2018 College Football All-America Team
| 2018 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season |
| ← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 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] The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled, in the 1950, 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, including all NCAA championship sports.
The 2018 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), Sporting News (TSN, from its historic name of The Sporting News), 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 by 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 2018, eight of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).[6]
| Name | Position | Year | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tua Tagovailoa | Quarterback | Sophomore | Alabama |
| Darrell Henderson | Running Back | Junior | Memphis |
| Jonathan Taylor* | Running Back | Sophomore | Wisconsin |
| Andy Isabella | Wide Receiver | Senior | UMass |
| Jerry Jeudy | Wide Receiver | Sophomore | Alabama |
| Jace Sternberger | Tight End | Junior | Texas A&M |
| Garrett Bradbury | Center | Senior | NC State |
| Jonah Williams* | Offensive Line | Junior | Alabama |
| Ben Powers | Offensive Line | Senior | Oklahoma |
| Mitch Hyatt | Offensive Line | Senior | Clemson |
| Beau Benzschawel | Offensive Line | Senior | Wisconsin |
| Christian Wilkins* | Defensive Line | Senior | Clemson |
| Quinnen Williams* | Defensive Line | Junior | Alabama |
| Clelin Ferrell | Defensive Line | Senior | Clemson |
| Ed Oliver | Defensive Line | Junior | Houston |
| Josh Allen* | Linebacker | Senior | Kentucky |
| Devin Bush | Linebacker | Junior | Michigan |
| Devin White | Linebacker | Junior | LSU |
| Grant Delpit* | Defensive Back | Sophomore | LSU |
| Julian Love | Defensive Back | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Deandre Baker | Defensive Back | Senior | Georgia |
| Greedy Williams | Defensive Back | Sophomore | LSU |
| Deionte Thompson | Defensive Back | Junior | Alabama |
| Andre Szmyt* | Kicker | Freshman | Syracuse |
| Braden Mann* | Punter | Junior | Texas A&M |
| Rondale Moore | All-Purpose | Freshman | Purdue |
| Savon Scarver | All-Purpose | Sophomore | Utah State |
Offense
[edit]Quarterback
[edit]- Kyler Murray, Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS)
- Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (AFCA, TSN, WCFF, Athlon)
Running back
[edit]- Darrell Henderson, Memphis (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, CBS, Athlon)
- Travis Etienne, Clemson (TSN, ESPN)
Wide receiver
[edit]- Marquise Brown, Oklahoma (AP, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS)
- Andy Isabella, UMass (AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, USAT, CFN, Athlon)
- Jerry Jeudy, Alabama (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Rondale Moore, Purdue (CFN)
- Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State (TSN, ESPN, Athlon)
- Antoine Wesley, Texas Tech (FWAA)
Tight end
[edit]- Jace Sternberger, Texas A&M (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, CFN, CBS, Athlon)
- T. J. Hockenson, Iowa (AFCA, USAT)
Offensive line
[edit]- Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin (AFCA, AP, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Garrett Bradbury, North Carolina State (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WCFF, USAT, Athlon)
- Michael Deiter, Wisconsin (FWAA)
- Lamont Gaillard, Georgia (CFN)
- Mitch Hyatt, Clemson (AFCA, AP, FWAA, WCFF, CFN, Athlon)
- Michael Jordan, Ohio State (SI, CBS)
- Sam Mustipher, Notre Dame (ESPN)
- Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama (TSN)
- Ben Powers, Oklahoma (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, USAT, CFN)
- Terrone Prescod, North Carolina State (TSN, ESPN)
- Dalton Risner, Kansas State (TSN, USAT, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Dru Samia, Oklahoma (SI)
- Bunchy Stallings, Kentucky (AP)
- Andrew Thomas, Georgia (SI, CBS)
- Jonah Williams, Alabama (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
Defense
[edit]Defensive line
[edit]- Clelin Ferrell, Clemson (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Dre'Mont Jones, Ohio State (CFN)
- Dexter Lawrence, Clemson (AFCA)
- Ed Oliver, Houston (FWAA, WCFF, CBS)
- Sutton Smith, Northern Illinois (AP, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, Athlon)
- Montez Sweat, Mississippi State (FWAA, TSN)
- Jerry Tillery, Notre Dame (SI, CBS)
- Christian Wilkins, Clemson (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, USAT, ESPN, Athlon)
- Quinnen Williams, Alabama (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
Linebacker
[edit]- Josh Allen, Kentucky (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Devin Bush, Michigan (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, CBS)
- Devin White, LSU (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington (AP, FWAA, ESPN, Athlon)
Defensive back
[edit]- Deandre Baker, Georgia (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Hamp Cheevers, Boston College (FWAA)
- Grant Delpit, LSU (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, CFN, CBS, Athlon)
- Julian Love, Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, ESPN)
- Byron Murphy, Washington (Athlon)
- Taylor Rapp, Washington (USAT, ESPN)
- Deionte Thompson, Alabama (AFCA, AP, TSN, SI, USAT, CFN, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Greedy Williams, LSU (AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, CFN, CBS)
Special teams
[edit]Kicker
[edit]- Andre Szmyt, Syracuse (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS)
- Cole Tracy, LSU (CFN, Athlon)
Punter
[edit]- Braden Mann, Texas A&M (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, USAT, ESPN, CFN, CBS, Athlon)
All-purpose / return specialist
[edit]- Greg Dortch, Wake Forest (FWAA, SI, CBS)
- Mecole Hardman, Georgia (ESPN, Athlon)
- Darrell Henderson, Memphis (TSN)
- Rondale Moore, Purdue (AP, FWAA, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, Athlon)
- Deebo Samuel, South Carolina (AFCA)
- Savon Scarver, Utah State (FWAA, WCFF, CFN, CBS, Athlon)
- Isaiah Wright, Temple (TSN)
See also
[edit]- 2018 All-ACC football team
- 2018 All-SEC football team
- 2018 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team
- 2018 All-Pac-12 Conference football team
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Newsome, Ron. "Amos Alonzo Stagg: Just Who Was This Guy, Anyway?". CBS Interactive/NCAA.org. Retrieved October 17, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Football Award Winners". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ "Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa heads 2018 consensus All-America Team". December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2023. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
References
[edit]- AP All-America Team
- "2018 FWAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM UNVEILED". Football Writers Association of America. December 10, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018.
- Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Team
- The Sporting News All-America Team
- AFCA All-America Team
- Sports Illustrated All-America Team
- College Football News All-America Team
- ESPN All-America Team
- CBS Sports All-America Team
- USA Today All-America Team
- Athlon Sports All-America Team