The Iowa State Cyclones college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). All-America selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.
Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Iowa State has had 16 players honored a total of 24 times as First Team All-America for their performance on the field of play. Included in these selections are 4 consensus selections, 2 of which were unanimous selections. The most significant and recent All-American from Iowa State came after the 2020 season, when Breece Hall was named a unanimous First Team All-America, the first in Iowa State Cyclone history. Hall was also selected along with 2020 teammates Charlie Kolar, Mike Rose, and JaQuan Bailey.
Key
Consensus selection Unanimous selection
Selectors AAB All-America Board AFCA American Football Coaches of America AP Associated Press The Atlantic The Atlantic CT Chicago Tribune CO Collier's Weekly SI Sports Illustrated CP Central Press Association CSW College Sports Writers DW Davis J. Walsh ES Ed Sullivan ESPN ESPN FN The Football News FWAA Football Writers Association of America INS International News Service KCS Kansas City Star LAT Los Angeles Times LIB Liberty Magazine LK Look magazine NANA North American Newspaper Alliance NB Norman E. Brown NEA Newspaper Editors Association NL Navy Log NYEP New York Evening Post NYS New York Sun OF Oscar Fraley PD Parke H. Davis SH Scripps-Howard Time Time Magazine TSN The Sporting News UP United Press UPI United Press International USAT USA Today WC Walter Camp WD Walter Dobbins
Selections
+ List of All-Americans showing the year won, player, position and selectors Year Player name Position Selector(s) 1919 G CT-1 1920 C CT-1; AP-3 1934 P AP-1 1935 G NEA-2 1938 QB NEA-3 1938 G AP-1; LIB-1; NEA-1 1944 G LK-2 1950 WR INS-1; AP-2 1959 RB FWAA-1; NEA-2; AP-3; UPI-3 1960 FB AFCA-2 1961 RB AP-3; UPI-3 1962 RB FWAA-1; AP-3 1963 FB FWAA-1; AFCA-2 1964 T AP-1 1966 WR AP-2 1972 QB NEA-2 1972 DE AP-3 1972 G FN-1 1973 LB AFCA-1 1974 S UPI-2; AP-3 1976 WR FWAA-1; AP-3 1977 NT FN-2 1978 DT AP-2 1980 RB UPI-2 1982 T NEA-1 1983 WR AP-3 1984 WR FN-1; AP-2; NEA-2 1989 TE UPI-1; AFCA-1; WC-1 1989 RB AP-3 1993 T AP-3 1995 RB AP-1; AFCA-1; WC-1; TSN-1 1996 RB AP-1; FWAA-1; WC-1; TSN-1 2000 C FN-3 2011 T SI-1 2017 LB FWAA-1; SI-2 2019 TE AP-3; FWAA-2 2020 RB AP-1; AFCA-1; Athletic-1; CBS-1; ESPN-1; FWAA-1; TSN-1; USAT-1; WC-1; 2020 LB AP-2; ESPN-2; USAT-1; Athletic-1; TSN-2 2020 TE AP-3; ESPN-3; USAT-2; WC-2 2020 DE AP-3; ESPN-3; FWAA-1
See also Iowa State Cyclones football History of Iowa State Cyclones football List of Iowa State Cyclones football seasons Iowa State Cyclones football statistical leaders List of Iowa State Cyclones in the NFL draft
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