AP All-America Teams

[GeauxTo]

First Team

Offense
Quarterback - Troy Smith, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, senior, Ohio State.
Running backs - Darren McFadden, 6-2, 212, sophomore, Arkansas; Steve Slaton, 5-10, 195, sophomore, West Virginia.
Wide receivers - Calvin Johnson, 6-5, 235, junior, Georgia, Tech; Dwayne Jarrett, 6-5, 210, junior, Southern California.
Tight end - Matt Spaeth, 6-7, 265, senior, Minnesota.
Tackles - Jake Long, 6-7, 313, senior, Michigan; Joe Thomas, 6-8, 313, senior, Wisconsin.
Guards - Josh Beekman, 6-2, 318, senior, Boston College; Justin Blalock, 6-4, 335, senior, Texas.
Center - Dan Mozes, 6-4, 290, senior, West Virginia.
Kicker - Justin Medlock, 6-0, 197, senior, UCLA.
All-purpose player - DeSean Jackson, 6-0, 178, sophomore, California.

Defense
Ends - LaMarr Woodley, 6-2, 269, senior, Michigan; Gaines Adams, 6-5, 265, senior, Clemson.
Tackles - Glenn Dorsey (http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174923&Q_SEASON=2006), 6-2, 299, junior, LSU; Quinn Pitcock, 6-3, 295, senior, Ohio State.
Linebackers - Paul Posluszny, 6-2, 238, senior, Penn State; Patrick Willis, 6-2, 240, senior, Mississippi; James Laurinaitis, 6-3, 244, sophomore, Ohio State.
Cornerbacks - Leon Hall, 5-11, 193, senior, Michigan; Daymeion Hughes, 6-0, 188, senior, California.
Safeties - LaRon Landry (http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174956&Q_SEASON=2006), 6-2, 202, senior, LSU; Reggie Nelson, 6-1, 175, junior, Florida.
Punter - Daniel Sepulveda, 6-3, 230, senior, Baylor.

Second-team

Offense
Quarterback - Brady Quinn, senior, Notre Dame.
Running backs - Ray Rice, sophomore, Rutgers; Mike Hart, junior, Michigan.
Wide receivers - Jarrett Dillard, sophomore, Rice; Jeff Samardzija, senior, Notre Dame.
Tight end - Zach Miller, junior, Arizona State.
Tackles - Sam Baker, junior, Southern California; Arron Sears, senior, Tennessee.
Guards - Ben Grubbs, senior, Auburn; T.J. Downing, senior, Ohio State.
Center - Ryan Kalil, senior, Southern California.
Kicker - Arthur Carmody, junior, Louisville.
All-purpose player - Ted Ginn. Jr., junior, Ohio State.

Defense
Ends - Justin Hickman, senior, UCLA; Mkristo Bruce, senior, Washington State.
Tackles - Alan Branch, junior, Michigan; Amobi Okoye, senior, Louisville.
Linebackers - Dan Connor, junior, Penn State; Ameer Ismail, senior, Western Michigan; David Harris, senior, Michigan.
Cornerbacks - Aaron Ross, senior, Texas; Ryan Smith, senior, Florida.
Safeties - Eric Weddle, senior, Utah; Michael Griffin, senior, Texas.
Punter - Durant Brooks, junior, Georgia Tech.

Third-team

Offense
Quarterback - Colt Brennan, junior, Hawaii.
Running backs - Ian Johnson, sophomore, Boise State; Garrett Wolfe, senior, Northern Illinois.
Wide receivers - Robert Meachem, junior, Tennessee; Johnnie Lee Higgins, senior, UTEP.
Tight end - Jonny Harline, senior, BYU.
Tackles - Levi Brown, senior, Penn State; Tony Igoh, senior, Arkansas.
Guards - Kurt Quarterman, senior, Louisville; Nathan Bennett, senior, Clemson.
Center - Jonathan Luigs, sophomore, Arkansas.
Kicker - Mason Crosby, senior, Colorado.
All-purpose player - Sammie Stroughter, junior, Oregon State.

Defense
Ends - Quentin Moses, senior, Georgia; Anthony Spencer, senior, Purdue.
Tackles - Jay Alford, senior, Penn State; Eric Foster, junior, Rutgers.
Linebackers - H.B. Blades, senior, Pittsburgh; Rufus Alexander, senior, Oklahoma; Brandon Siler, junior, Florida.
Cornerbacks - Dwight Lowery, junior, San Jose State; Brandon Flowers, sophomore, Virginia Tech.
Safeties - Tra Battle, senior, Georgia; Tom Zbikowski, senior, Notre Dame.
Punter - Jeremy Kapinos, senior, Penn State.

[thethrill]

Congrats to all the SEC players. Agree with most of the picks, but being a homer I'll say UT WR Robert Meachem got robbed. No player on the 1st or 2nd team had more yards or YPC.

Meachem
67 catches
1265 yds
11 tds

C.Johnson(kind of disappeared in big games)
56 catches
835 yds
11 tds

Jarrett
59 catches
810 yds
10 tds

Samardzija
70 catches
958 yds
11 tds

I'm not trying to say these aren't great players and don't deserve to be All-Americans, but looking at the numbers I think hype has alot to do with it.

GBO

[Cianne]

Johnson and Jarrett had extenuating circumstances that kept them from having the numbers they should have. Johnson had to deal with Reggie Ball and Jarrett had a shoulder injury to start the year.