PITTSBURGH - Duquesne junior running back A.J. Hines (Wilson, N.C./Fike) earned Second Team All-America honors from the Associated Press, the organization announced on Tuesday.

Hines becomes the first running back in program history and the ninth Dukes player overall to garner AP All-America accolades.

The Wilson, N.C. native rushed for 1,520 yards with 17 total touchdowns on the season, helping the Dukes claim their fifth Northeast Conference title, their second FCS Playoff bid and their first FCS Playoff victory with a 31-10 win at Towson. 

Hines eclipsed 100 yards on the ground seven times on the year, including six weeks in a row during a six-game Duquesne winning streak. The NEC Offensive Player of the Year finished with 125 rushing yards with two touchdowns in the Dukes' conference championship-clinching win at Central Connecticut before recording 246 yards from scrimmage with two touchdowns in the FCS Playoff triumph at Towson.

Hines closed out the year third in the FCS in rushing yards and fifth in the country in rushing yards per game (126.7 ypg). In addition, the 2016 Jerry Rice Award winner was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, earned by the top offensive player in the FCS.

This marks the fourth consecutive season in which Duquesne landed a player on the AP All-America teams (Christian Kuntz in 2015 & 2016, Ben Huss in 2017).

Duquesne's AP FCS All-Americans
+ Joe Rosato, JR - SP - 1996  
+ Matt Fisher, SR - LB - 1998
+ Leigh Bodden, JR - DB - 2001
* Leigh Bodden, SR - DB - 2002
* Antoine Bullock, SR - DE - 2005
+ Bruce Hocker, JR - WR - 2006
+ Serge Kona, JR - DB - 2011
* Christian Kuntz, JR - LB - 2015
* Christian Kuntz, SR - LB - 2016
* Ben Huss, SR - OL - 2017
* A.J. Hines , JR - RB - 2018