2009 College Football All-America Team

An All-American team is an honorary sports team for a specific season composed of the best amateur players at each position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in American team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media.

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C. J. Spiller was unanimous selection at kick returner.

The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp.[1][2][3] In 1950, the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide.[4] Since 1952, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, covering all NCAA championship sports.[5]

The 2009 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American teams: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Rivals.com, and Scout.com.

Currently, NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources.[6] The system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team.[7] Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is recognized as a consensus first-team all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus All-Americans.[6]

Statistics

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Academic All-American Zoltan Mesko was the first kicking specialist chosen in the 2010 NFL draft.

For the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the following players were unanimous first-team selections on the twelve nation-wide lists exhibited below: safety Eric Berry, punter Drew Butler, cornerback Joe Haden, offensive tackle Russell Okung, kickoff returner C. J. Spiller, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and wide receiver Golden Tate. Of the unanimous selections, Spiller was the only player selected at multiple positions: running back by Pro Football Weekly and kickoff returner by all other selection committees. Additionally, running back Toby Gerhart, defensive end Jerry Hughes, running back Mark Ingram II, linebacker Rolando McClain and quarterback Colt McCoy were unanimous first-team selections by the five NCAA-sanctioned selectors.

Mike Johnson, Mike Iupati and Earl Thomas were selected to the most (10 each) first team lists without being unanimously selected by all five of the NCAA-sanctioned first team lists. Danario Alexander was selected to the four lists without being chosen to any of the NCAA-sanctioned first team lists, while Kellen Moore and Brandon Graham were each selected to three unsanctioned first team lists. Colt McCoy has the distinction of being selected to the fewest lists (8) while being selected to all five sanctioned first teams.

Zane Beadles, who was a 2009 second team Academic All-America selection,[8][9] is the only player to make one of the 2009 College Football All-America teams and the 2009 College Football Academic All-America Team. Tim Tebow, who was a 2007 and 2008 College Football All-America Team selection, was a first team 2009 College Football Academic All-America team selection.

Offense

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Quarterback

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Running back

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Fullback

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Wide receiver

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Tight end

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Offensive tackle

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Guard

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Center

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Defense

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Defensive end

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Defensive tackle

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Linebacker

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Cornerback

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Safety

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Special teams

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Kicker

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Punter

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All-purpose / Kick returner

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Punt returner

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  • Player name in bold — consensus All-American
  • * — unanimous All-American
  • Selector name in bold — official selector

Official selectors:

Other selectors:

Sources of the teams:[7][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Academic All-America

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Tim Tebow and Tim Hiller were the first and second team Academic All-American quarterbacks

The following players were selected to the University Division Academic All-America first and second teams.[8][9]

First-team

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Position Player Team
QB Tim Tebow Florida
RB Andre Anderson Tulane
Kyle Minett South Dakota State
WR Zeke Markshausen Northwestern
Blair White Michigan State
TE Colin Peek Alabama
OL Andrew Jackson Fresno State
Jim McKenzie Syracuse
Andrew Pitz Penn State
Adam Ulatoski Texas
Stefen Wisniewski Penn State
DL Sam Acho Texas
Jacob Kragt Eastern Washington
Adam Rundh Valparaiso
Brandon Wingeier Dayton
LB Josh Hull Penn State
Josh Mahoney Northern Iowa
Mike Nixon Arizona State
DB Josh Cain Jacksonville State
Beau Hadley Weber State
Scott Johnson BYU
Chris Rocco Liberty
K Brandon Hellevang North Dakota
P Zoltán Meskó Michigan

Second-team

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Position Player Team
QB Tim Hiller Western Michigan
RB Chris Ganious South Dakota
Jacquise Terry Kent State
WR Rocky Ross UCF
Ryan Whalen Stanford
TE Jeron Mastrud Kansas State
OL Taylor Askew Tennessee Tech
Zane Beadles Utah
John Dowd Navy
Mitch Enright SMU
Paul Jasinowski Brown
Barrett Jones Alabama
DL Grant Hunter Butler
Ryan Kerrigan Purdue
Dan Millington Indiana State
Nick Nolte North Dakota
LB Matthew Bauman BYU
Joe Pawelek Baylor
Reed Williams West Virginia
DB Mike Anello Notre Dame
Conrad Kjerstad South Dakota State
Mike McElroy Southern Illinois
Chima Nwachukwu Washington State
K Stefan Demos Northwestern
P Robert Malone Fresno State

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ Martin, John Stuart (October 1961). "Walter Camp and His Gridiron Game". American Heritage. 12 (6). Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  3. ^ Newsome, Ron. "Amos Alonzo Stagg: Just Who Was This Guy, Anyway?". CBS Interactive/NCAA.org. Retrieved May 21, 2010.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Football Award Winners". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  5. ^ "Florida's Tim Tebow and Morningside's Beau Kildow top ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-America Football Team". College Sports Information Directors of America. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "2009–10 NCAA Statistics Policies (updated 9/2/2009)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Tebow, Kildow top Academic team". ESPN. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 28, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  9. ^ a b "2009 Academic All-America Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  10. ^ "Ingram, McClain lead 6 Alabama AP All-Americans". SportingNews.com. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  11. ^ "FWAA Names 2009 All-America Team". Football Writers Association of America. December 12, 2009. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  12. ^ "2009 AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team". American Football Coaches Association. December 3, 2009. Archived from the original on December 6, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  13. ^ "2009 Walter Camp All-America Team Announced". Walter Camp Football Foundation. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  14. ^ "2009 Sporting News college football All-America first team". SportingNews.com. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  15. ^ "SI.com's 2009 All-Americas". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  16. ^ "All-America team". Pro Football Weekly, LLC. December 22, 2009. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  17. ^ "Ingram, Gerhart lead All-Americans". ESPN Internet Ventures. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  18. ^ "CBSSports.com 2009 All-America Team". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  19. ^ "2009 CFN All-America Teams". CollegeFootballNews.com and Scout.com. December 16, 2009. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  20. ^ "Rivals.com 2009 All-America Teams". Rivals.com. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  21. ^ Safrit, Miller (December 15, 2009). "Scout.com All-America Team". Scout.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.