The 2000 All-America college football 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, Pro Football Weekly, Football News, Sports Illustrated 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.
Offense
Quarterback Josh Heupel, Oklahoma (AP-2, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN) Chris Weinke, Florida State (AP-1, CNNSI, FN, Rivals) George Godsey, Georgia Tech (PFW) Drew Brees, Purdue (AP-3)
Running back LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Damien Anderson, Northwestern (AP-1, Walter Camp, FWAA, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI) Ken Simonton, Oregon State (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, Rivals) Rudi Johnson, Auburn (AP-2) Lee Suggs, Virginia Tech (AP-3) Anthony Thomas, Michigan (AP-3)
Wide receiver Marvin Minnis, Florida State (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, FN, CNNSI) Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh (AP-1, FWAA, Rivals) Freddie Mitchell, UCLA (AP-2, Walter Camp, TSN) David Terrell, Michigan (AP-2, PFW, CNNSI, Rivals) Rod Gardner, Clemson (PFW) Quincy Morgan, Kansas State (FN) Jabar Gaffney, Florida (AP-3) Koren Robinson, North Carolina State (AP-3)
Tight end Brian Natkin, UTEP (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, FN, Rivals) Todd Heap, Arizona State (AP-2, PFW, CNNSI) Tracey Wistrom, Nebraska (AP-3)
Tackle Leonard Davis, Texas (AP-1, Walter Camp, FWAA, TSN) Chris Brown, Georgia Tech (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Chad Ward, Washington (AP-1, TSN, CNNSI) Paul Zukauskas, Boston College (AFCA-Coaches, Rivals) Joaquin Gonzalez, Miami (Florida) (AP-2, FWAA) Bryant McKinnie, Miami (Florida) (PFW, FN, CNNSI) Matt Light, Purdue (PFW) Kenyatta Walker, Florida (AP-2, PFW) Jeff Backus, Michigan (AP-2) Tarlos Thomas, Florida State (AP-3)
Guard Steve Hutchinson, Michigan (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Russ Hochstein, Nebraska (TSN) Bill Ferrario, Wisconsin (PFW) Floyd Womack, Mississippi State (AP-2) Chris Gibson, Oregon State (AP-3) Seth McKinney, Texas A&M (AP-3) Kendall Simmons, Auburn (AP-3)
Center Dominic Raiola, Nebraska (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, PFW, RN, CNNSI, Rivals) Ben Hamilton, Minnesota (AP-2, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, TSN, FN, Rivals) Casey Rabach, Wisconsin (AP-3)
Defense
End Jamal Reynolds, Florida State (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Andre Carter, California (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Justin Smith, Missouri (AP-2, FWAA) Julius Peppers, North Carolina (AP-2, CNNSI) Alex Brown, Florida (AP-3) Willie Howard, Stanford (AP-3) Cedric Scott, Southern Miss (AP-3)
Tackle Casey Hampton, Texas (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, TSN, Rivals) John Henderson, Tennessee (AP-1, FWAA, TSN, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Richard Seymour, Georgia (AP-2, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, PFW) Gerard Warren, Florida (PFW) Mario Fatafehi, Kansas State (AP-2, FN) Larry Tripplett, Washington (AP-3)
Linebacker Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, CNNSI) Dan Morgan, Miami (Florida) (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Keith Adams, Clemson (AP-1, Walter Camp, TSN, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Carlos Polk, Nebraska (AP-1, AFCA-Coaches) Levar Fisher, North Carolina State (AP-2, FWAA, FN) Adam Archuleta, Arizona State (AP-2, PFW) Torrance Marshall, Oklahoma (AP-3, Rivals) Anthony Denman, Notre Dame (AP-2) Jason Glenn, Texas A&M (AP-2) Joe Cooper, Ohio State (AP-3) Kalimba Edwards, South Carolina (AP-3) Ben Taylor, Virginia Tech (AP-3)
Cornerback Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, PFW, FN, CNNSI, Rivals) Fred Smoot, Mississippi State (AP-1, Walter Camp, TSN, PFW, FN) Tay Cody, Florida State (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, TSN, PFW) Sheldon Brown, South Carolina (AP-3, AFCA-Coaches) Lito Sheppard, Florida (AP-2, FWAA, CNNSI) Nate Clements, Ohio State (AP-3, PFW) Ken Lucas, Ole Miss (Rivals) Rashad Bauman, Oregon (AP-3)
Safety Dwight Smith, Akron (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA, FN) Ed Reed, Miami (Florida) (AP-1, FWAA, CNNSI) J. T. Thatcher, Oklahoma (AP-2, TSN, FN) Anthony Floyd, Louisville (AP-2, Walter Camp) Mike Doss, Ohio State (TSN, Rivals) Hakim Akbar, Washington (CNNSI) Roy Williams, Oklahoma (Rivals) Robert Carswell, Clemson (AP-3)
Special teams
Kicker Jonathan Ruffin, Cincinnati (AP-1, Walter Camp, FWAA, TSN, CNNSI) Jamie Rheem, Kansas State (AP-2, AFCA-Coaches, FN) Alex Walls, Tennessee (AP-3, Rivals)
Punter Nick Harris, California (AP-1, Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, PFW) Brian Morton, Duke (AP-2, FWAA, TSN, Rivals) Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin (AP-3, CNNSI) Preston Gruening, Minnesota (FN)
All-purpose player / return specialist Santana Moss, Miami (Florida) (AP-1, FWAA, TSN, Walter Camp-WR, AFCA-Coaches-WR, Rivals, PFW, CNNSI-AP) André Davis, Virginia Tech (AFCA-Coaches, CNNSI-PR) Julius Jones, Notre Dame (CNNSI-KR) Aaron Lockett, Kansas State (AP-2) Emmett White, Utah State (AP-3)
See also 2000 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 2000 All-Big Ten Conference football team 2000 All-Big 12 Conference football team 2000 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team 2000 All-SEC football team
References
Coaches AA – AFCA Associated Press – AP Writers AA – FWAA Sporting News – TSN Walter Camp – Walter Camp PFW (Archived 2009-05-14) – Pro Football Weekly FN – Football News CNNSI (Archived 2009-05-14) – Sports Illustrated