| 2019 All-America college football team |
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| All-America college football team |
| 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season |
| ←2018 2020 → |
The2019 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.[1][2][3] The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is theNational Collegiate Athletic Association'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.[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, including all NCAA championship sports.
The 2019 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),Sporting News (TSN, from its historic name ofThe Sporting News),Sports Illustrated (SI),The Athletic (Athletic),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 by all five selectors are deemedunanimous 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]
Twenty-five players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2019, 16 of them unanimously.Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)
| Name | Position | Year | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow* | Quarterback | Senior | LSU |
| Chuba Hubbard* | Running back | Sophomore | Oklahoma State |
| Jonathan Taylor* | Junior | Wisconsin | |
| Ja'Marr Chase* | Wide receiver | Sophomore | LSU |
| CeeDee Lamb | Junior | Oklahoma | |
| Harrison Bryant* | Tight end | Senior | FAU |
| Tyler Biadasz* | Center | Junior | Wisconsin |
| Wyatt Davis | Offensive line | Sophomore | Ohio State |
| John Simpson | Senior | Clemson | |
| Penei Sewell* | Sophomore | Oregon | |
| Andrew Thomas* | Junior | Georgia | |
| Bradlee Anae | Defensive line | Senior | Utah |
| Derrick Brown* | Senior | Auburn | |
| James Lynch* | Junior | Baylor | |
| Chase Young* | Junior | Ohio State | |
| Zack Baun | Linebacker | Senior | Wisconsin |
| Micah Parsons | Sophomore | Penn State | |
| Isaiah Simmons* | Junior | Clemson | |
| Evan Weaver* | Senior | California | |
| Grant Delpit | Defensive back | Junior | LSU |
| Jeff Okudah* | Junior | Ohio State | |
| J. R. Reed | Senior | Georgia | |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | Freshman | LSU | |
| Antoine Winfield Jr.* | Sophomore | Minnesota | |
| Max Duffy* | Punter | Junior | Kentucky |
| Lynn Bowden | All-purpose | Junior | Kentucky |
| Keith Duncan | Placekicker | Junior | Iowa |