2010 FWAA Freshman All-America Team
Courtesy FWAA
January 10, 2011
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America announced its 10th annual Freshman All-America Team on Monday morning during the association's annual awards breakfast. Each of the 11 NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision Conferences is represented on the team.
The Big 12 and Southeastern conferences each placed five players on the team, followed by the Atlantic Coast with four, the Pacific-10 with three, and the Big Ten, Big East, Mountain West and Conference USA with two players each.
Florida State’s first-year coach, Jimbo Fisher, taking over for the legendary Bobby Bowden, claimed the first-year coaching honors when his Seminoles finished with a 10-4 record after beating South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
The team and coach are selected by a 11-person panel of nationally-prominent writers led by Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News Sentinel. Both true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were considered for the team and are so noted.
| 2010 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM |
| OFFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| QB |
• Danny O'Brien, Maryland |
6-3 |
215 |
Kernersville, N.C. |
| RB |
• Ronnie Hillman, San Diego State |
5-10 |
175 |
La Habra, Calif. |
| RB |
• Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina |
6-0 |
218 |
Duncan, S.C. |
| RB |
Josh Boyce, TCU |
6-0 |
203 |
Copperas Cove, Texas |
| WR |
• Marquess Wilson, Washington State |
6-3 |
173 |
Tulare, Calif. |
| WR |
• Robert Woods, USC |
6-1 |
185 |
Carson, Calif. |
| TE |
Ted Bolser, Indiana |
6-6 |
252 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| T |
• Seantrel Henderson, Miami (Fla.) |
6-8 |
330 |
St. Paul, Minn. |
| T |
• Lukje Joeckel, Texas A&M |
6-6 |
304 |
Arlington, Texas |
| G |
Alvin Bailey, Arkansas |
6-5 |
323 |
Broken Arrow, Okla. |
| G |
Will Jackson, Georgia Tech |
6-3 |
285 |
Knoxville, TN |
| C |
• James Stone, Tennessee |
6-4 |
295 |
Nashville, Tenn. |
| DEFENSE |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| DE |
• Damontre Moore, Texas A&M |
6-4 |
248 |
Rowlett, Texas |
| DE |
• Junior Onyeali, Arizona State |
5-11 |
233 |
Denver, Colo. |
| DT |
• Roosevelt Nix, Kent State |
6-0 |
250 |
Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
| DT |
Akeem Spence, Illinois |
6-1 |
305 |
Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. |
| LB |
• Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State |
5-11 |
212 |
Missouri City, Texas |
| LB |
• C.J. Mosely, Alabama |
6-2 |
225 |
Theodore, Ala. |
| LB |
• Keith Smith, San Jose State |
6-2 |
225 |
Covina, Calif. |
| LB |
Tom Wort, Oklahoma |
6-1 |
225 |
New Braunfels, Texas |
| CB |
• Tyrann Mathieu, LSU |
5-9 |
180 |
New Orleans, La. |
| CB |
Xavier Rhodes, Florida State |
6-1 |
209 |
Miami, Fla. |
| S |
• Marco Nelson, Tulsa |
6-0 |
192 |
Glenpool, Okla. |
| S |
• Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State |
6-1 |
203 |
Junction City, Kan. |
| SPECIALISTS |
| Pos. |
Player, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
| P |
• Tom Hornsey, Memphis |
6-3 |
205 |
Geelong, Australia |
| K |
• Ross Krautman, Syracuse |
5-7 |
154 |
Franklin Lakes, N.J. |
| PR |
• Terrence Mitchell, USF |
5-10 |
165 |
Tampa, Fla. |
| KR |
• Willie McNeal, Western Kentucky |
5-10 |
160 |
Bradenton, Fla. |
| HEAD COACH |
| Jimbo Fisher, Florida State |
| • Denotes true freshman |
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,200 men and women who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America team.
| 2010 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA COMMITTEE |
| Marc Anderson |
Las Vegas Review Journal |
Mountain West |
| Marc Blaudschun |
Boston Globe |
ACC |
| Mike Griffith |
Knoxville News Sentinel |
SEC |
| Blair Kerkhoff |
Kansas City Star |
Big 12 |
| Paul Letlow |
Scout.Com |
Sun Belt |
| Phil Miller |
Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Big Ten |
| Brett Murphy |
Idaho Statesman |
WAC |
| George Schroeder |
Eugene Register-Guard |
Pacific-10 |
| Phil Stukenborg |
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
Conference USA |
| Donnie Webb |
Syracuse Post-Standard |
Big East |
| Doug Zaleski |
Muncie Star Press |
MAC |
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