List of Nicholls Colonels football All-Americans

The Nicholls Colonels football team, representing Nicholls State University, has had 15 players selected as college football All-Americans. Of those 15 players, 3 were multiple winners, as so-designated by NCAA rules. Center Jay Pennison was selected Second Team AP All-American following the 1982 and 1983 seasons. Defensive back Darryl Pounds was selected Second Team AP All-American in 1991 and First Team AP All-American in 1994. Defensive back Lardarius Webb was selected Walter Camp Foundation First Team All-American in 2007 and First Team AP All-American in 2008.

All-American selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[1] In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.[1]

Key

Selectors

AAB	All-America Board	AFCA	American Football Coaches of America	AP	Associated Press
CO	Collier's Weekly	CNNSI	CNN/Sports Illustrated	CP	Central Press Association	CSW	College Sports Writers
DW	Davis J. Walsh	ES	Ed Sullivan	FN	The Football News	FWAA	Football Writers Association of America
INS	International News Service	KCS	Kansas City Star	LAT	Los Angeles Times	LIB	Liberty Magazine
LK	Look magazine	NANA	North American Newspaper Alliance	NB	Norman E. Brown	NEA	Newspaper Editors Association
NL	Navy Log	NYEP	New York Evening Post	NYS	New York Sun	OF	Oscar Fraley
PD	Parke H. Davis	SH	Scripps-Howard	Time	Time Magazine	TSN	The Sporting News
UP	United Press	UPI	United Press International	WC	Walter Camp	WD	Walter Dobbins

Selections

List of All-Americans showing the year won, player, position and selectors

Year	Player name	Position	Selector(s)
1976	Gerald Butler	WR	Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1977	Rusty Rebowe	LB	AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA); NCAA All-American
1981	Dwight Walker	WR	AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1982	Clint Conque	LB	AP First Team
1982	Jay Pennison	OL	AP Second Team
1983	Jay Pennison	OL	AP Second Team
1984	Dewayne Harrison	TE	AP First Team
1985	Lynn Bychurch	OL	AP Second Team
1986	Mark Carrier	WR	AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1987	Alfred Dorsey	WR	AP Second Team
1987	Karl Hill	DB	AP Third Team
1987	Reed Pere’	OL	AP Third Team
1991	Darryl Pounds	DB	AP Second Team
1994	Brian Desselles	P	AP Second Team
1994	Darryl Pounds	DB	AP First Team
2007	Kareem Moore	DB	AP Second Team
2007	Lardarius Webb	DB	Walter Camp Foundation First Team
2008	Lardarius Webb	DB	AP First Team

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (November 15, 2011). "2010–11 NCAA Statistics Policies & Guidelines" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved January 28, 2013.