| 2016 All-America college football team |
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| All-America college football team |
| 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season |
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The2016 All-America college football team includes those players of Americancollege football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the1889 All-America college football team selected byCaspar Whitney andWalter Camp.[1][2][3] In 1950, the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is theNational Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled 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.[4] Since 1957,College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowedAcademic All-American recognition on male and female athletes inDivisions I,II, andIII of the NCAA as well asNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, covering all NCAA championship sports.
The 2016 All-America college football team is composed of the followingAll-America first teams chosen by the following selector organizations:Associated Press (AP),Football Writers Association of America (FWAA),American Football Coaches Association (AFCA),Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF),The Sporting News (TSN),Sports Illustrated (SI),USA Today (USAT),ESPN,CBS Sports (CBS),College Football News (CFN),Scout.com,Athlon Sports, andFox Sports (FOX).
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports ofDivision 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 two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team to all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA,TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.[5] The AFCA began selecting a second team in 2016.[6]
Twenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2016, 14 of them being unanimous.Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).[7]
| Name | Position | Year | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Jackson* | Quarterback | Sophomore | Louisville |
| Dalvin Cook* | Running back | Junior | Florida State |
| D'Onta Foreman | Junior | Texas | |
| Corey Davis | Wide receiver | Senior | Western Michigan |
| Dede Westbrook* | Senior | Oklahoma | |
| Jake Butt | Tight end | Senior | Michigan |
| Cody O'Connell* | Offensive line | Junior | Washington State |
| Ryan Ramczyk | Junior | Wisconsin | |
| Cam Robinson* | Junior | Alabama | |
| Connor Williams | Sophomore | Texas | |
| Pat Elflein* | Center | Senior | Ohio State |
| Jonathan Allen* | Defensive line | Senior | Alabama |
| Derek Barnett | Junior | Tennessee | |
| Myles Garrett* | Junior | Texas A&M | |
| DeMarcus Walker | Senior | Florida State | |
| Zach Cunningham* | Linebacker | Junior | Vanderbilt |
| Reuben Foster* | Senior | Alabama | |
| Jabrill Peppers* | Junior | Michigan | |
| Adoree' Jackson | Defensive back | Junior | USC |
| Jourdan Lewis | Senior | Michigan | |
| Malik Hooker* | Sophomore | Ohio State | |
| Budda Baker | Junior | Washington | |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick | Sophomore | Alabama | |
| Tre'Davious White | Senior | LSU | |
| Zane Gonzalez* | Kicker | Senior | Arizona State |
| Mitch Wishnowsky* | Punter | Sophomore | Utah |
| Quadree Henderson | All-purpose | Sophomore | Pittsburgh |