WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ- Monmouth University running back
Juwon Farri (Germantown, MD/Northwest) and center
AJ Farris (Newark, DE/Eastern Christian Academy) have earned Second Team All-American honors from STATS Perform, the organization announced on Monday.
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Farri earns his first All-America honors after a redshirt sophomore season that had him lead the country in scoring while earning Big South Offensive Player of the Year. Farri finished the season ranked 10
th in all-purpose yards with 133 per game while rushing for 529 yards in four games with 10 touchdowns, which was first after the regular season. Farri finished eighth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award and was named First Team All-Big South for the second consecutive season.
Farris earns Second Team All-America honors after starting every game at center as a fifth-year senior. He earned First Team All-Big South honors after heading up an offensive line that led the way for the Big South's most explosive offense. Monmouth averaged 35 points per game in 2021 which was 11
th in the country and both the Hawks rushing and passing offense was ranked in the top-20 nationally. Farris was a third team All-American by two separate media outlets after the 2019 season.
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The Hawks won their second consecutive Big South Championship after going 3-0 in the regular season then fell six point short of upsetting #2 Sam Houston in the opening round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs.
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