DeKALB, Ill. – The All-America honors continue to pile up for Northern Illinois University sophomore Sutton Smith, making the defensive end from St. Charles, Missouri one of the most decorated All-Americans in NIU football's major college history.
Wednesday, Smith was named a second team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), becoming just the second Huskie ever honored by the AFCA, after LeShon Johnson in 1993. On Tuesday, Smith became just the third Huskie, and the first since Michael Turner in 2003, to earn first or second team All-America recognition from The Sporting News when he was named to the magazine's second team.