College Football's 2014 Postseason All-America Team
With the conclusion of the regular season, it’s time to reflect on the college football season and honor the best of the best from 2014. There were plenty of outstanding individual and team performances this year, and of course, we can’t forget about the new four-team playoff, which added a new element of intrigue to the season.
As the college football world prepares for the bowl season, Athlon Sports handing out hardware to the nation’s best players from this year.
As usual, it’s never easy assembling three All-America teams. There are plenty of standout performers that won’t make the cut, but we tried to blend talent, production and consistency to form the top four teams.
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Athlon Sports 2014 All-America Team
First-Team Offense | Second-Team Offense | Third-Team Offense | Fourth-Team Offense |
QB Marcus Mariota | QB Trevone Boykin | QB Dak Prescott | QB J.T. Barrett |
RB Tevin Coleman | RB James Conner | RB Jay Ajayi | RB David Cobb |
RB Melvin Gordon | RB Ameer Abdullah | RB Duke Johnson | RB Samaje Perine |
WR Amari Cooper | WR Tyler Lockett | WR Nelson Agholor | WR Tyler Boyd |
WR Kevin White | WR Rashad Greene | WR Jaelen Strong | WR Justin Hardy |
WR Rashard Higgins | AP Tyreek Hill | AP D.J. Foster | AP Marcus Murphy |
TE Nick O'Leary | TE Clive Walford | TE Maxx Williams | TE Evan Engram |
C Reese Dismukes | C Hroniss Grasu | C B.J. Finney | C Jack Allen |
G Tre Jackson | G Arie Kouandjio | G Shaquille Mason | G Ben Beckwith |
G A.J. Cann | G Laken Tomlinson | T Daryl Williams | T/C Cameron Erving |
T Brandon Scherff | T Rob Havenstein | T Jake Fisher | T Andrus Peat |
T Spencer Drango | T La'el Collins | T Laremy Tunsil | T Jack Conklin |
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First-Team Defense | Second-Team Defense | Third-TeamDefense | Fourth-Team Defense |
DE Joey Bosa | DE Shane Ray | DE Markus Golden | DE MarioEdwards Jr. |
DE Nate Orchard | DE Leonard Williams | DE Henry Anderson | DE Shilique Calhoun |
DT Malcom Brown | DE Vic Beasley | DT Eddie Goldman | DT Anthony Zettel |
DT Danny Shelton | DT Michael Bennett | DT Grady Jarrett | DT Robert Nkemdiche |
LB Scooby Wright | LB Paul Dawson | LB Benardrick McKinney | LB Zach Vigil |
LB Hau'oli Kikaha | LB Denzel Perryman | LB Mike Hull | LB Jake Ryan |
LB Eric Kendricks | LB Shaq Thompson | LB Jaylon Smith | LB Eric Striker |
CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu | CB Trae Waynes | CB Kendall Fuller | CB William Likely |
CB Senquez Golson | CB VernonHargreaves III | CB Zack Sanchez | CB Doran Grant |
S Landon Collins | S Jalen Ramsey | S Kurtis Drummond | S Chris Hackett |
S Gerod Holliman | S Cody Prewitt | S Su'a Cravens | S Darian Thompson |
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First-TeamSpecialists | Second-TeamSpecialists | Third-TeamSpecialists | Fourth-TeamSpecialists |
K Roberto Aguayo | K Brad Craddock | K Andy Phillips | K Josh Lambert |
P Tom Hackett | P JK Scott | P Austin Rehkow | P Peter Mortell |
KR J.J. Nelson | KR Alex Ross | KR Marcus Murphy | KR Ty Montgomery |
PR Tyler Lockett | PR Kaelin Clay | PR De'Mornay Pierson-El | PR Quan Bray |