2016 College Football All-America Team

The 2016 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.

2016 College Football All-America Team
College Football All-America Team
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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The 2016 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, Athlon Sports, and Fox Sports (FOX).

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. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team to all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.[5]

Twenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2016, 14 of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).[6]

2016 Consensus All-Americans
NamePositionYearUniversity
Lamar Jackson*QuarterbackSophomoreLouisville
Dalvin Cook*Running backJuniorFlorida State
D'Onta ForemanRunning backJuniorTexas
Corey DavisWide receiverSeniorWestern Michigan
Dede Westbrook*Wide receiverSeniorOklahoma
Jake ButtTight endSeniorMichigan
Cody O'Connell*Offensive tackleJuniorWashington State
Ryan RamczykOffensive tackleJuniorWisconsin
Cam Robinson*Offensive tackleJuniorAlabama
Connor WilliamsOffensive tackleSophomoreTexas
Pat Elflein*CenterSeniorOhio State
Jonathan Allen*Defensive endSeniorAlabama
Derek BarnettDefensive endJuniorTennessee
Myles Garrett*Defensive endJuniorTexas A&M
DeMarcus WalkerDefensive endSeniorFlorida State
Zach Cunningham*LinebackerJuniorVanderbilt
Reuben Foster*LinebackerSeniorAlabama
Jabrill Peppers*LinebackerJuniorMichigan
Adoree' JacksonCornerbackJuniorUSC
Jourdan LewisCornerbackSeniorMichigan
Malik Hooker*SafetySophomoreOhio State
Budda BakerSafetyJuniorWashington
Minkah FitzpatrickCornerbackSophomoreAlabama
Tre'Davious WhiteCornerbackSeniorLSU
Zane Gonzalez*KickerSeniorArizona State
Mitch Wishnowsky*PunterSophomoreUtah
Quadree HendersonAll-purposeSophomorePittsburgh

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

Footnotes
  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 October 17, 2011.
  3. Newsome, Ron. "Amos Alonzo Stagg: Just Who Was This Guy, Anyway?". CBS Interactive/NCAA.org. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  4. "Football Award Winners". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  5. "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.
  6. Bender, Bill (December 15, 2016). "Heisman winner Lamar Jackson leads the way on 2016 Consensus All-America Team". Sporting News. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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