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02/07/20 - Manny Longoria, Sr/2020, Texas Lutheran + More +

2019 AFCA DIVISION III COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DL Manny Longoria, Sr., Texas Lutheran,...Longoria is a 2019 American Football Coaches Association Second Team All-American, and he is on the D3football.com All-South Region Team for a second straight year. Longoria was a Second Team All-Region selection in 2018. Longoria and the TLU defense combined with the TLU offense to produce a team turnover margin per game of plus-1.5. That turnover margin ranked sixth in the NCAA Division III. The TLU defense also ranked 12th nationally in defensive touchdowns, with four, and ranked 23rd in fumbles recovered, with 12.

Longoria leaves TLU as the program's DIII-era career leader for sacks and tackles for loss. He tallied 24.5 career sacks for 158 yards and 46.5 tackles for loss for 226 yards. Longoria had four career forced fumbles and three career fumble recoveries. He took two of those fumble recoveries back for touchdowns, including a 39-yard recovery this year in the road win over then-No. 6 Hardin-Simmons. In 2019, Longoria collected six sacks and 12 tackles for loss. He posted a single-season career-best 43 tackles this season and ended his four-year career with 119 total tackles. The Bulldog defense this year ranked 24th in sacks, at 3.2 per contest, and 30th in team tackles for loss, at 8.0 per game. - Texas Lutheran Football

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