SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State senior cornerback Luq Barcoo has been named an Associated Press All-America third-team selection, the AP announced Monday. The AP first, second and third teams are voted on by 15 members of the national media.
Barcoo, a Chula Vista, Calif., native, is the first Aztec defensive back to make an AP All-America first, second or third team in program history. Last Thursday, Barcoo earned second-team All-America accolades by Walter Camp.
Barcoo, who was a semifinalist for the Paycomm Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back), leads all FBS players in total passes defended (INT + PBU) (24) and passes defended per game (2.00), and is tied for the FBS lead in pass breakups (16). Barcoo is also tied for second in interceptions (8) and interceptions per game (0.67). Barcoo, a first-team all-Mountain West selection and Pro Football Focus Honorable-Mention All-American, has also chipped in with 51 tackles (41 solo), including 5.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks, in his first season as a starter.
Barcoo's eight interceptions are tied with Damontae Kazee (2015) and Tom Deckert (1969) for the most in SDSU's Division I history, and the second most in program history (Ed Ricketts, 12 in 1951). His 16 pass breakups, meanwhile, are tied with Darren Hall and Ron Smith (2017) for the second-most pass breakups in San Diego State single-season history, six behind Marlon Andrews (22 in 1990).
Barcoo and the Aztecs (9-3) play Central Michigan in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 21, 2019 in Albuquerque, N.M.
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Football's Luq Barcoo Named AP Third-Team All-American
