan Shepherd	Senior	Fort Hays State
	John Williamson	Junior	West Florida
Linebacker	Kyle Kitchens	Senior	Catawba
	Sam Blankenship	Junior	Harding
	Tyler Morrisey	Junior	West Chester
Backs	Tevin Madison	Senior	West Alabama
	Cua' Rose	Junior	Arkansas Tech
	Aaron Ivory	Senior	Findlay
	Marvin Conley	Junior	West Florida
Punter	Zach Gaines	Sophomore	West Alabama

 
Selection panel: Todd Anderson, UNC Pembroke; Josh Deer, Concordia-St. Paul, Minnesota; Jon Holtz, Slippery Rock (Pennsylvania); John Kean, Missouri S&T; Josh Manck, Texas A&M-Commerce; Jeff Weiss, Wayne State (Michigan).