Boston College Athletics
Green Named Consensus All-American
December 17, 2001 | Football
Dec. 17, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College junior running back William Green (Atlantic City, N.J.) has been named to the 2001 NCAA Consensus All-America football team. Green becomes the first BC consensus All-American since Mike Cloud in 1998 and the ninth ovreall in school history.
Green was a first team All-America pick by the American Football Coaches Association, the Walter Camp Foundation, The Football News and The Sporting News. He was a second team pick by the Associated Press and honorable mention from CNNSI.com.
The players on the team had the majority of votes competing against players at their position only. Four first-team votes were considered the minimum number required of the seven teams, except in case of ties at those positions. The ties were at offensive line, where four players tied with three votes each and at the placekicking position, where two players tied with three votes each, all were listed. Seven players were unanimous choices by all seven teams used in the consensus chart--Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, CNNSI.com, Walter Camp Foundation, The Football News and The Sporting News.
Here is the entire team:
2001 OFFENSE
WR--*Jabar Gaffney, Florida, 6-1, 197, Sophomore, Jacksonville, Fla.(Raines HS)
WR--Josh Reed, LSU, 5-11, 205, Junior, Rayne, La. (Rayne HS)
TE--Dan Graham, Colorado, 6-3, 245, Senior, Denver, Colo. (Thomas Jefferson HS)
OL--*Bryant McKinnie, Miami (Fla.), 6-9, 335, Senior, Woodbury, N. J. (Woodbury HS)
OL--Toniu Fonoti, Nebraska, 6-4, 340, Junior, Hauula, Hawaii (Kahuku HS)
OL--(tie) Andre Gurode, Colorado, 6-4, 320, Senior, Houston, Tex. (North Shore HS)
OL--(tie) Mike Williams, Texas, 6-6, 339, Senior, The Colony, Tex. (The Colony HS)
OL--(tie) Mike Pearson, Florida, 6-7, 300, Junior, Seffner, Fla. (Armwood HS)
OL--(tie) Terrence Metcalf, Mississippi, 6-4, 315, Senior, Clarksdale, Miss. (Clarksdale HS)
C--LeCharles Bentley, Ohio St., 6-2, 300, Senior, Cleveland, Ohio (St. Ignatius HS)
QB--Rex Grossman, Florida, 6-1, 223, Sophomore, Bloomington, Ind. (Bloomington South HS)
RB--Luke Staley, Brigham Young, 6-2, 225, Junior, Tualatin, Ore. (Tualatin HS)
RB--William Green, Boston College, 6-1, 217, Junior, Atlantic City, N. J. (Holy Spirit HS)
PK--(tie) Damon Duval, Auburn, 6-1, 186, Junior, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Central HS)
(tie) Travis Dorsch, Purdue, 6-6, 222, Senior, Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS)
2001 DEFENSE
DL--Alex Brown, Florida, 6-4, 254, Senior, White Springs, Fla. (Hamilton County HS)
DL--*Dwight Freeney, Syracuse, 6-1, 250, Senior, Bloomfield, Conn. (Bloomfield HS)
DL--John Henderson, Tennessee, 6-7, 290, Senior, Nashville, Tenn. (Pearl Cohn HS)
DL--*Julius Peppers, North Carolina, 6-6, 285, Junior, Bailey, N.C. (Southern Nash HS)
LB--Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma, 6-3, 235, Senior, Jenks, Okla. (Jenks HS)
LB--Robert Thomas, UCLA, 6-2, 237, Senior, Imperial, Cal. (Imperial HS)
LB--E. J. Henderson, Maryland, 6-2, 238, Junior, Aberdeen, Md. (Aberdeen HS)
DB--*Quentin Jammer, Texas, 6-1, 200, Senior, Angleton, Tex. (Angleton HS)
DB--*Edward Reed, Miami (Fla.), 6-0, 198, Senior, St. Rose, La. (Destrehan HS)
DB--*Roy Williams, Oklahoma, 6-0, 215, Junior, Union City, Cal. (James Logan HS)
P--Travis Dorsch, Purdue, 6-6, 222, Junior, Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS)
*--Indicates unanimous selection
