2005 College Football All-America Team

The 2005 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, and Rivals.com.

The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.

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

2005 Consensus All-Americans

Name	Position	Year	University
Vince Young	Quarterback	Junior	Texas
Reggie Bush*	Running back	Junior	USC
Jerome Harrison		Senior	Washington State
Dwayne Jarrett*	Wide receiver	Sophomore	USC
Jeff Samardzija		Junior	Notre Dame
Marcedes Lewis	Tight end	Senior	UCLA
Greg Eslinger*	Center	Senior	Minnesota
Max Jean-Gilles	Offensive line	Senior	Georgia
Marcus McNeill		Senior	Auburn
Jonathan Scott*		Senior	Texas
Deuce Lutui		Senior	USC
Elvis Dumervil*	Defensive line	Senior	Louisville
Tamba Hali*		Senior	Penn State
Haloti Ngata		Senior	Oregon
Rodrique Wright		Senior	Texas
A. J. Hawk*	Linebacker	Senior	Ohio State
Demeco Ryans*		Senior	Alabama
Paul Posluszny		Senior	Penn State
Jimmy Williams*	Defensive back	Senior	Virginia Tech
Michael Huff*		Senior	Texas
Greg Blue		Senior	Georgia
Tye Hill		Senior	Clemson
Mason Crosby	Kicker	Junior	Colorado
Ryan Plackemeier*	Punter	Senior	Wake Forest
Maurice Drew*	Return specialist	Junior	UCLA

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

External links

• 2005 AP All-American Team
• 2005 Coaches All-American Team
• 2005 Writers All-American Team
• 2005 Walter Camp Foundation All-American Team
• 2005 The Sporting News All-American Team
• 2005 Sports Illustrated All-American Team

• 2005 Pro Football Weekly All-American Team
• 2005 ESPN All-American Team
• 2005 CBS Sportsline All-American Team
• 2005 College Football News All-American Team
• 2005 Rivals.com All-American Team
• "Football Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2007. pp. 4, 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007.