2009 College Football Consensus All-America Team

On December 15, The Sporting News and Associated Press announced their 2009 College Football All-America teams - the final two organizations of the five recognized by the NCAA to do so. Other organizations' All-America teams recognized by the NCAA include the Football Writers Association of America, Walter Camp Foundation and American Football Coaches Association.

Once again, I have yet to see a press release from the NCAA compiling these five separate teams to form the Consensus All-America team. Why doesn't anyone do this? It would take like 15 minutes. It's super easy. The Consensus All-America team consists of 25 spots. A quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, a tight end, five offensive linemen, four defensive linemen, three linebackers, four defensive backs, a placekicker, a punter and an all-purpose player/kick returner. To be on the consensus team, you have to be named to at least three out of the five All-America teams recognized by the NCAA. Players named to all five teams are "Unanimous" All-America selections. If a position fails to garner at least three nominations for the same individual, the player (or players) named to the most All-America teams is on the consensus squad.

Anyway, for the second consecutive year, I've put the team together myself. Here is your 2009 College Football Consensus All-America Team (Unanimous Selection**) -

Quarterback:
Colt McCoy, Senior, Texas**

Running Back:
Toby Gerhart, Senior, Stanford**
Mark Ingram, Sophomore, Alabama**

Wide Receiver:
Golden Tate, Junior, Notre Dame**
Jordan Shipley, Senior, Texas

Tight End:
Aaron Hernandez, Junior, Florida & Dennis Pitta, Senior, BYU (TIED)

Offensive Line:
Russell Okung, Senior, Oklahoma State**
Mike Johnson, Senior, Alabama
Trent Williams, Senior, Oklahoma
Mike Iupati, Senior, Idaho
Maurkice Pouncey, Senior, Florida

Defensive Line:
Ndamukong Suh, Senior, Nebraska** (PICTURED ABOVE)
Jerry Hughes, Senior, TCU**
Terrence Cody, Senior, Alabama
Gerald McCoy, Junior, Oklahoma

Linebacker:
Rolando McClain, Junior, Alabama**
Greg Jones, Junior, Michigan State
Brandon Spikes, Senior, Florida & Eric Norwood, Senior, South Carolina (TIED)

Defensive Back:
Eric Berry, Junior, Tennessee**
Joe Haden, Junior, Florida**
Earl Thomas, Sophomore, Texas
Javier Arenas, Senior, Alabama

Placekicker:
Kai Forbath, Junior, UCLA

Punter:
Drew Butler, Sophomore, Georgia**

All-Purpose/Kick Returner:
C.J. Spiller, Senior, Clemson**

Final Notes: Aaron Hernandez and Dennis Pitta tied each other with two All-America nominations at tight end. Ditto for Brandon Spikes and Eric Norwood at linebacker.