Scoop27
12-29-2013, 02:18 PM
Michael Sam, a 2009 graduate from Hitchcock, Texas has gained a lot of national attention this year. The University of Missouri graduate (yes, received his diploma this month) just made the Unanimous All-American Team. The following is the criteria to make Consensus All-American. Michael was named to 5 out of 5 of these All-American teams.
Consensus All-Americans
As of 2009, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes the All-America teams selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, and the WCFF to determine consensus All-Americans. If three of these organizations select a player to their first team, he automatically receives the "consensus" honor. If a player is named an All-American by all five organizations, he receives "unanimous All-American" recognition.[2] Depending upon the distribution of first team honors at any given position, it is possible to be consensus with fewer than three first-team selections.
Besides being named Unanimous All-American and being invited to play in the Senior Bowl, Sam has also earned the SEC Most Valuable Defensive Player award. The first of the following links is the most informative. Watch the video.
http://www.garypinkel.com/mizzou-de-mic ... selection/
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/ds ... &genpos=DE
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/12/09/ ... -the-year/
Sam was also one of 5 finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award (nations best defensive player), one of 4 finalist for the Vince Lombardi Award (top college lineman) and one of 6 finalists for the Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive End of the Year).
Consensus All-Americans
As of 2009, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes the All-America teams selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, and the WCFF to determine consensus All-Americans. If three of these organizations select a player to their first team, he automatically receives the "consensus" honor. If a player is named an All-American by all five organizations, he receives "unanimous All-American" recognition.[2] Depending upon the distribution of first team honors at any given position, it is possible to be consensus with fewer than three first-team selections.
Besides being named Unanimous All-American and being invited to play in the Senior Bowl, Sam has also earned the SEC Most Valuable Defensive Player award. The first of the following links is the most informative. Watch the video.
http://www.garypinkel.com/mizzou-de-mic ... selection/
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/ds ... &genpos=DE
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/12/09/ ... -the-year/
Sam was also one of 5 finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award (nations best defensive player), one of 4 finalist for the Vince Lombardi Award (top college lineman) and one of 6 finalists for the Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive End of the Year).