WACO, Texas. – Truman State Running Back Cody Schrader was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Schrader led all of NCAA football in rushing yards (2,074), rushing yards per game (172.8) and rushing touchdowns (25).
 
Schrader was previously named the Co-Offensive Player of the Year by Great Lakes Valley Conference coaches and was the Offensive MVP at the America's Crossroads Bowl in Hobart, Indiana on Saturday. He was also a second-team all-region selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
 
The sophomore averaged 6.9 yards per carry and had at least one rushing touchdown in each of the 12 games played during the season. He ran for over 100 yards in 11 of the 12 and over 200 yards in five games, including the season finale against Indianapolis and the bowl game against Hillsdale (Mich.).
 
Schrader busted runs of 20 or more yards 23 times during the season, had eight runs of 40 or more yards and six runs of 60 or more. His longest scamper of the season was 88 yards in the first meeting with Hillsdale back on September 18 and his single-game high was 278 against Missouri S&T on October 9^th.
 
Schrader is the 86^th selected All-American in Truman Football history but first by the AFCA since Jarrett Anderson's run in 1996.
 
The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. The AFCA's Division II All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's seven districts, one of whom serves as a district chair, along with another head coach who serves as the chair of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairs and the committee chair on which the teams are chosen.


AFCA All-American Release