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LOS ANGELES (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association
of America and Scripps announced their fifth annual
Freshman All-America Team on Wednesday morning during the
association's annual awards breakfast.
The team features three players from Arkansas, including the only
unanimous selection, running back Darren McFadden. The ACC
led all conferences with five players, including a pair from Florida
State. Nebraska also had two players named to the team.
In addition, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier was named the top
first-year coach at his school.
The team and coach are selected by a group of writers led by FWAA
vice-president Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel,
a member of the Scripps chain. Both true freshmen and redshirt freshmen
were considered for the team and so noted.
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2005 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
| OFFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| QB |
Drew Weatherford, Florida
State |
6-3 |
210 |
Land O' Lakes, Fla. |
| RB |
• Darren McFadden, Arkansas |
6-2 |
210 |
North Little Rock, Ark. |
| RB |
• Steve Slaton, West
Virginia |
5-10 |
185 |
Levittown, Pa. |
| RB |
• Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern |
5-9 |
190 |
Akron, Ohio |
| WR |
• Davone Bess, Hawaii |
5-10 |
187 |
Oakland, Calif. |
| WR |
Sidney Rice, South Carolina |
6-4 |
191 |
Gaffney, S.C. |
| OL |
Andrew Gardner, Georgia
Tech |
6-6 |
285 |
Tyrone, Ga. |
| OL |
Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas |
6-4 |
301 |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| OL |
Jeremy Perry, Oregon
State |
6-2 |
315 |
Kahuku, Hawaii |
| OL |
Cole Popovich, Fresno
State |
6-2 |
275 |
Oakhurst, Calif. |
| OL |
Max Unger, Oregon
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6-5 |
305 |
Honaunau, Hawaii |
| C |
Robby Felix, UTEP |
6-3 |
275 |
Corona, Calif. |
| DEFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| DL |
• Steve Davis, Minnesota |
6-2 |
230 |
St. Louis, Mo. |
| DL |
Mitch King, Iowa |
6-3 |
250 |
Burlington, Iowa |
| DL |
Brian Orakpo, Texas |
6-4 |
238 |
Houston, Texas |
| DL |
• Barry Turner, Nebraska |
6-3 |
245 |
Antioch, Tenn. |
| LB |
• Michael Brown, Duke |
5-11 |
225 |
Houston, Texas |
| LB |
• Daniel Holtzclaw, Eastern
Michigan |
6-2 |
220 |
Enid, Okla. |
| LB |
• Rey Maualuga, USC |
6-5 |
250 |
Eureka, Calif. |
| LB |
Tim McCarthy, Northern
Illinois |
6-0 |
235 |
Neenah, Wis. |
| DB |
• Joe Burnett, Central
Florida |
5-11 |
180 |
Eustis, Fla. |
| DB |
Tony Carter, Florida
State |
5-9 |
160 |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| DB |
• Courtney Greene, Rutgers |
6-1 |
180 |
New Rochelle, N.Y. |
| DB |
• Kenny Phillips, Miami |
6-2 |
200 |
Miami, Fla. |
| SPECIALISTS |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| K |
• Jordan Congdon, Nebraska |
5-11 |
180 |
San Diego, Calif. |
| P |
Chris Miller, Ball State |
6-2 |
208 |
Libertyville, Ill. |
| KR |
• Felix Jones, Arkansas |
6-0 |
195 |
Tulsa, Okla. |
| HEAD COACH |
| Steve Spurrier, South Carolina |
| • Denotes
true freshman |
For more information on the FWAA Freshman All-America Team and
other FWAA awards, go to
www.footballwriters.com.
All-Time FWAA Freshman All-America Teams
• 2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007
| 2005 FWAA FRESHMAN
ALL-AMERICA COMMITTEE |
Mark Anderson
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Ted Miller
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Alan Schmadtke
Orlando Sentinel |
Greg Auman
St. Petersburg Times |
Steve Richardson
Executive Director, FWAA |
George Schroeder
Daily Oklahoman |
Mike Griffith
Knoxville News Sentinel |
Dave Ruthenberg
MAC Report |
Bob Thomas
Florida Times-Union |
Paul Letlow
The Monroe News-Star |
Chip Scoggins
Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
David White
Fresno Bee |
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