List of Alabama Crimson Tide football All-Americans
Encyclopedia
Every year, several publications release lists of the their ideal "team." The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-America
ns. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press
, American Football Coaches Association
(AFCA), Football Writers Association of America
(FWAA), Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation
. Alabama has had 98 players honored 114 times as first team All-Americans (44 consensus) in its history, including 12 players honored twice and two players (Cornelius Bennett
and Woodrow Lowe
) who were honored three times.
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1962
Lee Roy Jordan
* – C
1964
Wayne Freeman – OG
Dan Kearley – OT
Joe Namath
– QB
David Ray – HB
1965
Paul Crane* – C
Steve Sloan
– QB
1966
Richard Dole – OG
Cecil Dowdy* – OT
Bobby Johns – DB
Ray Perkins* – SE
1967
Dennis Homan
* – SE
Bobby Johns* – DB
Ken Stabler
– QB
1968
Sam Gellerstedt – DG
Mike Hall – LB
1969
Alvin Samples – OG
1970
Johnny Musso – RB
1971
John Hannah – OG
Johnny Musso* – RB
1972
John Hannah* – OG
Jim Krapf – C
John Mitchell – DE
1973
Buddy Brown
* – OT
Woodrow Lowe
– LB
Wayne Wheeler – SE
1974
Leroy Cook – DE
Sylvester Croom
– C
Woodrow Lowe – LB
Mike Washington
– CB
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1975
Leroy Cook* – DE
Woodrow Lowe – LB
1977
Ozzie Newsome
* – DE
1978
Barry Krauss – LB
Marty Lyons
* – DT
1979
Jim Bunch* – OT
Don McNeal
– CB
Dwight Stephenson
– C
1980
Thomas Boyd – LB
E. J. Junior
* – DE
1981
Thomas Boyd – LB
Tommy Wilcox* – S
1982
Jeremiah Castille
– CB
Mike Pitts
* – DE
Tommy Wilcox – S
1984
Cornelius Bennett
– OLB
1985
Cornelius Bennett – OLB
Jon Hand – DT
1986
Cornelius Bennett* – OLB
Bobby Humphrey
– RB
Van Tiffin
– PK
1987
Bobby Humphrey – RB
1988
Kermit Kendrick – S
Larry Rose – OG
Derrick Thomas
* – LB
1989
Keith McCants
* – LB
John Mangum
– CB
1990
Philip Doyle* – PK
1991
Robert Stewart – NT
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1992
John Copeland
* – DE
Eric Curry
* – DE
Antonio Langham
– CB
1993
Antonio Langham* – CB
David Palmer
* – WR
Michael Proctor – PK
1994
Jay Barker
– QB
Michael Proctor – PK
1996
Kevin Jackson* – SS
Michael Myers
– DE
Dwayne Rudd
– LB
1999
Shaun Alexander
– RB
Chris Samuels
* - OT
2005
DeMeco Ryans
* – LB
2008
Antoine Caldwell
* – C
Terrence Cody
* – DT
Rashad Johnson
– S
Andre Smith* – T
2009
Javier Arenas
– CB
Terrence Cody
* – DT
Mark Ingram
* – RB
Mike Johnson
* – OG
Rolando McClain
* – LB
Leigh Tiffin
– PK
2010
Mark Barron
– S
* denotes consensus pick
bold denotes unanimous pick
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
ns. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, American Football Coaches Association
American Football Coaches Association
The American Football Coaches Association is an association of over 11,000 football coaches and staff on all levels. According to its constitution, some of the main goals of the American Football Coaches Association are to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the profession of...
(AFCA), Football Writers Association of America
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...
(FWAA), Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation
Walter Camp Football Foundation
The Walter Camp Football Foundation is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also presents various awards.-Awards:*Walter Camp Player of the Year*CT Player of the Year...
. Alabama has had 98 players honored 114 times as first team All-Americans (44 consensus) in its history, including 12 players honored twice and two players (Cornelius Bennett
Cornelius Bennett
Cornelius O'Landa Bennett is a former American football linebacker who played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to 1998, and the Indianapolis Colts from 1999 to 2000...
and Woodrow Lowe
Woodrow Lowe
Woodrow Lowe , is a former professional American football linebacker who played from 1976-1986 for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League...
) who were honored three times.
| style="font-size:90%;"> | 1913 | W. T. VandeGraaff – T |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Pooley Hubert - QB |
| 1926 | Fred Pickhard – T |
| Hoyt "Wu" Winslett – E | |
| 1929 | Tony Holm Tony Holm Bernard Patrick Holm , nicknamed "Tony" , was a professional American football player. In his four seasons in the NFL he played punter and quarterback. In 1933 he became the first quarterback for the now Pittsburgh Steelers. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama.-References:*... – FB |
| Fred Sington Fred Sington Frederic William Sington was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He would also play professional baseball as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators... – T |
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| 1930 | Fred Sington* – T |
| John Suther – HB | |
| 1931 | Johnny Cain Johnny Cain John Lewis "Hurri" Cain was an American football player, coach of football, baseball, and tennis, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a three-time All-American and a member of the 1930 national... – FB |
| 1932 | Johnny Cain – FB |
| 1933 | Tom Hupke – G |
| 1934 | Millard "Dixie" Howell* – B |
| Don Hutson Don Hutson Donald Montgomery Hutson was the first star wide receiver in National Football League history. He is considered by many to have been the first modern receiver.... * – E |
|
| Bill Lee Bill Lee (American football) William E. Lee, Sr. was an American football player.... * – T |
|
| 1935 | Riley Smith Riley Smith (American football) Riley Henry Smith was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the second player taken in the 1936 NFL Draft and was the first player that was signed from the draft that played in the NFL... * – B |
| 1936 | James L. Nesbit – FB |
| Arthur White – G | |
| 1937 | Joe Kilgrow – HB |
| Leroy Monsky Leroy Monsky Leroy G. Monsky, Sr. was an All-American football player. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Monsky was an All-State football player at Sidney Lanier High School. After high school, Monsky enrolled at the University of Alabama where he played on the Crimson Tide football teams from 1935–1937... * – G |
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| James Ryba – T | |
| 1939 | Carey Cox – C |
| 1941 | Halt Rast* – E |
| 1942 | Joe Damnanovich* – C |
| Don Whitmire – OT | |
| 1945 | Harry Gilmer Harry Gilmer Harry Vincent Gilmer, Jr. is a former American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.-Early life:... – HB |
| Vaughn Mancha Vaughn Mancha Vaughn Mancha was a professional American football player who played professionally for the Boston Yanks. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was named to the All-SEC team during his career at the University of Alabama, where he played from 1944 through 1947... * – C |
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| 1950 | Ed Salem Ed Salem Edward Joseph Salem was an American football quarterback and defensive back. He was a 1950 College Football All-America Team selection from the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and played one season for the National Football League's Washington Redskins and one season for the Canadian Football... – HB |
| 1952 | Bobby Marlow – HB |
| 1954 | George Mason – OT |
| 1961 | Billy Neighbors Billy Neighbors William Wesley "Billy" Neighbors is a former American football guard who played in the American Football League from . He played college football at the University of Alabama where he was an All-American, and was selected in sixth round of the 1962 AFL Draft... * – DT |
Lee Roy Jordan
Lee Roy Jordan is a retired American football linebacker. After attending the University of Alabama, playing under head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, he spent 14 years in the National Football League playing for the Dallas Cowboys between 1963–1976...
* – C
Joe Namath
Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...
– QB
Steve Sloan
Stephen Charles Sloan is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Alabama from 1962 to 1965 and then played for two seasons in the National Football League with the Atlanta Falcons...
– QB
Dennis Homan
Dennis Frank Homan is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for five seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs . He later played for the Birmingham Americans and Birmingham Vulcans of the World Football League...
* – SE
Ken Stabler
Kenneth "Kenny" Michael Stabler , is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders , the Houston Oilers , and the New Orleans Saints...
– QB
Buddy Brown
William Brightie Brown was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft....
* – OT
Woodrow Lowe
Woodrow Lowe , is a former professional American football linebacker who played from 1976-1986 for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League...
– LB
Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom, Jr. is the former football head coach at Mississippi State University and current running backs coach of the St. Louis Rams. He was the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference...
– C
Mike Washington
Mike Washington , is a former American professional football player who played in 9 NFL seasons from 1976-1984 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike was selected in the in 3rd round of 1975 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts....
– CB
Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome Jr. and a 1974 graduate of Colbert County High School in Leighton, Alabama, is a former American football tight end for the Cleveland Browns, an inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the current General Manager of the Baltimore Ravens.-College career:Before his NFL career,...
* – DE
Marty Lyons
Martin Anthony Lyons is a former American Football defensive tackle who played his entire eleven year career from 1979 to 1989 with the New York Jets of the National Football League...
* – DT
Don McNeal
Don McNeal is a former American professional football player who played defensive back for the Miami Dolphins in the 1980s....
– CB
Dwight Stephenson
Dwight Eugene Stephenson is a former American football offensive lineman and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 1998...
– C
E. J. Junior
Ester James Junior, III grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a former American professional football player who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round of the 1981 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 235 lbs...
* – DE
Jeremiah Castille
Jeremiah Castille is an American professional football player. A 5'10", 175-lb. defensive back from the University of Alabama, Castille was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1983 NFL Draft. He played in six seasons in the NFL from 1983–1988 for the Buccaneers and...
– CB
Mike Pitts
Michael Anthony Pitts is a former professional American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, and the New England Patriots. He played college football at the University of Alabama and was drafted in the first round of the 1983 NFL...
* – DE
Cornelius Bennett
Cornelius O'Landa Bennett is a former American football linebacker who played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to 1998, and the Indianapolis Colts from 1999 to 2000...
– OLB
Bobby Humphrey
Bobby Gene Humphrey is a former professional American football player who was selected in the first round by the Denver Broncos in the 1989 NFL Supplemental Draft after a stellar career at the University of Alabama...
– RB
Van Tiffin
Van Tiffin is a former American football placekicker.- College career :Tiffin was the Alabama Crimson Tide's primary placekicker from 1983-1986. He holds the school record for longest converted field goal, with a successful 57-yard attempt against Texas A&M in 1985...
– PK
Derrick Thomas
Derrick Vincent Thomas , nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League . He played his entire 11-year career for the Chiefs after being drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft...
* – LB
Keith McCants
Alvin Keith McCants is a former professional American football linebacker who played for six seasons in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Houston Oilers, and the Arizona Cardinals from 1990 to 1995...
* – LB
John Mangum
John Mangum , is a former American professional football player who played in 9 NFL seasons from 1990-1998 for the Chicago Bears....
– CB
John Copeland
John Copeland is a retired American football defensive end who played for the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League....
* – DE
Eric Curry
Eric Felece Curry is a former professional American football defensive end who played seven seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1993 to 1999 in the National Football League...
* – DE
Antonio Langham
Collie Antonio Langham , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 187 lb cornerback from the University of Alabama, Langham played in seven NFL seasons from 1994-2000...
– CB
David Palmer (American football)
David Lee Palmer is a retired American football player from Birmingham, Alabama. He played the position of wide receiver in college at the University of Alabama and professionally for seven seasons with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.Palmer was a star quarterback for...
* – WR
Jay Barker
Jay Barker is a former professional American football quarterback, and a current Birmingham radio personality.- Football career :...
– QB
Michael Myers (American football)
Michael Myers is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Alabama.-High school years:...
– DE
Dwayne Rudd
Dwayne Rudd is an American football linebacker who is a free agent in the National Football League, having not played in the NFL since 2003. During his career he played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
– LB
Shaun Alexander
Shaun Edward Alexander is a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins. He was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Alabama.- Early career :Alexander was born and...
– RB
Chris Samuels
-Washington Redskins:Samuels immediately became the starting left tackle for the Redskins and has since been selected to six Pro Bowls. In 2000, Samuels was one of only four players on offense to start every game, joining Jon Jansen, Mark Fischer and Stephen Alexander. Samuels won co-Offensive...
* - OT
DeMeco Ryans
DeMeco Ryans is an American football linebacker in the NFL for the Houston Texans. He played college football at the University of Alabama.- High school career :...
* – LB
Antoine Caldwell
Antoine Caldwell is an American football player from Montgomery, Alabama. He is currently a center for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was selected by the Texans in the 3rd round of the 2009 NFL Draft...
* – C
Terrence Cody
Terrence Bernard Cody, Jr. is an American football nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was selected by the Ravens in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama, where he was given the nickname "Mount Cody" for his gargantuan,...
* – DT
Rashad Johnson
Julian Rashad Johnson is an American American football player. He is currently a safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected by the Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2009 NFL Draft...
– S
Javier Arenas (American football)
Javier E. Arenas is an American football cornerback and return specialist for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League...
– CB
Terrence Cody
Terrence Bernard Cody, Jr. is an American football nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was selected by the Ravens in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama, where he was given the nickname "Mount Cody" for his gargantuan,...
* – DT
Mark Ingram, Jr.
Mark Ingram, Jr. is a running back for the New Orleans Saints. Ingram is the son of former NFL wide receiver Mark Ingram, Sr....
* – RB
Mike Johnson (offensive lineman)
Michael P. Johnson is an American football offensive lineman for the Atlanta Falcons. Johnson was one of three Crimson Tide offensive linemen to earn 2008 All-American honors, alongside Andre Smith and Antoine Caldwell...
* – OG
Rolando McClain
-Oakland Raiders:McClain signed his contract with the Raiders on July 28, 2010, in time to make the first day of training camp. The contract is estimated to be for $40 million over 5 years....
* – LB
Leigh Tiffin
Van Leigh Tiffin is an American football kicker who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2010...
– PK
Mark Barron
Mark Barron , nicknamed “Superman,” is an American football safety for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Barron is 6'2" tall and weighs approximately 215 pounds. He has been clocked running 40 yards in 4.5 seconds....
– S
* denotes consensus pick
bold denotes unanimous pick