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The following were named First Team All-America (by either the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, or Scout.com) while playing American football at Penn State University:
The only unanimous first-team All-American in 1906 was Yale end Bob Forbes. Other players who were named to the first team by at least five of the eight selectors reflected below were end Caspar Wister of Princeton (6 first-team designations), tackle Lucius Horatio Biglow of Yale (7 selections), guard Francis Burr of Harvard (7 selections ...
Wisconsin's fullback Alan Ameche won the Heisman Trophy in 1954 as the best player in college football and was a unanimous first-team selection by all eight official selectors. Three other players were unanimous choices among the official selectors: Notre Dame 's quarterback Ralph Guglielmi ; Ohio State 's halfback Howard "Hopalong" Cassady ...
[a] A player on the first team of every official selector is recognized as being a unanimous All-American. [2] Since 2002, the five selectors designated by the NCAA for this purpose are the Associated Press (AP), the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News , and the Walter ...
APO/APD = Associated Press: "For the first time in history, the Associated Press All-American football team was divided into two platoons, offensive and defensive." [4] The "APO" designation refers to players selected for the offensive squad, and "APD" refers to selections for the defensive squad. FWO/FWD = Football Writers Association of America.
The 1969 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1969. The NCAA recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1969 season.
DB Vinny Freeman Penn Jr 5’11 195. P Fabian Tapscott Southport Jr 5’10 170. AT-L Gabe Aramboles Westfield Jr 6’0 200. AT-L Aiden Brewer Noblesville Jr 6’4 215. Class 5A Junior All-State ...
For the year 1956, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.