List of Arizona Wildcats football All-Americans
The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). All-America selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).[1] In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.[1]
Since the establishment of the team in 1894, Arizona has had 29 players honored a total of 34 times as First Team All-America for their performance on the field of play. Included in these selections are 8 consensus selections, 2 of which were unanimous selections earned by Ka'Deem Carey in the 2012 season and 2013 season and Scooby Wright III in the 2015 season.
Key
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Consensus selection | ||||
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Unanimous selection | ||||
Selectors
| AAB | All-America Board | AFCA | AS | Athlon Sports | American Football Coaches Association | AP | Associated Press | ||||
| CBSS | CBS Sports | CO | Collier's Weekly | CNNSI | CNN/Sports Illustrated | CP | Central Press Association | CSW | College Sports Writers | CFN | College Football News |
| DW | Davis J. Walsh | ||||||||||
| ES | ESPN | Ed Sullivan | FN | The Football News | FWAA | Football Writers Association of America | FS | Fox Sports | |||
| INS | International News Service | ||||||||||
| KCS | Kansas City Star | ||||||||||
| LAT | Los Angeles Times | LIB | Liberty Magazine | LIN | Lindy's | LK | Look magazine | ||||
| NANA | North American Newspaper Alliance | NB | Norman E. Brown | NEA | Newspaper Editors Association | NL | Navy Log | NYEP | New York Evening Post | NYS | New York Sun |
| OF | Oscar Fraley | ||||||||||
| PD | Parke H. Davis | PB | Playboy | ||||||||
| Rivals | Rivals.com | ||||||||||
| SH | Scripps-Howard | Scout | Scout.com | SN | Sporting News | ||||||
| Time | Time Magazine | ||||||||||
| UP | United Press | UPI | United Press International | USA | USA Today | ||||||
| WCFF | Walter Camp Football Foundation | WD | Walter Dobbins | ||||||||
| Yahoo | Yahoo Sports |
Arizona Wildcats Football First Team All-Americans
| Year | Player name | Position | Selector(s) |
| 1935 | Bland, TedTed Bland | ||
| 1937 | Nielsen, WaltWalt Nielsen | Fullback | |
| 1938 | Greenfield, TomTom Greenfield | Center/LB | |
| 1941 | Stanton, HankHank Stanton | ||
| 1971 | Arneson, MarkMark Arneson | Linebacker | TSN |
| 1975 | Bell, TheoTheo Bell | Wide receiver | NEA |
| 1976 | Dawson, MikeMike Dawson | Defensive end | |
| 1982 | Hunley, RickyRicky Hunley | Linebacker | AP, UPI, AFCA, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA |
| 1983 | Ricky Hunley | Linebacker | |
| 1985 | Durden, AllenAllen Durden | UPI, WC | |
| 1986 | Tofflemire, JoeJoe Tofflemire | Linebacker | Playboy, CFN |
| 1987 | Cecil, ChuckChuck Cecil | Free safety | UPI, WC, AFCA |
| 1987 | Joe Tofflemire | Linebacker | |
| 1988 | Joe Tofflemire | Linebacker | |
| 1990 | Lewis, DarryllDarryll Lewis | Cornerback | AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, FN |
| 1992 | Miller, JoshJosh Miller | Punter | FWAA, TSN |
| 1992 | Waldrop, RobRob Waldrop | Defensive Tackle | AP, UPI, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN, NEA |
| 1993 | Harris, SeanSean Harris | Linebacker | SH |
| 1993 | Rob Waldrop | Defensive Tackle | |
| 1994 | McLaughlin, SteveSteve McLaughlin | Placekicker | WC, FWAA, SH, SN |
| 1994 | Bouie, TonyTony Bouie | Safety | WC, AFCA, SN |
| 1994 | Bruschi, TedyTedy Bruschi | Linebacker | AP, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, UPI, TSN, SN |
| 1995 | Tedy Bruschi | Linebacker | |
| 1995 | McAlister, ChrisChris McAlister | Cornerback | AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WC, FN |
| 1999 | Northcutt, DennisDennis Northcutt | Wide receiver | AP, AFCA, FWAA, CNNSI |
| 2005 | Baugher, DannyDanny Baugher† | Punter | PFW |
| 2007 | Cason, AntoineAntoine Cason | Cornerback | AP, WC, SN, CNNSI, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Rivals.com, Scout.com |
| 2008 | Gronkowski, RobRob Gronkowski | Tight End | AP |
| 2012 | Carey, Ka'DeemKa'Deem Carey† | Running back | CBS Sports, AS, Scout.com, SN, WC, Lindy's, AP |
| 2013 | Ka'Deem Carey† | Running back | |
| 2014 | Wright III, ScoobyScooby Wright III‡ | Linebacker | AP, FWAA, AFCA, WC, SN, CNNSI, USA Today, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports |
References
- 1 2 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (November 15, 2011). "2010–11 NCAA Statistics Policies & Guidelines" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved November 29, 2014.