NEW ORLEANS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association
of America and AON Insurance announced their seventh
annual Freshman All-America Team on Monday morning during
the association's annual awards breakfast.
The
team features teammates from Arizona State, Florida State, and Texas
Tech and was chosen from 104 players nominated. The Big East leads
all conferences with five players on the squad, while the ACC, Big
12 and Pac-10 each boast four members. Fourteen of the 28 freshman
All-America selections are true freshman.
In addition, Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski 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.
Both true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were considered for the
team and so noted.
2007 AON INSURANCE FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
OFFENSE |
Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
QB |
Sam Bradford, Oklahoma |
6-4 |
214 |
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
RB |
Knowshon Moreno, Georgia |
5-11 |
207 |
Belford, N.J. |
RB |
• LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh |
5-11 |
200 |
Harrisburg, Pa. |
RB |
Harvey Unga, BYU |
6-0 |
221 |
Provo, Utah |
WR |
Michael Crabtree, Texas
Tech |
6-3 |
208 |
Dallas, Texas |
WR |
Jeremy Maclin, Missouri |
6-1 |
185 |
Kirkwood, Mo. |
TE |
James Casey, Rice |
6-4 |
245 |
Azle, Texas |
OL |
• Anthony Castonzo, Boston
College |
6-7 |
262 |
Hawthorn Woods, Ill. |
OL |
• Anthony Davis, Rutgers |
6-6 |
350 |
Piscataway, N.J. |
OL |
• Rodney Hudson, Florida
State |
6-2 |
285 |
Mobile, Ala. |
OL |
• Matt Murphy, UNLV |
6-3 |
265 |
Lake Forest, Calif. |
C |
Ryan McMahon, Florida
State |
6-3 |
275 |
Rome, Ga. |
DEFENSE |
Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
DL |
• Everson Griffen, USC |
6-3 |
265 |
Avondale, Ariz. |
DL |
Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh |
6-5 |
250 |
Coral Springs, Fla. |
DL |
• Ian Williams, Notre
Dame |
6-2 |
300 |
Altamonte Springs, Fla. |
DL |
• Colby Whitlock, Texas
Tech |
6-2 |
281 |
Noble, Okla. |
LB |
• Greg Jones, Michigan
State |
6-1 |
220 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
LB |
Scott Lutrus, Connecticut |
6-3 |
220 |
Brookfield, Conn. |
LB |
• Rolando McClain, Alabama |
6-4 |
255 |
Decatur, Ala. |
DB |
• Eric Berry, Tennessee |
5-11 |
195 |
Fairburn, Ga. |
DB |
• Omar Bolden, Arizona
State |
5-11 |
200 |
Ontario, Calif. |
DB |
Alex Kube, Northern Illinois |
6-1 |
203 |
Cary, Ill. |
DB |
Tavious Polo, Florida
Atlantic |
5-10 |
160 |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
DB |
Deunta Williams, North
Carolina |
6-2 |
195 |
Jacksonville, N.C. |
SPECIALISTS |
Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
P |
Keenyn Crier, Arizona |
6-1 |
200 |
Spring, Texas |
K |
Thomas Weber, Arizona
State |
6-1 |
202 |
Downey, Calif. |
KR |
• Max Suter, Syracuse |
5-11 |
190 |
Ruffs Dale, Pa. |
ATH |
• Antonio Brown, Central
Michigan |
5-11 |
175 |
Miami, Fla. |
HEAD COACH |
Jeff Jagodzinski,
Boston College |
• Denotes
true freshman |
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit
organization founded in 1941, consists of nearly 1,000 men and women
across North America who cover college football for a living. The
membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as
well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The
FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major
awards, a national poll and its annual All-America team.
For more information on the AON Insurance/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
2007 FWAA
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA
COMMITTEE |
Mark Anderson |
Las Vegas Review Journal |
Mountain West |
Tim Griffin |
San Antonio Express-News |
Big 12 |
Kyle Hightower |
Orlando Sentinel |
Conference USA |
Jason Kelley |
South Bend Tribune |
Independents |
Paul Letlow |
Monroe News-Star |
Sun Belt |
Ted Miller |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Pacific-10 |
Brian Murphy |
Idaho Statesman |
WAC |
Dave Ruthenberg |
MAC Report |
MAC |
Chip Scoggins |
Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
Big Ten |
Bob Thomas |
Boston Globe |
ACC |
Donnie Webb |
Syracuse Newspapers |
Big East |
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