SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford senior center Jared Singleton has been named an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. Singleton also picked up third team All-America honors from the Associated Press.

Singleton, a senior from Lugoff, S.C., is a three-time All-Southern Conference honoree and started 27 consecutive games at center over the past three seasons and a total of 37 starts in his four-year career with the Terriers. He is the first Wofford player to earn AFCA honors since Katon Bethay in 2005. Singleton was one of only four players from the Southern Conference to earn AFCA honors, joining Fabian Truss (Samford), Dakota Dozier (Furman) and Davis Tull (Chattanooga).

The AFCA?has selected an All-America team every year since 1945. 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.

The five teams now chosen for each AFCA?division evolved from a single 11-player squad in 1945. From 1945 until 1967, only one team was chosen. From 1967 through 1971, two teams, University Division and College Division, were selected. In 1972, the College Division was split into College I and College II. In 1979, the University Division was split into two teams — Division I-A and Division I-AA. In 1996, the College I and College II teams were renamed Division II?and Division III,?respectively. In 2006, the Division I-A and Division I-AA teams were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)?and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS),?respectively. In 2006, the AFCA started selecting an NAIA-only team.

From 1965-81, a 22-player (11 offensive, 11 defensive) team was chosen. In 1982, a punter and placekicker were added to the team. In 1997, a return specialist was added, giving us the current 25-player team. The return specialist position was replaced by an all-purpose player in 2006.