2005 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 2005
The 2005 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press , Football Writers Association of America , American Football Coaches Association , Walter Camp Foundation , The Sporting News , Sports Illustrated , Pro Football Weekly , ESPN , CBS Sports , College Football News , and Rivals.com .
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.
Eighteen players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2005, 12 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)
Offense
Quarterback
Vince Young , Texas (AP, FWAA, TSN , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
Matt Leinart , Southern California (AFCA, WCFF , AP-2)
Brady Quinn , Notre Dame (AP-3)
Running backs
Reggie Bush , Southern California (AP , AFCA , FWAA , TSN , WCFF , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com-All-purpose)
Jerome Harrison , Washington State (AP, FWAA, TSN , SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
DeAngelo Williams , Memphis (AFCA , WCFF , AP-2)
Laurence Maroney , Minnesota (PFW, Rivals.com, AP-3, WCFF-2)
Brian Calhoun , Wisconsin (AP-2)
LenDale White , USC (AP-3)
Fullback
Wide receivers
Dwayne Jarrett , Southern California (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, CBS, CFN)
Jeff Samardzija , Notre Dame (FWAA, TSN , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Mike Hass , Oregon State (AP, WCFF , ESPN)
Calvin Johnson , Georgia Tech (AFCA , PFW, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Greg Jennings , Western Michigan (AP-3)
Derek Hagan , Arizona State (AP-3)
Tight end
Marcedes Lewis , UCLA (FWAA, TSN, WCFF , Rivals.com, AP-2)
Vernon Davis , Maryland (AP, AFCA , PFW, CFN)
Garrett Mills , Tulsa (SI, ESPN, CBS, AP-3, WCFF-2)
Linemen
Jonathan Scott , Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CBS)
Marcus McNeill , Auburn (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
Max Jean-Gilles , Georgia (AP, AFCA, TSN, WCFF , PFW, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
Taitusi Lutui , Southern California (AFCA, FWAA, TSN , SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Eric Winston , Miami (FL) (AFCA, WCFF , SI, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, AP-2)
D'Brickashaw Ferguson , Virginia (AP , WCFF-2, PFW)
Zach Strief , Northwestern (FWAA )
Sam Baker , Southern California (CBS, AP-3)
Justin Blalock , Texas (CFN, AP-3)
Davin Joseph , Oklahoma (PFW, CFN)
Joe Thomas , Wisconsin (PFW, WCFF-2)
Levi Brown , Penn State (AP-2)
Mark Setterstrom , Minnesota (AP-2)
Andrew Whitworth , LSU (AP-3, WCFF-2)
Will Allen, Texas (AP-3)
Center
Greg Eslinger , Minnesota (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
Nick Mangold , Ohio State (PFW, WCFF-2)
Dan Mozes , West Virginia (AP-2)
Defense
Ends
Tamba Hali , Penn State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
Elvis Dumervil , Louisville (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN)
Mario Williams , North Carolina State (SI, PFW, AP-3, WCFF-2)
Mathias Kiwanuka , Boston College (AFCA , CBS, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Darryl Tapp , Virginia Tech (AFCA , CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Kamerion Wimbley , Florida State (PFW)
Willie Evans , Mississippi State (AP-3)
Tackles
Haloti Ngata , Oregon (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
Rodrique Wright , Texas (AP, TSN, WCFF , ESPN, CBS) ;
Brodrick Bunkley , Florida State (FWAA , SI, PFW, AP-3) ;
Claude Wroten , LSU (CFN) ;
Kyle Williams , LSU (PFW, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Orien Harris , Miami (AP-2)
Jesse Mahelona , Tennessee (AP-3)
Linebackers
A. J. Hawk , Ohio State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
Paul Posluszny , Penn State (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
DeMeco Ryans , Alabama (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
D’Qwell Jackson , Maryland (AFCA , SI, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Chad Greenway , Iowa (PFW, CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Patrick Willis , Ole Miss , (PFW, CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Aaron Harris, Texas (AP-3)
Nick Reid , Kansas (AP-3)
Bobby Carpenter , Ohio State (AP-3)
Backs
Jimmy Williams , Virginia Tech (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
Michael Huff , Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
Greg Blue , Georgia (AP, AFCA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CFN)
Tye Hill , Clemson (TSN, WCFF , ESPN, Rivals.com, AP-2)
Darnell Bing , Southern California (AP , Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
Dion Byrum , Ohio (AFCA , AP-2)
Ko Simpson , South Carolina (FWAA , CBS, CFN, AP-3)
Brandon Meriweather , Miami-FL (FWAA , WCFF-2)
Kelly Jennings , Miami-FL (SI, PFW, CBS, AP-2)
Dwayne Slay , Texas Tech (SI)
Alan Zemaitis , Penn State (PFW, AP-2, WCFF-2)
Donte Whitner , Ohio State (PFW)
Aaron Gipson, Oregon (AP-3, WCFF-2)
LaRon Landry , LSU (AP-3)
Tom Zbikowski , Notre Dame (AP-3)
Special teams
Kicker
Mason Crosby , Colorado (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFNews, Rivals.com)
Alexis Serna , Oregon State (AFCA , AP-2, WCFF-2)
Brandon Coutu , Georgia (AP-3)
Punter
Ryan Plackemeier , Wake Forest (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
Danny Baugher , Arizona (PFW, AP-3)
Daniel Sepulveda , Baylor (AP-2)
John Torp, Colorado (WCFF-2)
Returners
Maurice Drew , UCLA (AP -All-Purpose, AFCA -Return Specialist, FWAA, TSN, WCFF , SI-PR, PFWeekly-PR, CBS, CFN-PR)
Cory Rodgers , TCU (WCFF-2, SI-KR, PFW-KR, ESPN)
Felix Jones , Arkansas (CFN-KR)
Skyler Green , LSU (Rivals.com-PR, AP-3)
Ted Ginn Jr. , Ohio State (Rivals.com-KR)
Brandon Williams , Wisconsin (AP-2)
See also
References
External links
Offense Defense Special teams
Conference seasons Inter-conference All-Americans