2009 Redshirtfootball.com All American Team
Time for our first ever All American teams. Just a brief explanation of a few things first. Only this year was taken into account, not a player’s entire career as this is a season award (like the Heismann was intended to be). Therefore, you won’t find Tim Tebow on this list but you would have found him on the 2008 or 2007 team had there been one. Also, yes, Mark Ingram is on our second team not our first team despite the fact that he’ll probably win the Heismann this year. That’s because the Heismann is just given to the best player on the best team these days and the quality of the team you play for and your draft stock was not taken into account for this, it is merely a reflection on your performance this season. Quite frankly, if some of the RBs on mediocre teams could have ran through the holes and had the blocking that Ingram had, no telling the stats they could have put up. I’m not sure CJ Spiller would have been tackled all season with a line like that, but still, Mark is a very good back and thus earns a spot as one of our 2nd team All Americans.
Frankly, looking at QB stats today, I was shocked to find out that Case Keenum had 5449 yds this season and the next closest in yardage was at 3868 yards. He also has 43 TD and a 71% completion percentage. What a season. Kellen Moore deserves more credit too as he had a 39 to 3 TD to INT ratio and the best passer rating in the country. Also, I’d heard of Carmen Messina of New Mexico but didn’t realize just how good he was until I saw his numbers today and watched a few highlights as I don’t normally catch many New Mexico games living on the East Coast. He had a shocking 162 tackles this season, a full 21 ahead of the next closest tackler.
So, without further ado…. our 2009 All American teams:
2009 1st Team All American Team
QB Kellen Moore – Boise St
QB Case Keenum – Houston
RB Toby Gerhart – Stanford
RB Ryan Mathews – Fresno State
WR Mardy Gilyard – Cincinnati
WR Freddie Barnes – Bowling Green
WR Danario Alexander – Missouri
TE Dennis Pitta – BYU
G Mike Johnson – Alabama
G Mike Iupti – Idaho
T Russell Okung – Oklahoma State
T Trent Williams – Oklahoma
C Kristofer O’Dowd – USC
KR CJ Spiller – Clemson
K Leigh Tiffin – Alabama
DE Jerry Hughes – TCU
DT O’Brien Schofield – Wisconsin
DT Ndamukon Suh – Nebraska
DE Joshua McNary – Army
LB Greg Jones – Michigan State
LB Luke Kuechly – Boston College
LB Carmen Messina – New Mexico
CB Eric Berry – Tennessee
CB Brian Lainhart – Kent State
CB Brandon Harris – Miami (FL)
S Earl Thomas – Texas
S DeAndre McDaniel – Clemson
PR Javier Arenas – Alabama
P Drew Butler – Georgia
2nd Team All American
QB Jimmy Clausen – Notre Dame
RB Dion Lewis – Pittsburgh
RB Mark Ingram – Alabama
WR Greg Salas – Hawaii
WR Golden Tate – Notre Dame
TE Aaron Hernandez – Florida
G Mitch Petrus – Arkansas
G John Moffitt, Wisconsin
T Adam Ulatoski – Texas
T Charles Brown – USC
C J.D. Walton – Baylor
KR Chris Owusu – Stanford
K Grant Ressel – Missouri
DE Derrick Morgan – Georgia Tech
DT Terrence Cody – Alabama
DT Robert Quinn – North Carolina
DE Brandon Graham – Michigan
LB Rolando McClain – Alabama
LB Von Miller – Texas A&M
LB Sam Maxwell – Kentucky
CB Myron Lewis – Vanderbilt
CB Perrish Cox – Oklahoma St
S Travis Bradshaw – Rice
S Rahim Moore – UCLA
PR Jeremy Kerley – TCU
P Zoltan Mesko – Michigan