Wortham and Gillman earn All-America honors from the AFCA

The postseason accolades continued to pour in for Montana on Thursday with two more Grizzlies earning All-America honors. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) named Michael Wortham and Eli Gillman to one of its two All-America teams.

With his fourth first team selection so far this season, Wortham his now a consensus All-America honoree after earning a place on the AFCA list as an all-purpose player. Consensus All-Americans are those named to the first team on at least half of the recognized All-America lists published annually.

Gillman has now been named to three second team and one first-team All-America squads with a second team selection from the AFCA.

Wortham has rewritten the record books for Montana in recent weeks and is poised to set more all-time marks in his lone season at UM. The All-Big Sky pick and Payton Award finalist has now eclipsed 2,295 all-purpose yards this season, breaking Hall of Famer Marc Mariani's 2008 school record of 2,265 single-season all-purpose yards.

He's also caught 77 passes for 1,139 yards this year. 77 catches are the fifth-most in a season for UM, and 1,139 yards is the eighth-most in program history. He needs just 10 more catches to set a school record set by Samori Toure in 2019. Wortham's 738 yards of kickoff returns are also near a school record as one of just five players with more than 700 in a year. He needs 141 more to top Malik Flowers' 2019 record of 879.

He was a Stats Perform second team All-American as a junior at Eastern Washington in 2024, now making his second appearance on the list – one of just nine repeat All-Americans.

Gillman is having his second-straight 1,000+ yard season and is knocking on the door to making history as well with 1,434 yards on the season. The Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year has racked-up the third most single-season yards in program history, needing just 69 more yards to pass Hall of Famer Chase Reynolds' 2009 total of 1,502 in second and 150 more to pass Reynold's 2008 total of 1,583.

His career numbers are on the cusp of history as well. He has now rushed for 3,571 yards and 48 touchdowns with 52 overall TDs in his three full seasons. Gillman now needs exactly 500 more yards to become Montana's all-time leading rusher.

A total of eight Grizzlies have earned an All-America nod so far this season, with three more lists set to be released in the coming weeks. Below are all of Montana's honorees so far this season.

AFCA

First Team Special Teams
AP – Michael Wortham

Second Team Offense
RB – Eli Gillman

Stats Perform

First Team Special Teams
AP – Michael Wortham

Second Team Offense
QB – Keali'i Ah Yat
RB – Eli Gillman
OL – Cannon Panfiloff

Associated Press

First Team Offense
AP – Michael Wortham

Second Team Offense
RB – Eli Gillman

Honorable Mention
QB – Keali'i Ah Yat
OL – Cannon Panfiloff
OL – Dillon Botner
TE – Evan Shafer
LB – Peyton Wing

FCS Football Central / Sports Illustrated

First Team Offense
RB - Eli Gillman

First Team Special Teams
AP - Michael Wortham

Second Team Offense
QB - Keali'i Ah Yat

Second Team Defense
LB - Peyton Wing

Third Team Offense
OL - Cannon Panfiloff

Third-Team Special Teams
PR - Drew Deck

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