Led 1991 Vikings to a state championship win at Florida Field, finishing season 14-0 with 3,055 yards, 27 TDs and just 4 INTs. High School . In 2008, he returned to the United States to play in the CBA for the Minot (North Dakota) SkyRockets. Now in his 8th NFL season. Eddie Edwards DL Fort Pierce Central 1972. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Closing in on 500 career catches and 7,000 yards. First African-American to play QB for a major southeastern university at Georgia Tech. Accumulated 63 career TDs and 4,200 yards of total offense in 2 years as Manatee's QB. A star for St. Petersburg Catholic in the early 1970s. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.[5]. ACC Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2006 at Clemson. One of only 3 players in NFL with more than 400 career FGs. Eight year career with Baltimore, New York Giants, Minnesota, Denver. Undrafted, but was selected to the NFL Hall of Fame for his 14-year NFL career. A key player along with DE Don Latimer on 1971 Fort Pierce Central team that went 13-0 and defeated Tampa Robinson 29-13 in Class 4A state championship game. One of 9 Union Academy graduates who made it to NFL before school closed in 1968. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Rushed for 2,409 yards and 31 TDs in senior season. Marty Lyons DL St. Petersburg Catholic 1974. High school: Grayson High School (Loganville, Georgia), High school highlights: Gwinnett Daily News Defensive Player of the Year (2012), two-time MaxPreps All-American (2011, 2012), two-time USA Today All-American (2011, 2012), College highlights: AP All-American (2015), All-SEC (2015), NFL career: Arizona Cardinals (2016-18), Miami Dolphins (2019), Seattle Seahawks (2021-present). Sheppard was honored twice on the All-American Team in 3 years at University of Florida. Logged 6 seasons in the NFL, including 1979 and 1980 with the Dolphins. A 2nd-team All-American in 1953 as a junior at Florida before being drafted into the military. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Eventually played for 5 teams in 9 seasons, throwing for over 3,600 career yards. Signed a scholarship with the University of Tennessee in 1966. Awards Index Consensus All-America Teams (1969-70 to 1978-79) Previous Decade Next Decade Total number of selections are listed in parentheses for repeat winners. Page 223. First-team all-area in football, basketball and baseball as a senior before playing 2 pro sports. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Selected by New York Jets with 4th overall pick in 1993 draft. Later played for Miami Dolphins. Established 2 Big Eight records of 9 interceptions in a season and 21 in his career at Iowa State. St. Louis. The 6-8 FitzPatrick towered over the competition as a senior, where he was first-team all-state on both sides of the ball and co-player of the year on defense. Delivered game-winning HR in bottom of 7th inning at Orlando's Tinker Field to give Forest a 1975 state baseball championship. High school: Palestine High School (Palestine, Texas), High school highlights: U.S. Army National Player of the Year (2004), Class 4A state champion 100-meter dash (2004), U.S. Army All-American (2004), Rivals.com No. Aloha: Graduated in 1980. First-round draft choice by Atlanta Falcons in 1981. 1977 Parade All America High School Football Team (15th Annual) Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. In his first two seasons, he ran for 1,284 yards and 14 touchdowns. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Named to Florida's All-Time High School Team by Sports Illustrated in 1988. Was an All-American for the Florida Gators and a first-round draft pick for the Los Angeles Rams in 1969. So versatile he was called "The Franchise". Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports, generally recognized as the leading talent evaluator in the nation since the late 1970s, once rated Heppner as a top 30 player nationally and a McDonald's All-America candidate. Earnest Graham RB Mariner (Cape Coral) 1997. Led nation in scoring in 1928 (336 points). [5] Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Caught 107 passes for 2,100 yards and 21 touchdowns in 4 seasons at FSU. To Mason, it was a crushing blow. But Schafer never wanted to embrace the stardom. Chicago-based Roy and Harv Schmidt rated him in the top 10 as a sophomore. A tackling machine for Wildcats' back-to-back state title teams in 1974-75. 16 overall in the 1974 draft by Kansas City. Now in 9th NFL season, starting for Oakland. Renfro was also a standout track athlete. Nearly all of them received Player of the Year recognition. Signed with University of Florida and started as a sophomore, leading Gators to 9-1-1 record and Gator Bowl victory. He led the Lions in tackles as a rookie but never made a Pro Bowl in eight NFL seasons. Butkus Award winner as the top college linebacker at Florida State in 1992. Ottis Anderson RB Forest Hill (West Palm Beach) 1974. A small college All-American for Bethune-Cookman. His 27 career INTs rank 6h all-time in Falcons history. Named to Class 5A All-State team as a senior in 1994. Played collegiately for Louisville, where he had 76 tackles, 6 sacks and 3 blocked kicks as a senior. First-team All-State K/P as HS senior. Emmitt Smith RB Escambia (Pensacola) 1986. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. By Brian McLaughlin Jan 26, 2017. . The son of San Jose State head coach Jack Elway, John decided to play baseball and football at Stanford. Also spent time with the Cowboys before retiring with Dolphins in 1973. High school: Escambia High School (Pensacola, Florida), High school highlights: USA Today Player of the Year (1986), Parade Magazine Player of the Year (1986), FHSAA All-Century Team (2007), FHSAA Player of the Century (2007), College highlights: Heisman Trophy finalist (1989), AP All-American (1989), three-time All-SEC (1987-89), SEC MVP (1989), NFL career: Dallas Cowboys (1990-2002), Arizona Cardinals (2003-04). Played both sides of the ball, holds the schools defensive record with 18 career interceptions. Finished HS career with 47 TDs. Had 4,262 yards total offense and 32 TD passes in college career. Sullivan Award winner in 1946 as nation's top amateur athlete. Jerome Brown DL Hernando (Brooksville) 1982. 1979. Defensive MVP of the USFL in 1983. Moved back to the secondary in the NFL, where he played 14 seasons with 65 INTs. James Massey RB Jefferson County (Monticello) 1982. Credited with 36 career sacks. A Florida Times-Union Super 11 Pick in 1991. Rushed for 1,014 yards on 105 carries and caught 28 passes for 1,005 yards and five TDs. Now Garrett is making his own mark and has been selected as Player of the Year on PARADE's 46th annual All-AmericaHigh School Football Team. State all-time total offense king with 13,042 career yards (9922 pass/3120 rush) and 159 TDs responsible for (96 passing/63 rushing) in 3 years as QB at Nease. Boulder. Pro: A second-round pick of the 1988 draft, Newman is a 12-year NFL vet who played for Oakland, New Orleans and Los Angeles Rams. Here is the. Had 14 NFL seasons with Pittsburgh, including all 4 of Steelers' Super Bowl wins. ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HONORS . In his view, McCoy was the best player he ever produced. 1 cornerback on Sports Illustrated's All-Century college team. First player in state history to surpass 10,000 yards and then 11,000 yards in career offense. He is the only player in the history of the CBA to lead the league in scoring and steals in two consecutive seasons. February 16, 1979 - DeSmet super star Steve Stipanovich, center, dunks over two CBC players. Ran for 1,738 yards as a senior for undefeated team. First. A dominating 250-pound DE with excellent speed who also played TE. Ronald Curry was one of the top recruits in the country starting his junior year and a high school All-American in both football and basketball, and was the McDonald's All-American game slam dunk champion and MVP. Played 12 years in NFL. Also played for Indianapolis Colts. Totaled 5,710 rushing yards and 86 TDs in his career. [1]. Longwell was a three-year kicker for the Lava Bears, earning all-state honors as a senior. Generally regarded as one of the best DBs to come out of Miami-Dade County. Led Bulldogs to a 10-1 record in 1960. Became an All-American at Alabama. Recruiting analysts described him as the best linebacker to arrive at Notre Dame in decades, and he lived up to the hype. Arguably the most exciting and most athletic basketball player ever produced in Illinois, he was a teammate of Kevin Garnett in 1994-95 and Player of the Year in 1995-96. College: Zandofsky ended up at Washington, exclusively playing offensive line, earning multiple all-Pac 10 honors. Julius Peppers' unique athleticism was on display in high school. Helped Raines to 3 straight district titles from 1989-91 and unbeaten regular seasons in 1989 and 1990. He flipped on a commitment to in-state Virginia to go play both sports for North Carolina, where he continued to play quarterback but switched to wide receiver for a seven-year NFL career. Founded in 1887, Rawlings is an authentic global sports brand, trusted by generations of athletes of all skill levels. Tucson. First team Class 3A All-State, All-South and Florida Super 24 selection. Schafer, a 6-foot-5 forward who was recruited by Wisconsin, was ranked No. Fourteen of them were recognized unanimously. Joe Goldsmith WR Kathleen (Lakeland) 1969. McAlister earned first team honors on the Parade All-America team after leading Blair to a 13-0 record and a Southern Section championship. College: Stanford. Cyril Pinder Ath Crispus Attucks (Hollywood) 1963. Recorded a career-high 7 INTs in 1972. Success eluded him at Florida State, and he did not make it to the NFL. 1970. Dec. 30. David "Deacon" Jones DL Hungerford (Eatonville) 1956. His 15 sacks in 2000 were one shy of tying Lawrence Taylors single-season UNC record. . Green holds ASUs single-season rushing yardage record at 1,565. Left early for NFL and was 3rd overall pick by Cleveland. Aloha, graduated 2013. Standout TE during prep career. A Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Famer at Mississippi Valley State. Extremely quick for a 300-pound tackle in HS. Grant: Graduated in 2005. Signed with Florida and lettered all 4 years from 1983-87. Florida's only Parade All-American in 1964. Led Gators to their first national championship and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1996. Fielded 141 punts without calling for a fair catch in 5 NFL seasons. Longwell kicked 378 field goals during his career, and played in the 1997 Super Bowl. A member of the co-champion state title team (with Clewiston). Pro: Picked No. ", "2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010)", American Football Coaches Association All-America Team, Football Writers Association of America All-America Team, Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Team, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_College_Football_All-America_Team&oldid=1141834238, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 01:38. Woodson then played 18 NFL seasons and was an eight-time All-Pro. Has played in the NFL for 7 years, racking up around 6,000 career yards. Selected in 2nd round of 1964 draft and played 8 NFL seasons. Wilber Marshall LB/TE Astronaut (Titusville) 1979. Standout high school star in the pre-integration era. Fairview. Now a Heisman Trophy candidate as a sophomore star for UF. Had 12-year NFL career that included 2 Super Bowls. We like to think we can see talent when it's right in front of our face. Played at 3 different high schools in his prep career, starting at pre-integration Lincoln (Palmetto), then moving to Manatee before finishing senior year at Wyoming (N.Y.) Central. Had over 3,000 yards of offense in 6 pro seasons. A standout option QB in HS. Set career highs in 2007 with 103 receptions for 1,147 yards and 5 TDs. Four-year letterman in high school. Passed for 2,053 yards for 9-1 team that missed out on the playoffs in the old points system as a senior.