Dickerson's recruitment can still spark a heated debate in parts of Texas. Noah Jackson OL Fletcher (Jacksonville Beach) 1968. Selected to All-Southern Team and named Orlando Sentinel state player of the year as a junior when he caught 64 passes for 1,035 yards and 15 TDs. Medford: Graduated in 1965. One of the best RBs in the state for his time. And sometimes we get it really, really wrong. Fourteen of them were recognized unanimously. Charter member of Gators' Ring of Honor. Established 2 Big Eight records of 9 interceptions in a season and 21 in his career at Iowa State. All-Southwest Conference football and basketball player at Arkansas. Returned 6 INTs for TDs as senior to lead Atlantic to state championship game. By Brian McLaughlin Jan 26, 2017. . 1980 Parade All America High School Football Team (18th Annual) (2 of 3) Do you have a blog? Won 4 Super Bowls in 15 NFL seasons and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. One of Bradford's first black players, excelled for Tornadoes' state title team as senior. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. 1999 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Kyler Murray gets the slight edge over Vince Young as the greatest quarterback in Texas high school football history, but Murray can't hold a candle to what Young did on the college level. First team Class 3A All-State, All-South and Florida Super 24 selection. American Football Database is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Smith wasn't impressed, saying that he could stay home in North Carolina and recruit players who were just as good or better. A 3-sport star in football, track and basketball in the early 1960s. A two-time All-American and caught 212 passes for 3,598 yards at FSU. He left high school as the third all-time leading scorer in Chicago Public League history with 2,619 points. The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that choose College All-America teams that season. Randy Moss was on Parade Magazines list of the 50 greatest high school football players of all time in 2009, and former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz called him "the best high school football player" he'd ever seen when he signed with the Irish out of high school. Caught 59 passes for 987 yards and 12 TDs during senior season for Raiders. A standout option QB in HS. Now in 5th NFL season. Pat Summerall PK/P/DE/TE Columbia (Lake City) 1947. All-state selection and Parade All-American as a senior with 31 catches for 908 yards and 15 TDs. A 17-year veteran of the NFL. Went on to star at Florida before turning pro after junior season. High school highlights: Parade All-American (1978) What Happened Next: John Elway. High school: Ross High School (Fremont, Ohio), High school highlights: USA Today All-American (1994), Parade All-American (1994), Ohio Mr. Football (1994), College highlights: National champion (1997), Heisman Trophy winner (1997), two-time AP All-American (1996, 1997), NFL career: Oakland Raiders (1998-2005, 2013-15), Green Bay Packers (2006-12). Eventually played for 5 teams in 9 seasons, throwing for over 3,600 career yards. Did it all for Apopka, even punting, and was a first-team All-State pick as a LB. Completions, attempts, yards and TDs all set state records in an era when big passing numbers didn't happen. Recruiting analysts described him as the best linebacker to arrive at Notre Dame in decades, and he lived up to the hype. St. Louis. Awards Index Hall of Fame NBA Weekly & Monthly Awards Coach of the Month NBA & ABA Season Honors All-NBA & All-ABA Leading All-NBA Vote Getters All-Rookie All-Defensive All-Seeding Games NBA & ABA Miscellaneous Honors NBA 75th Anniversary Team 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History College: Like younger brother Stan, Pete played at Colorado, where he was a first-team All-American as a senior. Played on 2 Super Bowl teams for the Raiders. (AFCA [split end], AP-2, NEA-1 [flanker]), (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, TSN, WC), (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-1, TSN, WC), (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN), (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC, TSN), 1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team, 1978 All-Big Ten Conference football team, 1978 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team, "Bruins, Troy share wealth in AP All-America squad", "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team", "Penn State's Fusina tops NEA All-America", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978_College_Football_All-America_Team&oldid=1074904842, This page was last edited on 2 March 2022, at 20:53. Made 2nd-team Big Nine Conference in 1959, rushing 78 times for 525 yards. "His parents pressured him beyond belief," the Schmidt brothers said. Pro: A sixth-round draft pick in 2006, Hass spent four years in the NFL playing for three teams, often on the practice squad. 242 Cmp, 368 Att, 3212 Yds, 23 TD, 17 Int, 262 Cmp, 405 Att, 3242 Yds, 24 TD, 12 Int, 306 Cmp, 429 Att, 3902 Yds, 33 TD, 10 Int, 233 Cmp, 386 Att, 3454 Yds, 27 TD, 11 Int, 231 Cmp, 351 Att, 2978 Yds, 26 TD, 15 Int, 129 Cmp, 229 Att, 2341 Yds, 22 TD, 11 Int, 233 Cmp, 390 Att, 3115 Yds, 29 TD, 12 Int, 365 Cmp, 578 Att, 4699 Yds, 46 TD, 15 Int. Scouting reports said not to run to Johnson's side, but teams quickly found out that running to Jackson's side was an unacceptable alternative. Earned NFL Hall of Fame status as a member of L.A. Rams "Fearsome Foursome" defensive front. NFL: First pick of the 1955 draft. Was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Drafted by Chicago Bears. Sheldon: Graduated in 1979. Caught 14 TDs as a senior, 36 in his career. He is member of the Cowboys Ring of Honor. Awards Index Consensus All-America Teams (1969-70 to 1978-79) Previous Decade Next Decade Total number of selections are listed in parentheses for repeat winners. Parade Magazine has been naming high school All-America teams since 1963. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Was a mainstay on the OL for Florida Gators from 1963-65. Set several school and Big Ten records at Michigan. C.J. Do you have a sports website? 1 overall pick by the Houston Texans in 2014. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Moss never played for Notre Dame because of a high school fight but landed at Florida State, where he was dismissed from the team over a failed drug test. Passed for 1,176 yards in 4 playoff games. Some, like Macklin, Nathan, Fields and Richmond, were strapped with personal or academic issues. David Douglas: Graduated in 2010. Jesuit: Graduated in 1976. 1983 (Saint Paul, Minnesota), High school: Cretin-Derham Hall High School (St. Paul, Minnesota), High school highlights: USA Today High School Football Player of the Year (2000), USA Today High School Baseball Player of the Year (2001), Class 4A state champion (1999). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1978 season. College All-American at Army as DB with school-record 8 INTs and QB in same backfield as Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis. All-SEC junior lineman in 2000 for Florida. Name recognition won the day for Port St. Lucie City Council candidates | Photos, Home where Tyler Hadley killed parents is being demolished, Melissa Stonesifer: Park Avenue BBQ offers friendly service, great comfort food, McDonald's offers 1-cent Big Macs, Quarter Pounders with purchase on Friday. 1 overall recruit in 2012. So versatile he was called "The Franchise". Howingtons career was cut short by injuries, though he played three years and started eight times. At Clemson, he led the Tigers to a national championship as a true freshman and back to the national title game as a sophomore. High school: East High School (Wichita, Kansas), High school highlights: U.S. Army National Player of the Year (2008), two-time USA Today All-American (2007, 2008), Wichita City League record 7,209 career rushing yards, NFL career: Philadelphia Eagles (2012-13), Buffalo Bills (2014-15), Seattle Seahawks (2015). 3-year letterman for Auburn from 1965-67. Played collegiately for Louisville, where he had 76 tackles, 6 sacks and 3 blocked kicks as a senior. Pro: The second pick of the 2010 draft, Suh currently plays for Miami. In an age way, way, way before recruiting services, Dick Butkus was a midwestern phenomenon at linebacker when he was in high school. Ngata, a five-time All-Pro, has $88.3 million in career earnings and retired in March 2019. Now in 7th NFL season with the Oakland Raiders. AP, UPI, NEA,The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly chose both first and second teams. He was a starting linebacker in 1966, then moved to fullback in 1967. College highlights: AP All-American (1982), two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year (1981, 1982) NFL career: Denver Broncos (1983-98) Bottom Line: John Elway John Elway was a two-sport star at Stanford. Ran for 1,840 yards and scored 31 TDs as a senior. Pro: A second-round pick in 1964, Renfro played 14 years for Dallas, where he participated in two Super Bowls and earned 10 Pro Bowl honors. Eventually became a starter at University of Miami. Now plays for NFL Arizona Cardinals where he has earned Rookie of the Year and All-Pro awards. Pro: Picked in the third round of the 1989 draft, Zandofsky played nine years in the NFL for four teams, Phoenix, San Diego, Atlanta and Philadelphia. Led Raines to undefeated season and state championship in1998. Renfro was a three-year starter at running back and defensive back, and a two-time football All-American. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Joe Mauer would be much higher on this list if not for the fact that his football recruitment came to a screeching halt when it became clear he would be the No. Ernie Sims is still the only linebacker to be a consensus No. Ken Riley QB/DB Union Academy (Bartow) 1965. First-team All-ACC and second-team All-American in 1995. Arguably most productive RB in Miami-Dade County history, ran for 2,955 yards and large classification record 38 TDs as a senior. First player in state history to surpass 10,000 yards and then 11,000 yards in career offense. Played 128 games in 9 NFL seasons, 6 seasons as a starter, for the Houston Oilers and New York Jets. Started all 16 games for Saints in 2006. College highlights: Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year (2005), AP All-American (2005), two-time All-Pac-10 (2004, 2005), NFL career: Baltimore Ravens (2006-14), Detroit Lions (2015-17), Philadelphia Eagles (2018). NFL: First pick of the 1955 draft. Finished high school career with 11,433 total yards, 134 TDs (71 passing, 56 rushing, 5 on interceptions returns, 2 on punt returns). Was still a Parade All-American and first-team All-State selection. Had 41 receptions and was first-team All-Big East return man in 1995 at Miami. Jackson and Pahokee teammate Remoise Johnson were dynamic bookend DEs in high school. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Now a rookie starter for Jacksonville in the NFL. But Tyner eventually retired from football due to a shoulder injury, only to return to play in 2017, at Oregon State, where hes currently a senior. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. A 1st-round draft pick of Philadelphia Eagles. Was a 2-time pro bowler. All rights reserved. He chose a North Carolina football scholarship over a Duke basketball scholarship, then played both sports for the Tar Heels. Member of College Football Hall of Fame. Born: Feb. 17, 1936 (St. Simons, Georgia), High school: Manhasset Secondary School (Manhasset, New York), High school highlights: Nassau County Football Player of the Year (1952), College highlights: Two-time AP All-American (1955, 1956), Heisman Trophy finalist (1956), two-time NCAA lacrosse All-American (1955, 1956). Recorded 207 tackles with 10 sacks, 3 blocked FGs, 8 INTs and 6 TDs via kick or punt returns in HS career. The most heralded recruit in Arkansas state history, Mitch Mustain swept the 2006 national player of the year awards and followed his high school coach, Gus Malzahn, to Arkansas. Played at 3 different high schools in his prep career, starting at pre-integration Lincoln (Palmetto), then moving to Manatee before finishing senior year at Wyoming (N.Y.) Central. ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HONORS . Parade All-American in 1979 on a team with Cris Collinsworth at QB. 1 player for all four major recruiting services and picked Michigan over Auburn, Clemson, Ole Miss and USC. High school: Hampton High School (Hampton, Virginia), High school highlights: Two-time USA Today national champion (1996, 1997), three-time state champion (1995-97), two-time USA Today All-American (1996, 1997), College highlights: Las Vegas Bowl MVP (1998), Peach Bowl MVP (2001). College: Howington chose Oregon over a whos-who list of pursuers in part because he was also a track & field star. He still started all four years for the Irish and finished his career with 20 school records, but went 0-2 in bowl games and was never an All-American. Began 11-year NFL career after drafted in 2nd-round draft pick by the Chicago Bears in 1954, beginning an 11-year NFL career. That would be Class of 2023 quarterback Arch Manning, the top-ranked quarterback in his class and the son of the Mannings' eldest son, former Ole Miss wide receiver Cooper Manning. Dec. 31. College: At UCLA, Odighizuwa played as a true freshman and was a four-year standout for the Bruins. Joe Goldsmith WR Kathleen (Lakeland) 1969. Finished with 300 career receptions for 4,047 yards and 12 TDs while with New England, Chicago and Philadelphia. Standout DL and 3-sport letterman at Hernando in early 1980s. Haloti Ngata is the highest-rated recruit in Utah history and was rated as the No. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp. Rushed for 3,449 yards and 59 TDs as one of 3 backs in prolific wishbone during HS career. Kicked an NFL record 29 consecutive FGs in 1993. Also hit .533 for Atlanta Braves in the 1992 World Series and was leading the National League in stolen bases in 1997 when he returned to football. FWAA was also a poll of writers, as was the Walter Camp Foundation. Smith won three Super Bowls and became the NFL's career leading rusher. He declared for the 1998 NBA draft but wasn't chosen. Was team MVP at Kathleen in junior and senior seasons, playing LB, RB and KR. Was an All-American for the Florida Gators and a first-round draft pick for the Los Angeles Rams in 1969. Played 11 seasons in NFL with San Francisco and Baltimore. Became an instant star in NFL after being drafted in 7th round by Cincinnati Bengals. Butkus played both ways for the Illini, at center and linebacker, and played all nine seasons of his NFL career with the Chicago Bears. Founded in 1887, Rawlings is an authentic global sports brand, trusted by generations of athletes of all skill levels. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. A 4-time Pro Bowler. Raiders were 27-7 during his time. Led Tigers to 2005 Class 5A state championship. Parade All-American as a senior. Threw for 8,646 yards and 102 touchdowns during his Hilanders career. Ended his prep career with 4,248 yards and 48 TDs. The Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team was an annual selection by Parade that nationally honored the top high school boys' basketball players in the United States. Converted into WR at Florida State. Named to multiple high school All-America teams. Closed out high school career with 200-yard rushing, 3-TD performance. Career offensive total of 7,034 yards 6,107 passing, 927 rushing is in state's top 10. Signed with University of Florida in 1992. Farragut assistant coach Ron Eskridge, who also was involved in Fields' decline, insisted to one and all that Ganes was the No. He was a three-time Parade All-America and a McDonald's All-America as a senior. We like to think we can see talent when it's right in front of our face. An outstanding sprinter in track and clocked 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash. A tackling machine for Wildcats' back-to-back state title teams in 1974-75. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Had 11-year pro career with 3 teams, catching 559 passes and amassing 10,526 career all-purpose yards. College: Swancutt stayed local and played four years at Oregon State, where he was the Pac-10 co-defensive player of the year as a senior defensive end. Its one where virtually no one will agree, because great football players have existed in this state for 80 years and no one can say theyve seen them all. Were hoping to start a conversation here, so lets begin with the second team, followed by the all-time first team. Born: Feb. 14, 1993 (Rock Hill, South Carolina), High school: South Pointe High School (South Pointe, South Carolina), High school highlights: SCHSL state champion (2008), South Carolina Mr. Football (2010), College highlights: SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2012), two-time AP All-American (2012, 2013), NFL career: Houston Texans (2014-18), Seattle Seahawks (2019), Tennessee Titans (2020), Cleveland Browns (2021-present). Jack Youngblood DL Jefferson County (Monticello) 1966. Named No. He announced a transfer to Miami in January 2019 after five-star recruit Justin Fields announced a transfer from Georgia to Ohio State and became eligible immediately. He committed to Texas A&M, which allegedly gave him a brand-new Trans Am, then flipped his commitment to scandal-ridden SMU. Williams helped the Hurricanes win a national title in 2001 and was a two-time All-Big East pick before the Denver Broncos made him a first-round draft pick in 2004. Joined Emmitt Smith as only Floridians picked to USA Today All-Time Team (20 years) in 1991. Tate Martell, a five-star recruit, committed to the University of Washington at 14 years old, switched his commitment to Texas A&M and ultimately signed with Ohio State. Became a 6-time Pro Bowl selection at LB in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl ring in 1995 with the San Francisco 49ers. Played 3 seasons in USFL and 11 in NFL, where he was a 2-time Pro Bowl player and set receiving records for the Minnesota Vikings. Led Tigers to a 49-4 four-year record and FHSAA state championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Raymond McCoy was a two-time All-Stater at Bloom during a time when coach Wes Mason had built one of the most successful high school programs in Illinois. Starred at FSU. Had 4,262 yards total offense and 32 TD passes in college career. If there's such a thing as a perfect quarterback, it's Trevor Lawrence. "Lemar put us on the map," Carter said of his childhood idol. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Fred Taylor RB Glades Central (Belle Glade) 1993. The National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. Whether he ever told McCoy isn't certain. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Was Bears' all-time leading rusher until Walter Payton broke his records in the 1980s. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 1 pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1968 draft. 2 all-time). Poll: Who is Oregon's best-ever defensive lineman? A Florida Times-Union Super 11 Pick in 1991. Played in 3 Super Bowls and 8 Pro Bowls. 3 overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, McCoy signed a whopping, seven-year, $98 million contract extension in 2014. Selected in 2nd round of 1964 draft and played 8 NFL seasons. Julius Peppers' unique athleticism was on display in high school. Eventually signed with Alabama under Paul "Bear" Bryant. Scored TD and was offensive MVP for Florida team in all-star game against California his senior year. Had stellar career at Florida State. College: Enyart became one of Oregon States all-time greats. Odighizuwa was a two-time all-stater, including first team as a senior following a 10-sack season. Was named sophomore of the year by the Southeastern Conference in 1967. Played 14 NFL seasons. First 1,000-yard rusher in University of Miami history. Duante Culpepper QB Vanguard (Ocala) 1994. Jerome Brown DL Hernando (Brooksville) 1982. Now in 13th NFL season, all with Tampa Bay. Last Name. A 2nd-team All-American in 1953 as a junior at Florida before being drafted into the military. Started all 46 of his college games. Poll: Who is Oregon's best-ever defensive back?
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