Burroughs and Cano Named NAIA Football All-Americans

David FInney

KANSAS CITY, MO — The 2021 AFCA NAIA Coaches' All-America Teams were announced on December 13th by the American Football Coaches Association AFCA).

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best — the coaches themselves.

Coach James Miller and his Reinhardt University staff are proud to announce that they had two representatives for this prestigious recognition. Teon Burroughs has been selected to the Second Team NAIA All-American Team for the second year in a row. Burroughs is a senior defensive lineman who was a leader both on and off the field. He currently is a graduate student with better than a 3.0 GPA. On the field, Burroughs had five sacks, fourteen tackles for a loss, two fumble recoveries, and two interceptions during the regular season. He led the team to the 2021 NAIA Football Championship Series.

Joining Burroughs with All-American honors was offensive lineman, John Cano. Cano was recognized by the AFCA as an Honorable Mention recipient. Cano was a team leader on a strong offensive line that allowed the offense to average 241 rushing yards and 192 passing yards per game. Cano is in his junior season at Reinhardt where he is majoring in Biology. Cano has an above 3.0 GPA as well.

Coach Miller was ecstatic about the announcement of his recognized players and he had this to say about the awards, "This is a great honor for both these young men, the Reinhardt football team, and the University.  These two players have worked their tails off every single day in the classroom and on the field. Both young men are over 3.0 GPA- Teon in graduate school and John as a biology major. Both were voted captains by their teammates. The coaching staff and I are super proud of all the effort and hard work they put in every single day."

For the complete article from the NAIA and see the complete team list, please click here.