2014 All-America college football team

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The 2014 All-America college football 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 All-America college football team selected by Caspar Whitney. 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. [1] 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.

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The 2014 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-America 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. [2]

In 2014, there were 12 unanimous All-Americans.

NamePositionYearUniversity
Joey Bosa Defensive LineSophomore Ohio St.
Tevin Coleman Running BackJunior Indiana
Landon Collins Defensive BackJunior Alabama
Amari Cooper Wide ReceiverJunior Alabama
Senquez Golson Defensive BackSenior Ole Miss
Melvin Gordon Running BackJunior Wisconsin
Gerod Holliman Defensive BackSophomore Louisville
Tre' Jackson Offensive LineSenior Florida St.
Hau'oli Kikaha LinebackerSenior Washington
Marcus Mariota QuarterbackJunior Oregon
Brandon Scherff Offensive LineSenior Iowa
Scooby Wright III LinebackerSophomore Arizona

Offense

Quarterback

Running back

Wide receiver

Tight end

Offensive line

Defense

Defensive line

Linebacker

Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

All-purpose / return specialist

See also

Notes

  1. "Football Award Winners". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. "2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

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