NEW ORLEANS (FWAA) – The 11th annual Football
Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team has
been announced, with all six Bowl Championship Series
conferences and Notre Dame well represented on the 26-man
roster. A total of 23 players came from the Pac-12, SEC, Big 12,
Big Ten, ACC and Big East conferences and the independent
Fighting Irish.
Southern California and Kansas State were the only schools
with two players on the team. Two of the special teams
selections hail from Australia.
West Virginia's first-year coach Dana Holgorsen claimed the first-year coaching
honors after his Mountaineers won the Big East Conference
championship and finished with a 10-3 record after routing
Clemson, 70-33, in the Discover Orange Bowl.
The team and coach are selected by an 11-person panel of
nationally-prominent writers led by Mike Griffith of the
Knoxville News Sentinel. Both true freshmen (14 players) and
redshirt freshmen (12 players) were considered for the team and
are so noted.
| 2011 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
| OFFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| QB |
Sean Mannion, Oregon State |
6-5 |
218 |
Pleasanton, Calif. |
| RB |
Giovani Bernard, North
Carolina |
5-10 |
205 |
Davie, Fla. |
| RB |
Lyle McCombs, Connecticut |
5-8 |
172 |
Staten Island, N.Y. |
| WR |
Matt Miller, Boise State |
6-3 |
213 |
Helena, Mont. |
| WR |
• Marqise Lee, USC |
6-0 |
190 |
Inglewood, Calif. |
| WR |
• Sammy Watkins, Clemson |
6-1 |
200 |
Fort Myers, Fla. |
| AP |
• De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon |
5-9 |
173 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
| OL |
• Reese Dismukes, Auburn |
6-3 |
300 |
Spanish Fort, Ala. |
| OL |
B.J. Finney, Kansas State |
6-4 |
297 |
Andale, Kan. |
| OL |
Chaz Green, Florida |
6-5 |
306 |
Tampa, Fla. |
| OL |
• Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers |
6-4 |
298 |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| OL |
Jake Smith, Louisville |
6-4 |
315 |
Jacksonville, Ala. |
| DEFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| DL |
• Jadeveon Clowney, South
Carolina |
6-6 |
254 |
Rock Hill, S.C. |
| DL |
• Timmy Jernigan, Florida
State |
6-3 |
297 |
Lake City, Fla. |
| DL |
• Aaron Lynch, Notre Dame |
6-6 |
265 |
Cape Coral, Fla. |
| DL |
Marcus Rush, Michigan State |
6-2 |
250 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| LB |
Dion Bailey, USC |
6-0 |
200 |
Lakewood, Calif. |
| LB |
Jeremy Grove, East Carolina |
6-1 |
230 |
Frederick, Md. |
| LB |
• A.J. Johnson, Tennessee |
6-3 |
245 |
Gainesville, Ga. |
| DB |
• Blair Burns, Wyoming |
5-10 |
170 |
Plano, Texas |
| DB |
Ibraheim Campbell,
Northwestern |
5-11 |
205 |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| DB |
• Quandre Diggs, Texas |
5-10 |
200 |
Angleton, Texas |
| DB |
Merrill Noel, Wake Forest |
5-10 |
180 |
Pahokee, Fla. |
| DB |
• Eric Rowe, Utah |
6-1 |
185 |
Spring, Texas |
| SPECIALISTS |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| P |
Brad Wing, LSU |
6-3 |
184 |
Melbourne, Australia |
| K |
Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma |
6-0 |
175 |
Richardson, Texas |
| PR |
• Scott Harding, Hawaii |
5-11 |
195 |
Brisbane, Australia |
| KR |
• Tyler Lockett, Kansas State |
5-11 |
170 |
Tulsa, Okla. |
| HEAD COACH |
| Dana
Holgorsen, West Virginia |
| • Denotes
true freshman |
