2011 AP All-America Teams

Post by **Bud Lee** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:24 pm

Note....first time in history two corners from the same team made it on the AP All-American first team in the same year.

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE
QB - Robert Griffin III, junior, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Baylor.
RB - Montee Ball, junior, 5-11, 210, Wisconsin
RB - Trent Richardson, junior, 5-11, 224, Alabama
OT - Barrett Jones, senior, 6-5, 311, Alabama
OT - Matt Kalil, junior, 6-7, 295, Southern California
OG - David DeCastro, senior, 6-5, 310, Stanford
OG - Kevin Zeitler, senior, 6-4, 318, Wisconsin
C - David Molk, senior, 6-2, 286, Michigan
WR - Justin Blackmon, junior, 6-1, 215, Oklahoma State
WR - Robert Woods, sophomore, 6-1, 180, Southern California
TE - Dwayne Allen, junior, 6-4, 255, Clemson
AP - Sammy Watkins, freshman, 6-1, 180, Clemson
PK - Randy Bullock, senior, 5-9, 212, Texas A&M

DEFENSE
DE - Melvin Ingram, senior, 6-2, 276, South Carolina
DE - Whitney Mercilus, junior, 6-4, 265, Illinois
DT - Devon Still, senior, 6-5, 310, Penn State
DT - Jerel Worthy, junior, 6-3, 310, Michigan State
LB - Luke Kuechly, junior, 6-3, 237, Boston College
LB - Jarvis Jones, sophomore, 6-3, 241, Georgia
LB - Dont'a Hightower, junior, 6-4, 260, Alabama
CB - Morris Claiborne, junior, 6-0, 185, LSU
CB - Tyrann Mathieu, sophomore, 5-9, 175, LSU
S - Mark Barron, senior, 6-2, 218, Alabama
S - Bacarri Rambo, junior, 6-0, 218, Georgia
P - Brad Wing, freshman, 6-3, 184, LSU

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE
QB - Andrew Luck, junior, Stanford.
RB - LaMichael James, junior, Oregon
RB - David Wilson, junior, Virginia Tech
OT - Jonathan Martin, senior, Stanford
OT - Nate Potter, senior, Boise State
OG - Will Blackwell, senior, LSU
OG - Austin Pazstor, senior, Virginia
C - Peter Konz, junior, Wisconsin
WR - Ryan Broyles, senior, Oklahoma
WR - Kendall Wright, senior, Baylor
TE - Tyler Eifert, junior, Notre Dame
AP - Joe Adams, senior, Arkansas
PK - Caleb Sturgis, junior, Florida

DEFENSE
DE - Frank Alexander, senior, Oklahoma
DE - Vinny Curry, senior, Marshall
DT - Joe Vellano, junior, Maryland
DT - Derek Wolfe, senior, Cincinnati
LB - Courtney Upshaw, senior, Alabama
LB - Lavonte David, senior, Nebraska
LB - Manti Teo, junior, Notre Dame
CB - David Amerson, sophomore, NC State
CB - Dre Kirkpatrick, junior, Alabama
S - Markelle Martin, senior, Oklahoma State
S - Antonio Allen, senior, South Carolina
P - Ryan Allen, junior, Louisiana Tech

THIRD TEAM

OFFENSE
QB - Matt Barkley, junior, Southern California
RB - Ronnie Hillman, sophomore, San Diego State
RB - Bobby Rainey, senior, Western Kentucky
OT - Levy Adcock, senior, Oklahoma State
OT - Cordy Glenn, senior, Georgia
OG - Ryan Miller, senior, Colorado
OG - Gabe Ikard, sophomore, Oklahoma
C - Grant Garner, senior, Oklahoma State
WR - Jordan White, senior, Western Michigan
WR - Patrick Edwards, senior, Houston
TE - Coby Fleener, senior, Stanford
AP - Tavon Austin, junior, West Virginia
PK - Quinn Sharp, junior, Oklahoma State

DEFENSE
DE - Sam Montgomery, sophomore, LSU
DE - Andre Branch, senior, Clemson
DT - John Simon, junior, Ohio State
DT - Fletcher Cox, junior, Mississippi State
LB - Tank Carder, senior, TCU
LB - Sammy Brown, senior, Houston
LB - Emmanuel Acho, senior, Texas
CB - Nigel Malone, junior, Kansas State
CB - Brodrick Brown, junior, Oklahoma State
S - Josh Bush, senior, Wake Forest
S - George Iloka, senior, Boise State
P - Shawn Powell, senior, Florida State

Duck07 · Post by **Duck07** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:30 pm

Sammy Watkins over DeAnthony is my biggest gripe. Watkins wins at the WR spot, DaT has been the better returner and better defines All-Purpose. DaT also has 4 more TDs on the season.

Well, that and the nonsense with Richardson. Again, I go back to the point that in Alabama and Oregon's last 2 or 3 common opponents, TR might have 6 or 7 more rushing yards, but LmJ has 3 tds to his 0. Of course, he gets 2nd team for missing games but I'd argue that just shows how amazing of a back he is to still lead the nation in rushing per game. Not like he wouldn't have ran for absurd numbers in the games he missed, either.

Duck24 · Post by **Duck24** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:18 pm

Curious that the kicker is also the guy who cost OK State a shot at the natty.

Duck24 · Post by **Duck24** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:20 pm

Woops...he's the 3rd team kicker. That makes perfect sense.

TheMaehlMan · Post by **TheMaehlMan** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:42 am

I'm happy for LaMichael, it may not be first team but it is still an incredible accomplishment to be on an All-American team two seasons in a row. I'm also happy to see Luke Kuechly got first team, my Dad won't shut up about him and he is a damn good football player(Boston transplants fyi).

Duck07 · Post by **Duck07** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:29 am

TheMaehlMan wrote:I'm happy for LaMichael, it may not be first team but it is still an incredible accomplishment to be on an All-American team two seasons in a row. I'm also happy to see Luke Kuechly got first team, my Dad won't shut up about him and he is a damn good football player(Boston transplants fyi).

That was a given bud. Dude's only led the nation in tackling what, 3 consecutive seasons?