Alabama dominates annual Associated Press All-America football team

News Hunter — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:01 +0000

Reading like the whose who of Heisman Trophy candidates, the Associated Press All America football team released today is dominated by the newest Southeastern Conference candidate for the unofficial college football championship title, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama has five players on the team and four of the five Heisman Trophy finalists, including winner Mark Ingram of Alabama, made the team with three of them in the backfield — Ingram, Colt McCoy of Texas and Toby Gerhart of Stanford. Texas, which faces Alabama in the national title game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 7, placed three players on the team and the 2008 champion Florid Gators placed two members on the team. Here are the offensive and defensive players on the first team, as announced by the AP today:

Offense: QB: Colt McCoy (Texas) RB: Toby Gerhart (Stanford), Mark Ingram (Alabama) WR: Golden Tate (Notre Dame), Jordan Shipley (Texas) TE: Aaron Hernandez (Florida) T: Russell Okung (Oklahoma State), Trent Williams (Oklahoma) G: Michael Johnson (Alabama), Mike Iupati (Idaho) C: J.D. Walton (Baylor) All-purpose player: C.J. Spiller (Clemson)
Defense: K: Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) DE: Jerry Hughes (TCU), Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech) DT: Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska), Terrence Cody (Alabama) LB: Rolando McClain (Alabama), Greg Jones (Michigan State), Eric Norwood (South Carolina) CB: Joe Haden (Florida), Javier Arenas (Alabama) S: Earl Thomas (Texas), Eric Berry (Tennessee) P: Drew Butler (Georgia)

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Alabama dominates annual Associated Press All-America football team