2005 College Football All-America Team

The 2005 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams:

Eighteen players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2005, 12 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)

Offense

Quarterback

• Vince Young, Texas (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
• Matt Leinart, Southern California (AFCA, WCFF, AP-2)
• Brady Quinn, Notre Dame (AP-3)

Running backs

• Reggie Bush, Southern California (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com-All-purpose)
• Jerome Harrison, Washington State (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
• DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (AFCA, WCFF, AP-2)
• Laurence Maroney, Minnesota (PFW, Rivals.com, AP-3, WCFF-2)
• Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin (AP-2)
• LenDale White, USC (AP-3)

Fullback

• Brian Leonard, Rutgers (PFW)

Wide receivers

• Dwayne Jarrett, Southern California (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, CBS, CFN)
• Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame (FWAA, TSN, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Mike Hass, Oregon State (AP, WCFF, ESPN)
• Calvin Johnson
  , Georgia Tech (AFCA, PFW, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Greg Jennings, Western Michigan (AP-3)
• Derek Hagan, Arizona State (AP-3)

Tight end

• Marcedes Lewis, UCLA (FWAA, TSN, WCFF, Rivals.com, AP-2)
• Vernon Davis, Maryland (AP, AFCA, PFW, CFN)
• Garrett Mills, Tulsa (SI, ESPN, CBS, AP-3, WCFF-2)

Linemen

• Jonathan Scott, Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS)
• Marcus McNeill, Auburn (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Max Jean-Gilles, Georgia (AP, AFCA, TSN, WCFF, PFW, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Taitusi Lutui
  , Southern California (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Eric Winston, Miami (FL) (AFCA, WCFF, SI, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com, AP-2)
• D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia (AP, WCFF-2, PFW)
• Zach Strief, Northwestern (FWAA)
• Sam Baker, Southern California (CBS, AP-3)
• Justin Blalock, Texas (CFN, AP-3)
• Davin Joseph, Oklahoma (PFW, CFN)
• Joe Thomas, Wisconsin (PFW, WCFF-2)
• Levi Brown, Penn State (AP-2)
• Mark Setterstrom, Minnesota (AP-2)
• Andrew Whitworth, LSU (AP-3, WCFF-2)
• Will Allen, Texas (AP-3)

Center

• Greg Eslinger, Minnesota (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
• Nick Mangold, Ohio State (PFW, WCFF-2)
• Dan Mozes, West Virginia (AP-2)

Defense

Ends

• Tamba Hali, Penn State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
• Elvis Dumervil, Louisville (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN)
• Mario Williams, North Carolina State (SI, PFW, AP-3, WCFF-2)
• Mathias Kiwanuka, Boston College (AFCA, CBS, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Darryl Tapp, Virginia Tech (AFCA, CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Kamerion Wimbley, Florida State (PFW)
• Willie Evans, Mississippi State (AP-3)

Tackles

• Haloti Ngata, Oregon (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Rodrique Wright, Texas (AP, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, CBS);
• Brodrick Bunkley, Florida State (FWAA, SI, PFW, AP-3);
• Claude Wroten, LSU (CFN);
• Kyle Williams, LSU (PFW, Rivals.com, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Orien Harris, Miami (AP-2)
• Jesse Mahelona, Tennessee (AP-3)

Linebackers

• A. J. Hawk, Ohio State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Paul Posluszny, Penn State (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
• DeMeco Ryans, Alabama (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, CBS, Rivals.com)
• D’Qwell Jackson
  , Maryland (AFCA, SI, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Chad Greenway, Iowa (PFW, CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Patrick Willis, Ole Miss, (PFW, CFN, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Aaron Harris, Texas (AP-3)
• Nick Reid, Kansas (AP-3)
• Bobby Carpenter, Ohio State (AP-3)

Backs

• Jimmy Williams, Virginia Tech
  (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Michael Huff, Texas (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Greg Blue, Georgia (AP, AFCA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CFN)
• Tye Hill, Clemson (TSN, WCFF, ESPN, Rivals.com, AP-2)
• Darnell Bing, Southern California (AP, Rivals.com, WCFF-2)
• Dion Byrum, Ohio (AFCA, AP-2)
• Ko Simpson, South Carolina (FWAA, CBS, CFN, AP-3)
• Brandon Meriweather, Miami-FL (FWAA, WCFF-2)
• Kelly Jennings, Miami-FL (SI, PFW, CBS, AP-2)
• Dwayne Slay, Texas Tech (SI)
• Alan Zemaitis, Penn State (PFW, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Donte Whitner, Ohio State (PFW)
• Aaron Gipson, Oregon (AP-3, WCFF-2)
• LaRon Landry, LSU (AP-3)
• Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame (AP-3)

Special teams

Kicker

• Mason Crosby, Colorado (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, PFW, ESPN, CBS, CFNews, Rivals.com)
• Alexis Serna, Oregon State (AFCA, AP-2, WCFF-2)
• Brandon Coutu, Georgia (AP-3)

Punter

• Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI, ESPN, CBS, CFN, Rivals.com)
• Danny Baugher, Arizona (PFW, AP-3)
• Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor (AP-2)
• John Torp, Colorado (WCFF-2)

Returners

• Maurice Drew, UCLA (AP-All-Purpose, AFCA-Return Specialist, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI-PR, PFWeekly-PR, CBS, CFN-PR)
• Cory Rodgers, TCU (WCFF-2, SI-KR, PFW-KR, ESPN)
• Felix Jones, Arkansas (CFN-KR)
• Skyler Green, LSU (Rivals.com-PR, AP-3)
• Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio State (Rivals.com-KR)
• Brandon Williams, Wisconsin (AP-2)

See also

• 2005 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
• 2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 2005 All-Big 12 Conference football team
• 2005 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
• 2005 All-SEC football team

References

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