Breece Hall Leads Big 12 as Only Player Named to AFCA All-America First Team
Iowa State running back Breece Hall continued his run first-team All-American selections on Friday, as he was the only Big 12 player to make the American Football Coaches Association’s All-America First Team.
Hall, who was already to the First Team of the Associated Press All-America team and the Football Writers Association of America All-America team earlier this week, will play for the Cyclones on Jan. 2 in the Fiesta Bowl against Oregon. Entering the game Hall has 1,436 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns.
The AFCA team is voted on by the game’s coaches.
Several familiar names made the AFCA Second Team.
Oklahoma State wide receiver Tylan Wallace earned second-team honors after catching 59 passes for 922 yards and six touchdowns.
Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar made the cut for the second team. The junior tight end had 39 receptions for 538 yards and 6 touchdowns this season.
Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey, considered one of the best centers in college football, also made the Second Team. He is the reigning Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year.
Texas defensive end/linebacker Joseph Ossai made the second team defense as a defensive lineman. He had made the AP and FWAA First Teams as a linebacker. Ossai declared for the NFL Draft earlier this month after a junior season in which he had 55 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, five sacks and three forced fumbles.
TCU safety Trevon Moehrig made the cut after making 50 tackles, along with intercepting two passes and defending nine passes in 2020.
Baylor received a mention on the AFCA team, as Trestan Ebner was named the Second-Team All-Purpose player. The senior was the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, was second in the Big 12 in kick-return average (32.2), first in kickoff returns for touchdowns (2) and fourth in all-purpose yards per game (116.3)
AFCA 2020 All-America Team
(Big 12 players in bold)
First team
Offense
QB: Mac Jones, Alabama
RB: Najee Harris, Alabama
RB: Breece Hall, Iowa State
WR: DeVonta Smith, Alabama
WR: Elijah Moore, Mississippi
TE: Kyle Pitts, Florida
OL: Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
OL: Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame
C: Landon Dickerson, Alabama
OL: Wyatt Davis, Ohio State
OL: Aaron Banks, Notre Dame
Defense
DL: Tarron Jackson, Coastal Carolina
DL: Daviyon Nixon, Iowa
DL: Rashad Weaver, Pitt
DL: Jaelan Phillips, Miami (FL)
LB: Zaven Collins, Tulsa
LB: Dylan Moses, Alabama
LB: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
DB: Patrick Surtain II, Alabama
DB: Shaun Wade, Ohio State
DB: Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
DB: Brandon Joseph, Northwestern
Special Teams
P: Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech
K: Jose Borregales, Miami (FL)
AR: Avery Williams, Boise State
Second team
Offense
QB: Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
RB: Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
RB: Travis Etienne, Clemson
WR: Jaelon Darden, North Texas
WR: Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State
TE: Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
OL: Brady Christiansen, BYU
OL: Alaric Jackson, Iowa
C: Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma
OL Kenyon Green, Texas A&M
OL: Trey Smith, Tennessee
Defense
DL: Jonathon Cooper, Ohio State
DL: Patrick Jones II, Pittsburgh
DL: Joseph Ossai, Texas
DL: Jordan Davis, Georgia
LB Grant Morgan, Arkansas
LB Nick Bolton, Missouri
LB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
DB Trevon Moehrig, TCU
DB Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame
DB Nolan Turner, Clemson
DB Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati
Special Teams
K Anders Carlson, Auburn
P Jake Camarda, Georgia
AP Trestan Ebner, Baylor
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