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The 2019 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by second-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the East Division.

Preseason polls
The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in second place in the East Division.

Preseason All–SWAC teams
The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.


 * All SWAC First Team
 * TE Kendric Johnson
 * Armoni Holloway – LB


 * All SWAC Second Team
 * Aqeel Glass – QB
 * Shonye Reams – OL
 * Brian Jenkins – WR

Postseason

 * SWAC Freshman of the Year - WR Abdul Fatai-Ibrahim
 * All SWAC First Team
 * RB Jordan Bentley (BoxToRow All-American)
 * WR Abdul Fatai-Ibrahim
 * DE Marcus Cushine (BoxToRow All-American)
 * PK Spencer Corey
 * All SWAC Second Team
 * QB Aqeel Glass
 * WR Zabrian Moore
 * TE Kendric Johnson
 * OL Shonye Reams
 * OL Tevoris Butler
 * LB Armoni Holloway

Bentley broke several Alabama A&M records: Single-season rushing yards, career rushing yards (3,204), single-game rushing yards (245), rushing touchdowns (18), career touchdowns (43), single-season points (122) and career points (260). Ibrahim finished the season with 1,004 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on 59 receptions. Cushine, a 6-2 and 220-pound defensive end from Broward County, Fla., emerged this season as one of the conference's top pass rushers, leading Alabama A&M with seven sacks and 13 tackles for loss. Corey finished the season 49 of 50 on extra point attempts, and he made 5-of-9 field goal attempts, including a 44-yarder.

Glass led the SWAC in passing while setting a new Alabama A&M records with 3,600 passing yards and 32 passing touchdowns. Zabrian Moore led the SWAC in receiving with 1,057 yards and nine touchdowns on 58 receptions. Johnson finished the season with 275 yards and four touchdowns on 24 receptions. Holloway set a new Alabama A&M record with 114 tackles, averaging 9.5 tacklers per game and led the team with 14 tackles for loss.