The Arizona Wildcats college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of Arizona in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-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 (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF). 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 1894, Arizona has had 29 players honored a total of 34 times as First Team All-America for their performance on the field of play. Included in these selections are 8 consensus selections, 2 of which were unanimous selections earned by Ka'Deem Carey in the 2012 season and 2013 season and Scooby Wright III in the 2015 season.
Key
Consensus selection Unanimous selection
Selectors AAB All-America Board AFCA AS Athlon Sports American Football Coaches Association AP Associated Press CBSS CBS Sports CO Collier's Weekly CNNSI CNN/Sports Illustrated CP Central Press Association CSW College Sports Writers CFN College Football News DW Davis J. Walsh ES ESPN Ed Sullivan FN The Football News FWAA Football Writers Association of America FS Fox Sports INS International News Service KCS Kansas City Star LAT Los Angeles Times LIB Liberty MagazineLINLindy's 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 PB Playboy Rivals Rivals.com SH Scripps-Howard Scout Scout.com SN Sporting News Time Time Magazine UP United Press UPI United Press International USA USA Today WCFF Walter Camp Football Foundation WD Walter Dobbins Yahoo Yahoo Sports
Arizona Wildcats Football First Team All-Americans
Year Player name Position Selector(s) 1935 1937 FB 1938 C/LB 1941 1971 LB TSN 1975 WR NEA 1976 DE 1982 LB AP, UPI, AFCA, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA 1983 Ricky Hunley LB 1985 UPI, WC 1986 LB Playboy, CFN 1987 FS UPI, WC, AFCA 1987 Joe Tofflemire LB 1988 Joe Tofflemire LB 1990 CB AP, UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, FN 1992 P FWAA, TSN 1992 DT AP, UPI, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, TSN, FN, NEA 1993 LB SH 1993 Rob Waldrop DT 1994 K WC, FWAA, SH, SN 1994 S WC, AFCA, SN 1994 LB AP, WC, FWAA, AFCA, SH, UPI, TSN, SN 1995 Tedy Bruschi LB 1995 CB AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WC, FN 1999 WR AP, AFCA, FWAA, CNNSI 2005 P PFW 2007 CB AP, WC, SN, CNNSI, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Rivals.com, Scout.com 2008 TE AP 2012 RB CBS Sports, AS, Scout.com, SN, WC, Lindy's, AP 2013 Ka'Deem Carey† RB 2014 ‡ LB AP, FWAA, AFCA, WC, SN, CNNSI, USA Today, ESPN, CBS Sports, CFN, Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports 2024 WR AFCA, AP, CBS, Athletic, PFF, USAT
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