Coaches All American Team
 

2006 AFCA Coaches' All-American Team

Special congratulations to the guys from the smaller schools, like Dwight Lowery from SJSU.

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Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Hometown (High School)
WR Calvin Johnson* 6-5 235 Jr. Georgia Tech Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek)
WR Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr. 6-0 180 Sr. UTEP Sweeny, Texas (Sweeny)
TE Zach Miller 6-5 260 Jr. Arizona St. Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista)
OL Joe Thomas 6-8 313 Sr. Wisconsin Brookfield, Wis. (Central)
OL Justin Blalock 6-4 335 Sr. Texas Plano, Texas (East)
C Dan Mozes 6-4 290 Sr. West Virginia Washington, Pa. (Washington)
OL Jake Long 6-7 313 Sr. Michigan Lapeer, Mich. (East)
OL Arron Sears 6-4 320 Sr. Tennessee Russellville, Ala. (Russellville)
QB Troy Smith 6-1 215 Jr. Ohio St. Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)
RB Steve Slaton 5-10 195 So. West Virginia Levittown, Pa. (Conwell-Egan)
RB Marshawn Lynch 5-11 217 Jr. California Oakland, Calif. (Tech)

Defense
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Hometown (High School)
DL LaMarr Woodley 6-2 269 Sr. Michigan Saginaw, Mich. (Saginaw)
DL Gaines Adams 6-5 265 Sr. Clemson Greenwood, S.C. (Cambridge)
DL Quinn Pitcock 6-3 295 Sr. Ohio St. Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)
DL Glenn Dorsey 6-2 299 Jr. LSU Gonzales, La. (East Ascension)
LB Rufus Alexander 6-1 230 Sr. Oklahoma Baton Rouge, La. (Christian Life Academy)
LB Buster Davis 5-11 246 Sr. Florida St. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland)
DB LaRon Landry 6-2 202 Sr. LSU Ama, La. (Hahnville)
DB Daymeion Hughes 6-0 188 Sr. California Los Angeles, Calif. (Crenshaw)
DB Leon Hall 5-11 193 Sr. Michigan Vista, Calif. (Vista)
DB Eric Weddle 6-0 200 Sr. Utah Alta Loma, Calif. (Alta Loma)
DB Dwight Lowery 6-1 185 Jr. San Jose St. Santa Cruz, Calif. (Soquel)

Specialists
Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Hometown (High School)
P Daniel Sepulveda 6-3 230 Sr. Baylor Dallas, Texas (Highland Park)
PK Justin Medlock 6-0 197 Sr. UCLA Fremont, Calif. (San Jose Mission)
AP Darren McFadden 6-2 212 So. Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. (Pulaski Oak Grove)
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Is it bad that I would be ok with the Vikings losing out if it meant we get CJ?

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Wow, Johnnie Lee Higgins over Dwayne Jarrett. Interesting.

Also, I heard Reggie Nelson was like a god at safety. Is that not the case?

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WTF @ voting on a 4-2-5 defense?

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Bah. You fail to understand my point.

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Bah. You fail to understand my point.

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No he gets the point. It's just a silly point at best.

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Bah. You fail to understand my point.

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No he gets the point. It's just a silly point at best.

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Agreed. But it is certainly evidence that Michigan is a monster of a team.

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Thing is some All-Americans pull up some of the players more than others. Troy Smith who will win the heisman's value is probally more than the 3 players Michigan has combined and this coming from a Michigan fan. Hall got torched for the most part of the tOSU game. Michigan has specialist, they are good but the team as a whole is obviously not as good as tOSU, atleast as of this moment.

All, the All-American says is we have great players, arguably the best at 3 positions. Doesn't mean they make more impact then the 1 in the middle for another team. I love Henne but he's no Troy Smith.

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Bah. You fail to understand my point.

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No he gets the point. It's just a silly point at best.

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Agreed. But it is certainly evidence that Michigan has 3 all american players

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Yeah, that's about it.

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Michigan 3 All Americans, USC with 0. And yet Michigan isn't #2?

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And how is USC ranked ahead of Baylor, UCLA, San Jose St. etc?

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Bah. You fail to understand my point.

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No he gets the point. It's just a silly point at best.

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Agreed. But it is certainly evidence that Michigan has 3 all american players

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Yeah, that's about it.

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YOu gotta love Arizona State getting an all american [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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HEY! I thought people said Troy Smith was undersized. I didn't know his dimensions until now, 6'1" 215 is a good size.

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Have you actually looked at size of recent draft picks. He's actually short in comparison to guys like Ben, Eli, Alex Smith, etc. He's on par with Brees and Vick who are on the short side of NFL QBs.

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I didn't find the average of all the starting QB's in the league, but it looked like it was around 6'3". I don't think 6'1" is that much shorter.

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2" can be a ton when we're talking about 6'7" linemen on both sides of the ball.

Certainly you can be short and still be awesome, but Brees has had some problems this year with balls batted at the line. It also forces bigger drop backs which can lead to more sacks, especially with a mobile QB like Smith.

It's nowhere near a damning trait, but every little bit counts in the NFL, and the league is getting bigger.

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jack, you are the uber stat man around here. What is the average heights for QB's and linemen in the NfL?