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CollegeFootballPoll.com today announced its 25 college football All-America selections for 2017. The committee is headed by Dave Congrove, owner/operator of the website and a member of the Football Writers Association of America.
Mr. Congrove is also a:
- voting member of the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Football Poll
- voting member for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
- voting member for the Ray Guy Award
- voting member for the Fred Biletnikoff Award
- voting member for the Bednarik Award
- voting member for the Maxwell Award
- voting member for the George Munger Coach of the Year Award
- voting member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- nominating member for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- nominating member for the Outland Trophy
- nominating member for the 25-player FWAA All-America Team
Congrove is the creator of the Congrove Computer Rankings (CCR Top 128).
Oklahoma dominates this year's team with 4 selections, beginning with Heisman-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield who also collected the Maxwell, Walter Camp and Davey O'Brien awards, as well as player of the year honors from the AP. Mayfield enters the bowl season ranked 4th nationally in passing yards per game (333.8), 2nd in total passing yards (4,340), 2nd in TD passes (41), and topped the charts in passer rating (203.76) and completion percentage (71.0%).
The Sooners joining Mayfield are tight end Mike Andrews (Mackey Award), OL Orlando Brown and DE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo.
Bryce Love of Stanford and Rashaad Penny of San Diego State take running back honors. Love rushed for 1,973 yards and 17 touchdowns while Penny totaled 2,027 yards and 19 scores. Those two eked out Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin (1,847 yards and 13 TD's) and scoring machine Devin Singletary of FAU whose 32 touchdowns trail only Barry Sanders (37, 1988) and Montee Ball (33, 2011) for the most in FBS history.
Also on this year's All-America team are Butkus winner Roquan Smith of Georgia, Biletnikoff winner James Washington of Oklahoma State, Lou Groza recipient Matt Gay of Utah, Ray Guy winner Michael Dickson of Texas, Bronko Nagurski winner Bradley Chubb of N.C. State, and Rimington recipient Billy Price of Ohio State.
CollegeFootballPoll.com is proud to present this roster of All-Americans for 2017.
| Position | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| OFFENSE | ||
| Quarterback: | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma |
| Running Backs: | Bryce Love | Stanford |
| Rashaad Penny | San Diego State | |
| Wide Receivers: | James Washington | Oklahoma State |
| David Sills | West Virginia | |
| Tight End: | Mark Andrews | Oklahoma |
| Linemen: | Max Scharping | Northern Illinois |
| Mike McGlinchey | Notre Dame | |
| Orlando Brown | Oklahoma | |
| Billy Price | Ohio State | |
| Frank Ragnow | Arkansas | |
| DEFENSE | ||
| Linemen: | Ogbonnia Okoronkwo | Oklahoma |
| Duke Ejiofor | Wake Forest | |
| Bradley Chubb | N.C. State | |
| Hercules Mata'afa | Washington State | |
| Linebackers: | Jeff Holland | Auburn |
| Kendall Joseph | Clemson | |
| Roquan Smith | Georgia | |
| Defensive Backs: | Derwin James | Florida State |
| Denzel Ward | Ohio State | |
| Josh Jackson | Iowa | |
| Levi Wallace | Alabama | |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||
| Punter: | Michael Dickson | Texas |
| Place-kicker: | Matt Gay | Utah |
| Returner: | Greg Stroman | Virginia Tech |
This year's All-America team features the following number of players from each conference:
Big 12 - 6
ACC - 5
SEC - 4
Big Ten - 3
PAC-12 - 3
American - 1
Independents - 1
MAC - 1
MWC - 1
Sun Belt - 0