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who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "

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" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the

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selected by

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and

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. The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the

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's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled, in the 1950, the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Since 1957,

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(CoSIDA) has bestowed

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recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as

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athletes, including all NCAA championship sports. The 2020 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following

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first teams chosen by the following selector organizations:

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(AP),

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(FWAA),

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(AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), ''

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'' (Athletic), ''

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(CBS), ''

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, and

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(FOX). Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed

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s. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, ''TSN'', and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans. Twenty-eight players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2020, thirteen of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)NCAA Announces Consensus All-America Team
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Offense

Quarterback

Mac Jones Michael McCorkle "Mac" Jones (born September 5, 1998) is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Jones played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he set t ...

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, ESPN, TSN, USAT, WCFF) *

Trevor Lawrence William Trevor Lawrence (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospect ...

, Clemson (FWAA, Phil Steele) * Kyle Trask,

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

(CBS)

Running back

Breece Hall Breece Hall (born May 31, 2001) is an American professional American football, football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones football, Iowa State Cyclone ...

Iowa State Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State be ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) *

Najee Harris Najee Mzee Harris ( ; born March 9, 1998) is an American professional American football, football running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide football ...

(AFCA, AP, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF) * Jaret Patterson, Buffalo (Athletic, USAT)

Wide receiver

Jaelon Darden Jaelon Darden (born January 14, 1999) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist. He played college football at North Texas. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft. Ear ...

North Texas North Texas is a term used primarily by residents of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex to refer to a geographic area of Texas, generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, Texas, Abilene, west of Paris, Texas, Par ...

(ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, USAT) * Elijah Moore,

Ole Miss OLE, Ole or Olé may refer to: * Olé, a cheering expression used in Spain * Ole (name), a male given name, includes a list of people named Ole * Overhead lines equipment, used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains Co ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF) *

DeVonta Smith DeVonta Smith ( ; born November 14, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he recorded over 1,800 ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF)

Tight end

* Kyle Pitts,

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF)

Offensive line

* Aaron Banks, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP, ESPN, USAT) * Brady Christensen, BYU (AP, CBS, ESPN, USAT, WCFF) * Christian Darrisaw,

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

(CBS) *

Wyatt Davis Wyatt Davis (born February 17, 1999) is an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft. He has also played for ...

Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...

(AFCA, AP, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF) *

Liam Eichenberg William G. Eichenberg (; born January 19, 1998) is an American professional American football, football Guard (gridiron football), guard for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame ...

, Notre Dame (AFCA, Athletic, CBS, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF) * Kenyon Green,

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

(Athletic, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN) * Alex Leatherwood,

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Tyler Linderbaum,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

(Athletic, USAT) * Cain Madden,

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia *Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria ** Marshall railway station Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Is ...

(Athletic, USAT)

Center

* Landon Dickerson,

(AFCA, AP, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF)

Defense

Defensive line

* JaQuan Bailey,

(FWAA, Phil Steele) * Christian Barmore,

(CBS) * Haskell Garrett,

(CBS) *

Cade Hall Cade Rhett Hall (born February 25, 2000) is an American former college football defensive end who played for the San Jose State Spartans. 2020, the Spartans won the Mountain West Conference Championship Game, and Hall was the Mountain West Defe ...

San Jose State San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

(TSN) *

Tarron Jackson Tarron Jackson (born June 22, 1998) is an American professional football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Early life Jackson gre ...

, Coastal Carolina (AFCA, AP, Athletic, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, WCFF) * Patrick Jones II,

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

(TSN, WCFF) * Alim McNeill,

North Carolina State North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina sy ...

(Athletic) * Daviyon Nixon,

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Jaelan Phillips, Miami (FL) (AFCA, Athletic, CBS, USAT) * Darius Stills,

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

(AP, ESPN, TSN, USAT) * Rashad Weaver,

(AFCA, AP, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, USAT, WCFF)

Linebacker

* Zaven Collins,

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Dylan Moses,

(AFCA) *

Joseph Ossai Joseph Ossai (born 12 April 2000) is a Nigerian professional American football defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he was a consensus All-Amer ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

(AP, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, WCFF) * Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Mike Rose,

(Athletic, Phil Steele, USAT) * Chazz Surratt,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

(TSN)

Defensive back

Sauce Gardner Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born August 31, 2000) is an American professional football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected fourth overall by ...

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

(FWAA, Phil Steele, USAT) * Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame (FWAA, Phil Steele) * Talanoa Hufanga,

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...

(AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Shemar Jean-Charles, Appalachian State (WCFF) * Brandon Joseph, Northwestern (AFCA, AP, CBS, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Tiawan Mullen,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

(FWAA, Phil Steele) * Greg Newsome II, Northwestern (Athletic) * Trevon Moehrig,

TCU TCU may stand for: Education * Tanzania Commission for Universities, regulatory body for Universities in Tanzania * Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas ** TCU Horned Frogs, the athletic programs of the school * Tok ...

(ESPN) * Derek Stingley Jr.,

LSU Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

(AFCA) * Eric Stokes,

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

(CBS) *

Patrick Surtain II Patrick Frank Surtain II ( ; born April 14, 2000) is an American professional American football, football cornerback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide football, ...

(AFCA, AP, Athletic, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Shaun Wade,

(AFCA, AP, ESPN, TSN) * James Wiggins,

(Athletic)

Special teams

Kicker

José Borregales José Borregales (born 15 December 1997) is a Venezuelan professional American football placekicker. He played college football at Florida International and the University of Miami. Early life Borregales attended Booker T. Washington Senior ...

, Miami (FL) (AFCA, AP, Athletic, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, WCFF) * Will Reichard,

(CBS) * Cade York,

(ESPN, USAT)

Punter

* Pressley Harvin III,

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in 1885, it has the lar ...

(AFCA, AP, CBS, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF) * Zach Von Rosenberg,

(Athletic)

All-purpose / return specialist

* Travis Etienne, Clemson (AP, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN) * Thomas Fletcher,

(Phil Steele) * Jeremiah Haydel, Texas State (ESPN) * Marcus Jones,

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

(CBS, FWAA, Phil Steele) * Chris Smith,

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

(CBS) *

(CBS) * Kadarius Toney,

(Athletic) * Avery Williams,

Boise State Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It ...

(AFCA, FWAA, Phil Steele, TSN, USAT, WCFF)

Footnotes

References

CBS Sports All-America TeamESPN All-America TeamThe Athletic All-America TeamUSA Today All-America TeamAP All-America TeamThe Sporting News All-America Team
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American Football Coaches Association All-America Team2020 Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America TeamPhil Steele All-America Team
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Offense

Quarterback

Running back

Wide receiver

Tight end

Offensive line

Center

Defense

Defensive line

Linebacker

Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

All-purpose / return specialist

See also

Footnotes

References