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Tide has 3 unanimous All-Americans

Trent Richardson

Trent Richardson won Alabama's first Doak Walker Award as the nation's best running back.

Mark Barron, Barrett Jones and Trent Richardson all secured unanimous All-American status when they were listed on The Sporting News’ team along with Courtney Upshaw

Chris Walsh

    • What is our 1st Team All-American total at now?

      MrTider017

    • Thanks Chris and kudos to all of our guys clap

      bama764

    • MrTider017 said...

      What is our 1st Team All-American total at now?

      I think we go by only the AP All-American team when keeping count. Of course, I could just be completely making that up. We are over 100 now though because last I checked we said 97 on our newest intro video. I guess we can't go back to using jerseys in the intro video anymore. Thanks a lot guys, YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!

      HADOUKEN

    • I'm glad for Mark. He's been kind of flying under the radar a little it seems relative to postseason accolades. He's put in 4 spectacular years at Bama. He's a legend.

      I remember au recruiting him and telling him he could be the second coming of Darren McFadden at RB. Of course CNS told him why not be the first Mark Barron at DB? Worked pretty well cuz we're telling guys you can be the next Mark Barron at DB today. Not sure if anyone is mentioning DMac today. Funny how things work out when you make good decisions.

      Bama2212

    • RTR13 said...

      I think we go by only the AP All-American team when keeping count. Of course, I could just be completely making that up. We are over 100 now though because last I checked we said 97 on our newest intro video. I guess we can't go back to using jerseys in the intro video anymore. Thanks a lot guys, YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!

      Sure we can.. a couple of the guys are just going to have to really bond before the video is taken

      Daup

    • All of the guys are very deserving of any and all awards. They have put in a lot of sweat equity in their football career and it will be paying off financially for them in the very near future. I am so proud to see guys with their kind of talent, determination and discipline get rewarded for making the right decisions in life. Usually the people you read about in the headlines are the ones that make mistake after mistake and throw all that opportunity away. Well done and much appreciated.

      This post was edited by kerbouchard1 on 12/15/2011 at 12:52 PM

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      JGray4UA

    • Thanks Chris, so proud of these guys and their accomplishments. They've dedicated themselves to the program and fully invested in what CNS and their coaches preach.

      RMFT81

    • RTR13 said...

      I think we go by only the AP All-American team when keeping count. Of course, I could just be completely making that up. We are over 100 now though because last I checked we said 97 on our newest intro video. I guess we can't go back to using jerseys in the intro video anymore. Thanks a lot guys, YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!

      There are 5 All-American teams that the NCAA recognizes. Those are the 5 Chris listed and if you make 1 you are an All-American.
      If you make 3/5 you are a consensus AA and if you make all 5 you are unanimous AA. We may have just used AP All-Americans for the video if the number was below 100.
      I didn't understand any of this until yesterday when I asked Chris about it. So, I figured I'd pass the info along since he works hard enough as it is.

      I feel kinda bad for Dont'a and Upshaw. They were named in each of the 5 polls, but nobody would put both of them in the same one. So, essentially Dont'a kept Upshaw from being consensus/unanimous and Upshaw kept Dont'a from being unanimous.

      Prof Moody

    • Here's the wiki page about Alabama's All-Americans. It has this years AA's in it already, but hasn't updated consensus or unanimous yet.

      Totals 103 AA players a total of 120 times, 47 (51 now) consensus and 18 (21 now) unanimous.

      This post was edited by Prof Moody on 12/15/2011 at 3:26 PM

      List of Alabama Crimson Tide football All-Americans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_All-Americans

      en.wikipedia.org

      Prof Moody

    • Heading into this season Alabama claimed 98 first-team All-Americans. It's added seven more, three consensus.

      Here's what the NCAA had for all-time leaders in consensus All-Amercians heading into this fall (not updated).

      Team Leaders in Consensus All-Americans
      (Ranked on Total Number of Selections; Minimum Five Selections)
      Team No. Players
      Yale .............................................................. 100 69
      Notre Dame ...................................................... 96 80
      Harvard............................................................... 89 59
      Southern California ....................................... 78 69
      Ohio St. .............................................................. 78 58
      Michigan ............................................................ 77 64
      Oklahoma.......................................................... 74 60
      Princeton ........................................................... 65 49
      Texas .................................................................... 53 45
      Nebraska............................................................ 54 45
      Pittsburgh.......................................................... 49 42
      Alabama............................................................. 47 45
      Penn..................................................................... 46 32
      Penn St. ............................................................. 39 36
      UClA.................................................................... 39 35
      Tennessee.......................................................... 38 33
      Army .................................................................... 37 28
      Miami (Fl).......................................................... 35 32
      Florida St. .......................................................... 34 27
      Minnesota ......................................................... 33 28

      This post was edited by Chris Walsh on 12/15/2011 at 4:27 PM

      Chris Walsh ●

    • bamabiscuit ●

    • Serious Question...Do you think any other College Football Writer could go toe to toe with Chris Walsh in Statistical Analysis...?

      Keep bringin' the goods Chris!

      thrill2k1

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