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List of Florida Gators football All-Americans

List of Florida Gators football All-Americans

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This list of Florida Gators football All-Americans includes those members of the Florida Gators football team who have received All-American honors from one or more selector organizations. The Florida Gators represent the University of Florida in the sport of American football, and they compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Several selector organizations release annual lists of their All-America teams after each college football season, honoring the best players at each position. Selector organizations include football analysts, television networks, publications, media wire services, sports writers' associations, and coaches' associations. Traditionally, several of the selectors have recognized two or more tiers of All-Americans, referred to as the first team, second team, third team and honorable mentions.

The NCAA currently recognizes the All-America teams of five selector organizations to determine "consensus All-Americans" and "unanimous All-Americans" in college football.[1] The NCAA compiles consensus All-Americans using a point system based on the All-America teams from the five selector organizations.[2] The point system consists of three points for a first-team selection, two points for a second-team selection, and one point for a third-team selection; no points are awarded for honorable mention selections.[2] Since 1993, the NCAA-recognized selectors have included the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Associated Press (AP), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), but the number of selectors used by the NCAA has varied over time, and has included different organizations in the past.[1] The players receiving the most points at each position are recognized as consensus All-Americans; in order for a player to receive unanimous All-American recognition, he must be a first-team selection by all of the NCAA-recognized selector organizations.[1][2]

Since the Florida Gators football team played its first season in 1906, eighty-nine Gators football players have received one or more selections as first-team All-Americans.[3] Included among these players are thirty-three consensus All-Americans, of which eight were also unanimous All-Americans.[1] The first Florida player to be recognized as a first-team All-American was end Dale Van Sickel, a member of the great Gators eleven of 1928.[3][4] Florida's first consensus All-American was quarterback Steve Spurrier, who was the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1966.[3][5]

Key

† Consensus selection
‡ Unanimous selection

Selectors

AFCA American Football Coaches Association AP Associated Press CBS CBS Sports CW Collier's Weekly
CNNSI CNN/Sports Illustrated CP Central Press Association ESPN ESPN FN Football News
FWAA Football Writers Association of America NBC NBC Sports NEA Newspaper Enterprise Association PFW Pro Football Weekly
PS Phil Steele Rivals Rivals.com Scout Scout.com SH Scripps Howard
SN The Sporting News SI Sports Illustrated Time Time magazine UPI United Press International
WCFF Walter Camp Football Foundation

Selections

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See also

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