AT&T ESPN All-America Player

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AT&T ESPN All-America Player
Awarded for college football's player of the week and player of the year
Country United States
Presented by AT&T and ESPN
History
First award2004
Most recent Jadeveon Clowney (yearly award)
Website http://www.espnallamerica.com

The AT&T ESPN All-America Player is a joint marketing venture between AT&T and ESPN that allows fans to select college football's player of the week and player of the year respectively. Each "vote" counts as an entry into an AT&T sweepstakes, usually for a trip to the BCS National Championship game. According to a press release, AT&T does not "divulge or confirm the number of votes". AT&T and ESPN share the revenue generated from the promotion. [1] The award was previously known as the Cingular All-America Player before AT&T acquired Cingular. [2]

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All-America Player of the Year winners

SeasonPlayerPositionTeam
2004 Cedric Benson RB Texas
2005 Vince Young QB Texas
2006 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame
2007 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech
2008 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech
2009 Colt McCoy QB Texas
2010 [3] LaMichael James RB Oregon
2011 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
2012 Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina
2013 A. J. McCarron QB Alabama

All-America Player of the Week winners

2011

WeekPlayerPositionCollegeSource
Week 1 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
Week 2 Denard Robinson QB Michigan
Week 3 Seth Doege QB Texas Tech
Week 4 Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
Week 5 Tyler Wilson QB Arkansas
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8 Seth Doege QB Texas Tech

2010

WeekPlayerPositionCollegeSource
Week 1 Denard Robinson QB Michigan [4]
Week 2 Denard Robinson QB Michigan
Week 3 Ryan Mallett QB Arkansas
Week 4 Mark Ingram II RB Alabama
Week 5 Denard Robinson QB Michigan
Week 6 Taylor Potts QB Texas Tech [5]

2009

WeekPlayerPositionCollegeSource
Week 1 Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame
Week 2 Tate Forcier QB Michigan
Week 3 Landry Jones QB Oklahoma [6]
Week 4 Adrian Clayborn DE Iowa
Week 5 Golden Tate WR Notre Dame [7]
Week 6 Jonathan Crompton QB Tennessee
Week 7 Mark Ingram II RB Alabama
Week 8 Terrence Cody G Alabama
Week 9 Case Keenum QB Houston
Week 10Jordan ShipleyWRTexas [4]
Week 11Dexter McClusterRB/WRMississippi [4]
Week 12 Jeremiah Masoli QB Oregon [8]
Week 13Colt McCoyQBTexas [4]

2008

WeekPlayerPositionCollegeSource
Week 1 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [9]
Week 2 Patrick Pinkney QB East Carolina [10]
Week 3 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech [11]
Week 4 Jarrett Lee QB LSU [11]
Week 5 John Parker Wilson QB Alabama [12]
Week 6 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [13]
Week 7 Jordan Shipley WR Texas [14]
Week 8 Colt McCoy QB Texas
Week 9 Matt Williams PK Texas Tech [15]
Week 10 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [16]
Week 11 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [17]

2007

WeekPlayerPositionCollegeSource
Week 4 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [9]
Week 6 Graham Harrell QB Texas Tech [9]
Week 11 Kevin Smith RB UCF [18]

2006

WeekPlayerPositionCollege
September 2 Ray Rice RB Rutgers
September 9 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame
September 16 Mario Manningham WR Michigan
September 23 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame
September 30 Calvin Johnson WR Georgia Tech
October 7 Erik Ainge QB Tennessee
October 14 Colt McCoy QB Texas
October 21 John Beck QB Brigham Young
October 28 Colt McCoy QB Texas
November 4 Darren McFadden RB Arkansas
November 11 Josh Freeman QB Kansas State
November 18 Troy Smith QB Ohio State

2005

WeekPlayerPositionCollege
September 3 D. J. Shockley QB Georgia
September 10 Vince Young QB Texas
September 17 Reggie McNeal QB Texas A&M
September 24 Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota
October 1 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame
October 8 Maurice Drew RB UCLA
October 15 Vince Young QB Texas
October 22 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame
October 29 Vince Young QB Texas
November 5 Tom Zbikowski SS Notre Dame
November 12 Kenny Irons RB Auburn
November 19 Reggie Bush RB USC
November 26 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma

2004

WeekPlayerPositionCollege
September 12 Kyle Orton QB Purdue
September 19 Sonny Cumbie QB Texas Tech
September 26 Kyle Orton QB Purdue
October 3 David Greene QB Georgia
October 10 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma
October 17 Jason Campbell QB Auburn
October 24 Michael Hart RB Michigan
October 31 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma
November 6 Jason White QB Oklahoma
November 13 Carnell Williams RB Auburn
November 20 Adrian Peterson RB Oklahoma
November 27 Matt Leinart QB USC

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