Alabama defensive back Dee Milliner (28) is a unanimous All-American for 2012. (AP photo by LM Otero)
Chance Warmack pulled in plenty of hardware as a Tide senior. (AP photo by Dave Martin)
Each year, the NCAA compiles a list of consensus All-Americans. The organization takes the most respected All-America lists and combines them for a team of the guys with the most first-team selections. These aren’t just players who got named third team on somebody’s All-America squad or managed one first-team selection. Instead, the consensus All-America team showcases the elite of the elite.
This year, Alabama has four consensus first-team All-Americans, including center Barrett Jones, guard Chance Warmack, defensive back Dee Milliner and linebacker C.J. Mosley. Alabama now has 54 consensus All-America selections. Warmack and Milliner were unanimous picks, and Alabama has 22 of those.
Since 2002, the NCAA has used the All-America teams from The Associated Press, America Football Coaches Association, Football News, Sporting News and Walter Camp Foundation to produce the consensus team.
The NCAA has come up with a consensus team each season since 1889. Here are the Alabama players who have made it. An * means they were a unanimous selection.
1930: Fred Sington*, T
1934: Don Hutson, E; Bill Lee, T; Dixie Howell, B
1935: Riley Smith, B
1937: Leroy Monsky, G
1941: Holt Rast, E
1942: Joe Domnanovich, C
1945: Vaughn Mancha, C
1961: Billy Neighbors*, T
1962: Lee Roy Jordan*, C
1965: Paul Crane, C
1966: Ray Perkins, E; Cecil Dowdy*, T
1967: Dennis Homan, E; Bobby Johns, DB
1971: Johnny Musso, RB
1972: John Hannah*, G
1973: Buddy Brown, G
1974: Leroy Cook, DL; Woodrow Lowe, LB
1975: Leroy Cook*, DL
1977: Ozzie Newsome, WR
1978: Marty Lyons, DL
1979: Jim Bunch, OL
1980: E.J. Junior*, DL
1981: Tommy Wilcox, DB
1982: Mike Pitts, DL
1986: Cornelius Bennett*, LB
1988: Derrick Thomas*, LB
1989: Keith McCants*, LB
1990: Philip Doyle*, K
1992: Eric Curry, DL; John Copeland, DL
1993: David Palmer, KR; Antonio Langham*, DB
1996: Kevin Jackson*, DB
1999: Chris Samuels*, OL
2005: DeMeco Ryans, LB
2008: Andre Smith*, OL; Antoine Caldwell, C; Terrence Cody, DL
2009: Mike Johnson, OL; Mark Ingram*, RB; Terrence Cody, DL; Rolando McClain*, LB; Javier Arenas, DB
2011: Barrett Jones*, OL; Trent Richardson*, RB; Dont’a Hightower, LB; Mark Barron*, DB
2012: Barrett Jones, C; Chance Warmack*, OL; Dee Milliner*, DB; C.J. Mosley, LB
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