The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports . Football pioneer Walter Camp also began selecting All-America teams in the 1890s and was recognized as the official selector in the early years of the 20th century.
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44-490: A district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts; that information, along with ballots submitted by FBS head coaches, are used to select the AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team.snake The Coaches' All-America Team has been sponsored by various entities throughout
66-585: A panel of sportswriters who vote to determine the AP All-America Team. It has selected an All-America team since 1925. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has selected an All-America team every year since 1945. It is often referred to as the "Coaches' All-America Team". The Selection Process is an All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's nine I-A (Bowl Division) districts, one of whom serves as
88-541: A three-year letterman . He started the last eleven games of the 2011 season at right tackle. He totaled 31 knockdowns and played 659 snaps without allowing a sack. Fonoti played 136 snaps in the first two games of 2012 and was credited with seven knockdowns before breaking his foot in practice prior to the Notre Dame game in Week 3, causing him to miss the rest of the season. He was then medically redshirted . He received
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132-582: Is composed of the following College Football All-American 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 of The Sporting News ), Sports Illustrated ( SI ), The Athletic (Athletic), USA Today (USAT), ESPN , CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News ( CFN ), Scout.com , Athlon Sports , Phil Steele , and Fox Sports (FOX). Starting in 2009,
154-610: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fou Fonoti Fouimalo "Fou" Fonoti (born November 15, 1991) is a former American football offensive lineman . Fonoti first enrolled at Cerritos College before transferring to Michigan State University . He has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers and Toronto Argonauts . Fonoti played high school football at Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California . He
176-675: Is listed. If a player is named an All-American by all five organizations, he receives " unanimous All-American " recognition. Depending upon the distribution of first team honors at any given position, it is possible to be consensus with fewer than three first-team selections. As of 2021, the University of Alabama had produced the most unanimous All-Americans of any program with 40. There have been 2,868 players from 156 colleges and universities since 1889 who were selected to at least one All-American first team. Five players have earned that honor four times: They are: The Associated Press has
198-545: Is selected by a committee of writers representing all conferences and regions of the NCAA . The Writers' Team has been highlighted in various media forums. From 1946 to 1970, Look published the FWAA team and brought players and selected writers to New York City for a celebration. During that 25-year period, the FWAA team was introduced on national television shows by Bob Hope, Steve Allen, Perry Como and others. After Look folded,
220-1014: The International News Service (INS), it became United Press International . The INS had chosen teams since 1913. UPI continued to choose an All-America team, based on a poll of sportswriters, through the 1996 season. The Central Press Association , a newspaper syndicate based in Cleveland, polled team school captains for its "Captain's All-America Team" Another media group who polled writers and players to compose its team. It ran from 1924 through 1996. ABC Sports , ESPN , CNN Sports Illustrated , College Football News , CBSSports.com , PFF , Time magazine, Bleacher Report and many others also select All-America teams. Time magazine selected All-America teams from 1956 through 1976. ESPN's selections are made by veteran college football writer Ivan Maisel. Maisel's began selecting an All-America team for ESPN.com in 2002. CBS Sports.com
242-746: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes the All-America teams selected by the AP , AFCA , FWAA , Sporting News , and the WCFF to determine consensus All-Americans. If more than half of the organizations select a player to their first team, he receives the "consensus" honor. If no player qualifies under that criterion, a player named to two first teams can be chosen. Second- and third-team selections can be used as tie-breakers. If still tied, each player
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#1732773033298264-534: The San Francisco 49ers on May 10, 2014 after going undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft . He was waived/injured by the team on July 29 after suffering a season-ending leg injury during practice on July 27, 2014. He was placed on injured reserve on July 30, 2014. Fonoti was released by the 49ers on April 30, 2015. Fonoti was signed to the Toronto Argonauts ' practice roster in September 2015. He
286-426: The 1962 season TSN's All-America team was picked by a poll of sportswriters. Beginning in 1964 the team was selected by "professional scouts and observers". The Sporting News cited the advent of two-platoon football as the need to go to that system. United Press International (UPI) selected players in a national poll of sportswriters and began selecting teams in 1925 as "United Press". In 1958, after it merged with
308-495: The FWAA started a long association with NCAA Films (later known as NCAA Productions), which produced a 30-minute television show and sold it to sponsors. The team was part of ABC Television's 1981 College Football Series. From 1983 to 1990, the team was either on ABC or ESPN, and since 1991 has returned to the national spotlight on ABC. The corporate sponsor for the Writers' team is AT&T , after several years of Cingular being
330-719: The MSU Football Player Association's Community Service & Outreach Award in 2012. Fonoti played in all fourteen games, starting the last eleven games of the season, for the Spartans his senior year in 2013 and earned honorable mention All- Big Ten honors after recording 45 knockdowns. Fonoti was also nominated for the Allstate Good Works Team for his community service work in 2013. He played in 30 games, starting 24 at right tackle, during his time at Michigan State. Fonoti signed with
352-623: The second longest continuously published team in college football, has been a staple of the college football scene since 1944. It is sometimes referred to as the "Writers' All-America Team". The FWAA has selected an All-America team with the help of its members and an All-America Committee which represents all the regions in the country. Some who have helped to select this team over the years: Mark Blaudschun, Grantland Rice, Bert McGrane, Blackie Sherrod, Furman Bisher, Pat Harmon, Fred Russell, Edwin Pope, Murray Olderman , Paul Zimmerman . The All-America team
374-642: The sponsor. The Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) All-America team is selected by the head coaches and sports information directors of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and certified by UHY Advisors, a New Haven-based accounting firm. Walter Camp, "The Father of American Football", first selected an All-America team in 1889. The WCF claims an 80% participation rate in the voting for its All-America team. Sporting News , formerly known as The Sporting News and known colloquially as TSN , have teams college football editors and staff select teams, which they have been doing since 1934. From that year through
396-477: The team. He earned JCFootball.com/JC Grid-Wire and Super Prep JUCO All-American honors. He was also named a California Community College Football Coaches Association All-American . Fonoti was rated as the fourth best JUCO offensive lineman and the 32nd best overall JUCO player by SuperPrep. Fonoti then transferred to play for the Michigan State Spartans under Mark Dantonio , where he was
418-573: The years but it is now under its own banner, the AFCA. These are the sponsors/publishers of the team throughout the years. 1945–1947 : Published in Saturday Evening Post 1948–1956 : Published in Collier's 1957–1959 : General Mills 1960–1993 : Eastman Kodak 1994 : Schooner's International 1995–1996 : AFCA 1997–1999 : Burger King 2000–present : AFCA The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Team,
440-563: Was also voted into the Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame. Fonoti first played college football at Cerritos College . He played in eleven games, starting ten, his freshman year in 2009 and earned second-team all-conference honors. He garnered All-California Region IV and First-team All-National Division Northern Conference recognition in 2010. Fonoti helped the Cerritos Falcons to an 18–5 record during his two years with
462-645: Was invited to play in two postseason all-star games after his senior season and was named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team. He was also a second-team all-state selection and garnered Suburban League Offensive Lineman of the Year accolades his senior season in 2008. Fonoti earned All- CIF and first-team all-league honors while being recognized on the Alga Foundation All-Star Team his junior year. He
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#1732773033298484-705: Was promoted to the active roster on October 21, 2015. He played in one game for the team during the 2015 season . Fonoti was released by the Argonauts on June 19, 2016. Fonoti is the cousin of football players Tupe Peko and Domata Peko . Fou's cousin Christian Matau plays football for the East Carolina Pirates . College Football All-America Team As of 2023, the College Football All-America Team
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