MOBILE, Ala. – As the only safety in the country to receive a mark above 80 in both coverage and run defense, the University of South Alabama's Keith Gallmon was named to the PFF All-America Team announced on Monday.

The honor came on the same day that the 5-foot-9, 205-pound junior from Mobile, Ala., was selected third-team all-Sun Belt Conference.

The lone player in the Sun Belt to rank in the top 10 in both tackles and passes defensed per game, Gallmon set career highs this fall with 84 total stops and 10 passes broken up while adding an interception and a forced fumble.  Entering bowl season, he stands seventh in the conference in tackles per game and is tied for eighth in total passes defended per contest.  Gallmon finished with 10 or more tackles on three occasions while leading South in stops three times during the year as well.

That included posting a career-best 12 tackles in the Jaguars' win at Southern Mississippi to open the campaign, and recording a game-high 11 stops and breaking up a pass as South defeated Arkansas State on the road.  Gallmon also was credited with 10 tackles and a pass defensed at No. 15 Coastal Carolina while leading all players with nine stops — intercepting a pass and forcing a fumble as well — in the Jags' contest at Georgia Southern.

After three years in the program, Gallmon is already tied for fourth in school history with 14 total passes broken up and has recorded 145 stops including three behind the line.  He's intercepted two passes, forced a pair of fumbles and recovered a fumble as well in 34 appearances.

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