List of LSU Tigers football All-Americans
A College Football All-America Team is selected annually by various organizations to recognize each season's most outstanding players at each position. Certain organizations are recognized by the NCAA as "official" selectors, whose teams are used to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans. The LSU Tigers football team has had 37 players recognized as consensus All-Americans, with 11 of those being unanimous selections.[1] Gaynell Tinsley was LSU's first consensus (1935) and unanimous (1936) All-American. Five LSU players have been recognized as consensus All-Americans twice: Tinsley, Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova, Charles Alexander, and Grant Delpit. Cannon is the only LSU player to be unanimously selected twice, doing so in 1958 and 1959. Casanova is LSU's only three-time All-American; he was named a first-team All-American by at least one selector in 1969, 1970, and 1971.[2]
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Key
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Consensus selection | ||||
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Unanimous selection |
Selectors
AFCA | American Football Coaches Association | AP | Associated Press | CBS | CBS Sports | CW | Collier's Weekly |
CNNSI | CNN/Sports Illustrated | CP | Central Press Association | GNS | Gannett News Service | FN | Football News |
FWAA | Football Writers Association of America | NBC | NBC Sports | NEA | Newspaper Enterprise Association | PFW | Pro Football Weekly |
Rivals | Rivals.com | Scout | Scout.com | SH | Scripps Howard | SN | The Sporting News |
SI | Sports Illustrated | Time | Time magazine | UPI | United Press International | WC | Walter Camp Football Foundation |
Selections
Year | Name | Position | Selector(s) | Refs |
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1935 | Jesse Fatherree | HB | NEA-3 | [3] |
Osborne Helveston | G | CP | [4] | |
Abe Mickal | FB | LIB-2 | [5] | |
Gaynell Tinsley | End | AP, UP, LIB, COL, NEA, INS, NANA-2, CP-3, NYS, PTH, CNS | [6][7][5][8][9][10][11][4][12][13][14] | |
1936 | Gaynell Tinsley | End | AAB; AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UP, CP, WC | |
1937 | Eddie Gatto | T | AP-3 | |
Pinky Rohm | FB | INS-3 | ||
1938 | Eddie Gatto | T | ID-2 | |
1939 | Ken Kavanaugh | End | AP-2, INS, NW, LIB, SN, UP, BL, CP-2, CW, LIFE | [1] |
1940 | John W. Goree | G | CP-4 | |
1943 | Steve Van Buren | HB | AP-3 | |
1946 | Walt Barnes | T | FWAA-2, NEA-3 | [15] |
Clyde Lindsey | End | CP-2 | ||
1951 | George Tarasovic | C | NEA | |
1953 | Sid Fournet | T | AP-2 | |
1954 | Sid Fournet | T | AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP, CP-2, WC | [15] |
1955 | Joe Tuminello | End | AP-3, NEA-3 | |
1957 | Jim Taylor | FB | FWAA, AP-3 | [15] |
1958 | Billy Cannon | HB | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI, CP, Time, WC | [15] |
Max Fugler | C | AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2 | [15] | |
1959 | Billy Cannon | HB | AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SN, Time | [15] |
Max Fugler | C | UPI-3, CP-3 | ||
1961 | Roy Winston | G | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI, CP, Time, WC | [15] |
1962 | Fred Miller | T | AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2 | [15][16] |
Jerry Stovall | HB | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI, Time, WC | [15] | |
1964 | Richard Granier | C | AP-2 | |
Remi Prudhumme | DT | NEA, FN | ||
1965 | Doug Moreau | End | FN | |
George Rice | DT | CP-2, Time, SN | [16] | |
1967 | John Garlington | DE | AFCA, UPI-2 | |
Barry Wilson | G | NEA-2 | ||
1969 | George Bevan | LB | AFCA, AP-2, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-2 | [15] |
Tommy Casanova | DB | FN | ||
1970 | Mike Anderson | LB | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI, FN | [15] |
Tommy Casanova | DB | AFCA, AP, CP-2, UPI-2 | ||
John Sage | T | AP-2 | ||
1971 | Tommy Casanova | DB | FWAA, UPI, FN, Time, WC | [15] |
Ron Estay | DT | AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2 | ||
1972 | Warren Capone | LB | FWAA | [15] |
Bert Jones | QB | AFCA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, SN | [16] | |
1973 | Warren Capone | LB | AFCA, FWAA | [15] |
Tyler Lafauci | G | AFCA, AP, NEA | ||
1974 | Mike Williams | DB | AFCA, SN, Time | [16] |
1977 | Charles Alexander | RB | AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI, NEA-2, WC | [15] |
1978 | John Adams | DE | AP-3 | |
Charles Alexander | RB | AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA, SN, WC | [15][16] | |
Robert Dugas | T | AP-2, NEA-2 | ||
1979 | John Adams | DE | UPI-2 | |
Willie Teal | DB | NEA-2 | ||
1980 | Lyman White | DE | NEA-2 | |
1982 | James Britt | DB | NEA | |
Al Richardson | LB | AP-2, UPI-2 | ||
1983 | Eric Martin | WR | GNS-2, SN | [16] |
1984 | Dalton Hilliard | RB | NEA-2 | |
Lance Smith | G | AFCA, UPI, NEA | ||
1984 | Michael Brooks | LB | AP, GNS, HS | |
1986 | Eric Andolsek | G | FN-3 | |
Wendell Davis | WR | AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, FN-2, SN | [16][15] | |
Henry Thomas | DT | AP-3, FN-3 | ||
1987 | Nacho Albergamo | C | AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, SH, SN | [16][15] |
Eric Andolsek | G | AP-3 | ||
Wendell Davis | WR | AFCA, FWAA, SH, SN | [16][15] | |
1988 | Greg Jackson | DB | GNS | |
1989 | David Browndyke | K | GNS | |
1996 | Kevin Faulk | All-purpose | AP | |
David LaFleur | TE | AP-3, WC | ||
1997 | Alan Faneca | G | AP, FWAA, WC, FN | [15] |
Kevin Faulk | All-purpose | AP-3 | ||
Chad Kessler | P | AP, WC, SN, FN | [16] | |
1998 | Kevin Faulk | All-purpose | AP-3 | |
Anthony McFarland | DT | AP, FN | ||
Todd McClure | C | AFCA | ||
2001 | Trev Faulk | LB | AP-2 | |
Josh Reed | WR | WC, FWAA, AP, SN, PFW, SI | [16][15] | |
2002 | Bradie James | LB | AP-2, SN, AFCA | [16] |
2003 | Skyler Green | RS | SI, ESPN | |
Chad Lavalais | T | WC, FWAA, AP, SN, SI, ESPN, Rivals | [16][15] | |
Stephen Peterman | G | SN, SI, ESPN, Rivals | [16] | |
Corey Webster | CB | AFCA | ||
Ben Wilkerson | C | AP-2, SN-2 | [16] | |
2004 | Marcus Spears | DE | AP, AFCA, WC, CFN | |
Corey Webster | CB | AFCA, AP-2, SN | [16] | |
Ben Wilkerson | C | AFCA, AP-3, SN, WC-2 | [16] | |
2005 | Skyler Green | RS | Rivals | |
Kyle Williams | DT | PFW, Rivals | ||
Claude Wroten | DT | CFN | ||
2006 | Glenn Dorsey | DT | AP, AFCA, SI, PFW, CBS, Rivals | |
LaRon Landry | S | AP, AFCA, PFW, ESPN | ||
2007 | Glenn Dorsey | DT | AP, AFCA, FWAA, WC, SN, SI, PFW, CFN, Rivals, Scout | [16][15] |
Ali Highsmith | LB | CBS | ||
Craig Steltz | S | AP, FWAA, WC, SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals, Scout | [15] | |
2008 | Herman Johnson | G | AP, WC-2 | |
2009 | Patrick Peterson | CB | PFW, ESPN | |
2010 | Josh Jasper | K | FWAA, SN | [15] |
Drake Nevis | DT | CBS | ||
Patrick Peterson | CB | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC, CBS, CFN, ESPN, PFW, Rivals, Scout, SI | [16][15] | |
2011 | Will Blackwell | G | AP-2, SN, ESPN, Scout, Yahoo | |
Morris Claiborne | CB | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC, CBS, ESPN, PFW, Scout, SI, Yahoo | [16][15] | |
Tyrann Mathieu | CB | AP, FWAA, SN, WC, CBS, ESPN, Scout, SI, Yahoo | [16][15] | |
Sam Montgomery | DE | AP-3, FWAA, PFW, Scout | [15] | |
Brad Wing | P | AP, CBS, Scout, SI | ||
2012 | J. C. Copeland | FB | PFW | |
Bennie Logan | DT | PFW | ||
Kevin Minter | LB | AP-2, SI | ||
Sam Montgomery | DE | AP-3 | ||
Eric Reid | S | AFCA, FWAA, ESPN, Scout | [15] | |
2013 | Odell Beckham Jr. | All-purpose | FWAA, CBS | [15] |
2014 | La'el Collins | T | AP-2 | |
2015 | Vadal Alexander | T | AP-3, SI-2, WC-2, SN-2 | [16] |
Leonard Fournette | RB | AP, WC, FWAA, CBS, ESPN, SI-2 | [15] | |
Jalen Mills | CB | CBS | ||
2016 | Jamal Adams | S | AP-2, CBS, USAT, Athlon, SI-2 | |
Kendell Beckwith | LB | AP-3, WC-2, SN-2, SI-2 | [16] | |
Ethan Pocic | C | FWAA, AP-3, WC-2, SN-2 | [16] | |
Tre'Davious White | CB | AFCA, WC, SN-2 | [16] | |
2017 | Will Clapp | C | Athlon-2, CFN-2 | |
Donte Jackson | CB | SN-2 | ||
Devin White | LB | FWAA-2, Athlon-2, USAT-2 | ||
Greedy Williams | CB | AP-3, Athlon-3 | ||
2018 | Grant Delpit | S | AP, WC, SN, FWAA, AFCA, SI | |
Cole Tracy | K | AP-2, WC-2, SN-2, AFCA-2, SI-2 | ||
Devin White | LB | AP, WC, SN, AFCA, SI, FWAA-2 | ||
Greedy Williams | CB | WC, FWAA, AFCA, AP-2, SN-2, AFCA-2, SI-2 | ||
2019 | Joe Burrow | QB | AFCA, AP, CBS, FWAA, SI, SN, WC | [17][18][19][20] |
Ja'Marr Chase | WR | AFCA, AP, CBS, FWAA, SI, SN, WC | [17][18][19][20] | |
Lloyd Cushenberry | C | FWAA-2 | [18] | |
Grant Delpit | S | AFCA, CBS, SN, WC | [19][20] | |
Damien Lewis | G | Athletic | ||
Derek Stingley Jr. | CB | AFCA, AP, CBS, SI, SN | [17][18][20] |
References
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- Bernard Bierman (December 12, 1935). "Here's NEA'S 1935 All-America Team". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune.
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