Kevin White was named today to the 2014 Sporting News All-America First Team, announced by the publication. Also, White was named to the First Team by AFCA?FBS Coaches’ All-America Team 

 

White set a school record with seven straight games of 100 or more receiving yards to start the season and has 1,318 receiving yards this year, the second most in a single season in school history.

 

White has now been named to 12 All-America Teams so far this postseason.

 

A full list of the Sporting News honorees can be found here: http://www.sportingnews.com/photos/4630079-college-football-sn-all-american-teams-photos-marcus-mariota-melvin-gordon-amari-cooper-jt-barrett-joey-bosa-scooby-wright

 

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III headline the 2014 AFCA?FBS Coaches’ All-America Team announced today by the American Football Coaches Association.

 

The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best — the coaches themselves.

 

The 2014 Heisman Trophy winner, Mariota led the nation in passsing efficiency (186.3) and points responsible for with 318 on the season. He was fifth in the nation in passing yards (3,783), second in the nation in passing touchdowns (38) and finished with 669 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. Wright led the nation in tackles for loss (28), was third in sacks (14) and fifth in total tackles (153). He won the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Bronko Nagurski Award and the Rotary Lombardi Award.

 

2014 AFCA?FBS Coaches’ All-America Team

Offense

Pos         Name     Ht.           Wt.          Cl.           School   Coach    Hometown (High School)

WR          Amari Cooper      6-1          210         Jr.            Alabama               Nick Saban           Miami, Fla. (Northwestern)

WR         Kevin White         6-3          210         Sr.           West Virginia       Dana Holgorsen Plainfield, N.J. (Emmaus)

TE           Nick O’Leary         6-3          247         Sr.           Florida St.              Jimbo Fisher        Palm Beach, Fla. (Dwyer)

OL           Brandon Scherff  6-5          320         Sr.           Iowa       Kirk Ferentz          Denison, Iowa (Denison)

OL           Arie Kouandjio     6-5          315         Sr.           Alabama               Nick Saban           Hyattsville, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)

C             Reese Dismukes 6-3          295         Sr.           Auburn   Gus Malzahn        Spanish Fort, Ala. (Spanish Fort)

OL           Rob Havenstein   6-8          333         Sr.           Wisconsin             Gary Andersen     Mount Airy, Md. (Linganore)

OL           Tre’ Jackson         6-4          330         Sr.           Florida St.              Jimbo Fisher        Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)

QB          Marcus Mariota    6-4          219         Jr.            Oregon  Mark Helfrich        Honolulu, Hawaii (St. Louis)

RB           Melvin Gordon     6-1          213         Jr.            Wisconsin             Gary Andersen     Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford)

RB           James Conner     6-2          250         So.          Pittsburgh              Paul Chryst           Erie, Pa. (McDowell)

RB           Tevin Coleman    6-1          210         Jr.            Indiana  Kevin Wilson        Tinley Park, Ill. (Oak Forest)

 

Defense

Pos         Name     Ht.           Wt.          Cl.           School   Coach    Hometown (High School)

DL           Vic Beasley           6-3          235         Gr.           Clemson               Dabo Swinney     Adairsville, Ga. (Adairsville)

DL           Shane Ray            6-3          245         Jr.            Missouri Gary Pinkel           Kansas City, Mo. (Bishop Miege)

DL           Joey Bosa             6-5          278         So.          Ohio St.  Urban Meyer        Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

DL           Leonard Williams                6-5          300         Jr.            USC       Steve Sarkisian    Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland)

LB           Scooby Wright III  6-1          246         So.          Arizona  Rich Rodriguez    Windsor, Calif. (Cardinal Newman)

LB           Hau’oli Kikaha     6-3          246         Sr.           Washington          Chris Petersen     Hau’ula, Hawaii (Kahuku)

LB           Trey DePriest       6-2          250         Sr.           Alabama               Nick Saban           Springfield, Ohio (Springfield)

DB          Gerod Holliman   6-2          213         So.          Louisville               Bobby Petrino      Miami, Fla. (Southridge)

DB          Senquez Golson  5-9          176         Sr.           Mississippi            Hugh Freeze        Pascagoula, Miss. (Pascagoula)

DB          Landon Collins    6-0          222         Jr.            Alabama               Nick Saban           New Orleans, La. (Dutchtown)

DB          Ifo Ekpre-Olomu  5-10        195         Sr.           Oregon  Mark Helfrich        Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills)

 

Specialists

Pos         Name     Ht.           Wt.          Cl.           School   Coach    Hometown (High School)

P             Tom Hackett         5-11        187         Jr.            Utah       Kyle Whittingham                Melbourne, Australia (Scotch College)

PK           Roberto Aguayo   6-1          203         So.          Florida St.              Jimbo Fisher        Mascotte, Fla. (South Lake)

AP           Tyler Lockett         5-11        175         Sr.           Kansas St.             Bill Snyder            Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington)

 

Team Background:?The teams now chosen for each of the AFCA’s five?divisions evolved from a single 11-player squad in 1945. From 1945 until 1967, only one team was chosen. From 1967 through 1971, two teams, University Division and College Division, were selected. In 1972, the College Division was split into College I and College II. In 1979, the University Division was split into two teams — Division I-A and Division I-AA. In 1996, the College I and College II teams were renamed Division II?and Division III,?respectively. In 2006, the Division I-A and Division I-AA teams were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)?and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS),?respectively. The AFCA started selecting an NAIA All-America Team in 2006.