2014 College Football All-America Team

The 2014 College Football All-America Team includes those players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. 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 1957, 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.

The 2014 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the 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. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. 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 named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans.^[5]

In 2014, there were 12 unanimous All-Americans.

Name	Position	Year	University
Bosa, JoeyJoey Bosa	Defensive Line	Sophomore	Ohio St.
Coleman, TevinTevin Coleman	Running Back	Junior	Indiana
Collins, LandonLandon Collins	Defensive Back	Junior	Alabama
Cooper, AmariAmari Cooper	Wide Receiver	Junior	Alabama
Golson, SenquezSenquez Golson	Defensive Back	Senior	Ole Miss
Gordon, MelvinMelvin Gordon	Running Back	Junior	Wisconsin
Holliman, GerodGerod Holliman	Defensive Back	Sophomore	Louisville
Jackson, Tre'Tre' Jackson	Offensive Line	Senior	Florida St.
Kikaha, Hau'oliHau'oli Kikaha	Linebacker	Senior	Washington
Mariota, MarcusMarcus Mariota	Quarterback	Junior	Oregon
Scherff, BrandonBrandon Scherff	Offensive Line	Senior	Iowa
Wright III, ScoobyScooby Wright III	Linebacker	Sophomore	Arizona

Offense

Quarterback

Marcus Mariota, Oregon -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)

Running back

Tevin Coleman, Indiana -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
James Conner, Pittsburgh (AFCA)
Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)

Wide receiver

Amari Cooper, Alabama -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Rashard Higgins, Colorado State -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, FWAA, USAT, ESPN, SI, FOX)
Jaelen Strong, Arizona State (ESPN)
Kevin White, West Virginia (TSN, AFCA, CBS, Scout)

Tight end

Nick O'Leary, Florida State -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, AFCA, USAT, CBS, Scout, SI)
Clive Walford, Miami (FOX)
Maxx Williams, Minnesota (TSN, FWAA)

Offensive line

Jack Allen, Michigan State (USAT)
A. J. Cann, South Carolina (TSN, CBS, ESPN, FOX)
Kyle Costigan, Wisconsin (ESPN)
Reese Dismukes, Auburn -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, AFCA, FWAA, CBS, ESPN, Scout)
Spencer Drango, Baylor -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, FWAA, USAT, ESPN, Scout, FOX)
Cameron Erving, Florida State (CBS)
Jake Fisher, Oregon (FWAA)
Hroniss Grasu, Oregon (TSN, SI)
Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin (AFCA)
Tre' Jackson, Florida State -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, CBS, Scout, SI)
Arie Kouandjio, Alabama (AFCA, USAT, SI)
Shaquille Mason, Georgia Tech (USAT)
Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M (WCFF, Scout)
Andrus Peat, Stanford (TSN, ESPN, SI)
Brandon Scherff, Iowa -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, Scout, SI, FOX)
Laken Tomlinson, Duke -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF)

Defense

Defensive line

Vic Beasley, Clemson -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, AFCA, FOX)
Michael Bennett, Ohio State (CBS)
Joey Bosa, Ohio State -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, Scout, FOX)
Malcom Brown, Texas -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, TSN, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, FOX)
Eddie Goldman, Florida State (SI)
Nate Orchard, Utah (WCFF, FWAA, ESPN, Scout, SI)
Shane Ray, Missouri -- CONSENSUS -- (WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, Scout, SI)
Danny Shelton, Washington (AP, TSN, USAT)
Leonard Williams, USC (AFCA, ESPN, FOX)

Linebacker

Paul Dawson, TCU -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, USAT, Scout, FOX)
Trey DePriest, Alabama (AFCA)
Eric Kendricks, UCLA (TSN, USAT, Scout, SI)
Hau'oli Kikaha, Washington -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, CBS, ESPN, Scout, FOX)
Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State (FWAA, ESPN, SI)
Shaq Thompson, Washington (CBS, ESPN, SI)
Scooby Wright III, Arizona -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)

Defensive back

Landon Collins, Alabama -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State (FWAA)
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, AFCA, USAT, SI, FOX)
Senquez Golson, Ole Miss -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida (TSN, CBS, ESPN)
Gerod Holliman, Louisville -- UNANIMOUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, FWAA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Jalen Ramsey, Florida State (USAT, Scout)

Special teams

Kicker

Roberto Aguayo, Florida State -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, TSN, AFCA, USAT, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Brad Craddock, Maryland (FWAA)

Punter

Tom Hackett, Utah -- CONSENSUS -- (AP, WCFF, AFCA, FWAA, CBS, Scout, FOX)
JK Scott, Alabama (TSN, USAT, ESPN, SI)

All-purpose / return specialist

Mario Alford, West Virginia (FWAA)
Kaelin Clay, Utah (TSN, CBS, FOX)
Tyler Lockett, Kansas State -- CONSENSUS -- (AFCA, FWAA, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, FOX)
Marcus Murphy, Missouri (Scout)
J. J. Nelson, UAB (WCFF, TSN, USAT, CBS, SI)
Shaq Thompson, Washington (AP, Scout)

Notes

↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
↑ Martin, John Stuart (October 1961). "Walter Camp and His Gridiron Game". American Heritage. 12 (6). Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ Newsome, Ron. "Amos Alonzo Stagg: Just Who Was This Guy, Anyway?". CBS Interactive/NCAA.org. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ "Football Award Winners". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ "2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

References

2014 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Marcus Mariota RB Tevin Coleman RB Melvin Gordon WR Amari Cooper WR Rashard Higgins OT Spencer Drango OT Brandon Scherff G Tre' Jackson G Laken Tomlinson C Reese Dismukes TE Nick O'Leary

Defense	DE Vic Beasley DE Shane Ray DT Joey Bosa DT Malcom Brown LB Paul Dawson LB Hau'oli Kikaha LB Scooby Wright III DB Landon Collins CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu CB Senquez Golson S Gerod Holliman

Special teams	P Tom Hackett PK Roberto Aguayo AP Tyler Lockett

College Football All-America Teams

2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons	The American ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings

All-Americans	2014 College Football All-America Team

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.