Bishop Bonnett - Running Back - All-SWAC First Team Offense
Bishop Bonnett has been one of the best backs in the nation all season long. Bonnett currently ranks 20th in the nation in rushing and leads the SWAC with 955 yards. Bonnett is also 11th in yards per carry while leading the SWAC. Bonnett eclipsed the 100-yard mark five different times, including a season-high 166 yards in a thrilling win at Alabama A&M, in which he had the game-winning 80-yard touchdown run.
Bonnett adds 89-yards in the receiving game to give him 1,044 all-purpose good for fourth-best in the league and has six total touchdowns.
Keenan Forbes - Offensive Line - All-SWAC First Team Offense
Keenan Forbes has played at an elite level all season long, finishing the season with 92 knockdowns and allowed only one sack.
Forbes and the rest of the offensive line allowed only 14 sacks, which was #1 in the conference and the 18th in the country. They also led the way for the conference's leading rusher Bishop Bonnett.
Isaiah Land - Linebacker - Defensive Player of the Year / All-SWAC First Team Defense
Isaiah Land is one of the best players in the nation as he is one of 25 players named a Buck Buchanan Award Finalist.
Land leads the nation with 25.5 tackles for loss and 19 sacks. Land has added three forced fumbles, two pass breakups, and one fumble recovery.
Land was named week 4 BOXTOROW Player of the Week after a three-sack performance vs. Alabama State. Then he was named week 5 SWAC Defensive Player of the Week after setting a Rattlers' record five sacks versus South Carolina State. Land earned another SWAC Defensive Player of the Week in week eight after recording six tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks in a win at Mississippi Valley State.
Land recorded a sack or tackles for loss in ten of the 11 games this season and recorded two or more sacks in five games and did the same for tackles for loss in six games.
Markquese Bell - Safety - All-SWAC First Team Defense
Markquese Bell is one of the best players in the nation as he is one of 25 players named a Buck Buchanan Award Finalist.
Bell led the Rattlers with 79 tackles (4th most in SWAC), adding 6.5 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, two sacks, one interception, and one pass breakup.
Bell ranks eighth in the nation in forced fumbles
Bell was named the week 3 SWAC Defensive Player of the Week and Reese's Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week after a 15 tackle, sack, and forced fumble performance at USF.
BJ Bohler - Cornerback - All-SWAC First Team Defense
BJ Bohler has been one of the best corners in the nation as he's ranked 20th in the nation in pass breakups and 22nd in the nation in interceptions (2nd in SWAC).
Bohler is also the Rattlers' second-leading tackler with 46 tackles.
Bohler had the most significant impact on the field in the 2021 Florida Blue Florida Classic as he was named the game's MVP. He had an interception in the first quarter, in which the Rattlers scored on the next play. Late in the third quarter, he forced a fumble, recovered it, and returned it 56-yards for a touchdown. Bohler added four tackles and a pass breakup as the Rattlers defeated the Wildcats 46-21. Bohler's performance in the Florida Classic earned him the week 12 SWAC Defensive Player of the Week.
Jose Romo-Martinez - Kicker - All-SWAC First Team Specialist
Jose Romo-Martinez had the best punting average in the SWAC, averaging 42.91 yards per punt. Romo-Martinez had eight punts of 50+ yards, pinned opponents inside the 20 11 times, and forced 13 fair catches.
Romo-Martinez had a season-long 64-yard punt. Romo-Martinez was named SWAC Special Teams Player of the Week in weeks five and ten.
2021 BOXTOROW HBCU college football All-America team
OFFENSE
QB: Aqeel Glass, Alabama A&M, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.
RB: Bishop Bonnett, Florida A&M, r-Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.
RB: Calil Wilkins, Bowie State, Sr., Temple Hills, Md.
OL: Keenan Forbes Florida A&M, Gr., Miami, Fla.
OL: Quindonte Bobo Bowie State, Jr., White Plains, Md.
OL: Johnathan Bishop, Southern, Sr., Birmingham, Ala.
OL: Robert Lacey, Tennessee State, Jr., Mobile, Ala.
OL: Matthew Derks, Delaware State, Gr., Brantford, Ontario
TE: Kemari Averett, Bethune-Cookman, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.
WR: Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, Alabama A&M, Jr., Miramar, Fla.
WR: Odieu Hilaire, Alabama A&M, Jr., Belle Glade, Fla.
OFFENSE
QB: Aqeel Glass, Alabama A&M, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.
RB: Bishop Bonnett, Florida A&M, r-Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.
RB: Calil Wilkins, Bowie State, Sr., Temple Hills, Md.
OL: Keenan Forbes Florida A&M, Gr., Miami, Fla.
OL: Quindonte Bobo Bowie State, Jr., White Plains, Md.
OL: Johnathan Bishop, Southern, Sr., Birmingham, Ala.
OL: Robert Lacey, Tennessee State, Jr., Mobile, Ala.
OL: Matthew Derks, Delaware State, Gr., Brantford, Ontario
TE: Kemari Averett, Bethune-Cookman, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.
WR: Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, Alabama A&M, Jr., Miramar, Fla.
WR: Odieu Hilaire, Alabama A&M, Jr., Belle Glade, Fla.
DEFENSE
DL: James Houston, Jackson State, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
DL: Jason Dumas, Prairie View A&M, Sr., Vacherie, La.
DL: Antwan Owens, Jackson State, Sr., Tallahassee, Fla.
DL: Jonathan Ross, Bowie State, r-Soph., Waldorf, Md.
LB: Isaiah Land, Florida A&M, r-Jr., Buffalo, N.Y.
LB: Aubrey Miller, Jr., Jackson State, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.
LB: Payton Lunsford, West Virginia State, r-Jr., Hurricane, W. Va.
DB: Markquese Bell, Florida A&M, r-Sr., Bridgeton, N.J.
DB: Decobie Durant, South Carolina State, r-Sr., Lamar, S.C.
DB: BJ Bohler, Florida A&M, r-Jr., Ocoee, Fla.
DB: Drake Cheatum, Prairie View A&M, Sr., Mesquite, Texas *
DB: Joshua Williams, Fayetteville State, Sr., Fayetteville, N.C. *
SPECIALISTS
P: Matt Noll, Delaware State, Fr., Robesonia, Pa.
PK: Jose Romo-Martinez, Florida A&M, Gr., Banning, Calif.
PR: Brandon Codrington, North Carolina Central, Soph., Raleigh, N.C.
KR: Isaiah Bolden, Jackson State, Jr., Tampa, Fla.
RS: Imeek Watkins, Chowan, Sr., Wilmington, N.C.