How are American football "All-Americans" chosen and who does the choosing?
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January 10th, 2008
During the BCS championship, both LSU and Ohio State had numerous All-Americans. how many are chosen each year and how, by whom/
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I’m not quite sure, but i believe All-Americans are chosen by the press, and by coaches. All-Americans is a term used for college, and high school players. The NFL uses the term All-pro. I think they are chosen mostly by there stats for the season.
I thought All Pro was voted by the public?
Just about every publication covering college football seem to put out their own All-American team of some sort. According to good ol wikipedia there’s five lists of record and if you get on any of them you are an All-American.
As far as how many, each group usually selects an actual team, just like you would see on the field. So 11 on offense, 11 on defense. Some release a second and third team as well, so someone can be a “Second Team All-American”.
Big name schools traditionally get more play and notice nationally, so they’ll usually have more All-Americans. Stats will help, but being on a big winner seems to help more.
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