1979 parade all american football team
Led 1964 Paxon team to a 9-1-1 season, suffering only loss to state runner-up Robert E. Lee, 7-6. Set a Knights career rushing record, later broken. Had 18 interceptions in 29 total games over junior and senior seasons. They were wrong. College: A terrific player at Arizona State, Green posted All-America seasons in 1972 and 1973, and ran for 4,188 yards and 43 touchdowns during his career. Born: June 28, 1960 (Port Angeles, Washington), High school: Granada Hills High School (Granada Hills, California), High school highlights: Parade All-American (1978), College highlights: AP All-American (1982), two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year (1981, 1982). Poll: Who is Oregon's best-ever offensive lineman? 1 player in the nation. If there's such a thing as a perfect quarterback, it's Trevor Lawrence. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Rushed for 4,036 yards and 77 TDs when Mustangs were at top of Florida's big classification (1972 state champs) with a prolific offense. Now in his 13th NFL season, has made Pro Bowl 7 times and was 1999 AP Defensive Player of the Year. Young put together the single greatest performance in college football history, if not all of college sports, in the 2006 Rose Bowl against USC to win the national title for Texas. One of the most dynamic runners to line up on an Oregon high school field, Tyner ran for 3,415 yards (No. Made 67 tackles and 10 QB sacks to earn All-America honors as a senior. Helped Raines to 3 straight district titles from 1989-91 and unbeaten regular seasons in 1989 and 1990. A top DL in the state. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. A Parade All-America selection. Pro: A sixth-round pick in the 2005 draft, Swancutt spent three years in the NFL, playing for Detroit, Oakland and Baltimore. And be sure to vote for your choice as the top player for each position group (poll included after each first-team position). src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Led NFL WRs in 1975 with 1,063 receiving yards. Leading receiver for FSU (42 catches for 525 yards) as a senior in 1974. Was Hurricanes' sack leader in 1977 with 15. Pro: The 12th pick of the 1980 draft, Brock played 16 years in the NFL, most with New Orleans. Passed for 2,372 yards and 39 TDs as a senior. Join our linker program. Set single-season records as a senior with 5,552 yards (4286 passing, 1266 rushing) and 70 TDs (46/24) for 11-2 team. Now in his 9th NFL season, entered 2007 with 10,385 rushing yards. Young's NFL career was not as notable, and he flamed out after six seasons. Playing for Chicago's Vocational High, Butkus was the first junior to be named Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year and stayed local to play for the University of Illinois. He also helped the Ravens win a Super Bowl in 2012 with Hall of Famers Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Bob Hayes RB Matthew Gilbert (Jacksonville) 1959, Played only 2 years of high school football, but showed flashes of the athleticism that would eventually make him one of the greatest athletes to ever come out of Florida. He was the Southern Section Player of the Year after rushing for 2,168 yards and scoring 232 points. The All-State rosters are riddled with football and basketball players who were projected for stardom in college and beyond but, for one reason or another, never fulfilled their potential or expectations. Was the 1993 NFL MVP. Arizona. Suh was a multiple-year standout on both sides of the line, and as a senior, was the Portland Interscholastic League player of the year after a 10-sack season. "The Parade High School All-America Teams": This sports franchise honors as All-Americans the best U.S. high school athletes in boys and girls basketball, football, and boys and girls soccer. Joseph "Joe" (Clifford . Played at University of Miami. Return to Top; Players. One of the most hotly recruited players out of Florida for decades. College: Injuries took a toll on Tyners college career, that began at Oregon. Stefan Humphries OL St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft Laud) 1980. Played 1984-86 for the Bears and 1987-88 for the Denver Broncos. College: Stief is a Portland State Hall of Famer after a four year career where he caught 22 touchdown passes and amassed 2,581 receiving yards. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 3 overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, McCoy signed a whopping, seven-year, $98 million contract extension in 2014. College: Blanchard spent four years at Oregon, playing punter and quarterback. Blanchard was a quarterback and punter on a Cavemen team that won the 1964 state championship. Page 76. McAlister earned first team honors on the Parade All-America team after leading Blair to a 13-0 record and a Southern Section championship. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Earned All-SEC honors at University of Florida. 1977. Set numerous all-time marks in Broward history 2,011 yards in a season (2000), 7,105 career yards, 107 career TDs (tied state record), 484 points in 3 straight seasons. College: Longwell was the kicker and punter for California, where he earned all-Pac 10 honors for both positions as a senior. First-team all-area in football, basketball and baseball as a senior before playing 2 pro sports. Was a captain and starter on FSU's 1993 national title team. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 , "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present", http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1241486879915342, American Football Coaches Association: All-America Teams, Football Writers Association of America All-American Team, Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams, FWAA - Football Writers Association of America, AFCA - American Football Coaches Association. Has a Super Bowl ring with the New England Patriots (2004). Current Member Teams Played in 60 NFL games with Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. Player Game Finder, School Game Finder. Award-winning sports broadcaster. Winningest teams in America; Most games played in America; Records Against Opponents; . Grant: Graduated in 2005. Recorded 207 tackles with 10 sacks, 3 blocked FGs, 8 INTs and 6 TDs via kick or punt returns in HS career. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. One can only wonder how his career would have gone had he stayed with his original college commitment at Clemson instead of following his older brother to Ole Miss. Hackenbruck was the leader on a Utes 2004 team that went unbeaten. Ngata, a five-time All-Pro, has $88.3 million in career earnings and retired in March 2019. One of state's great all-time athletes. Michael Timpson RB/WR/KR Hialeah-Miami Lakes 1985. Jackson and Pahokee teammate Remoise Johnson were dynamic bookend DEs in high school. An All-America player for the Miami Hurricanes. 1977 Parade All America High School Football Team (15th Annual) Was 3-year starter for Irish and collegiate All-American as a senior. Scored 5 TDs in 1 game, rushed for 1,052 yards, and caught 22 passes for 542 yards as wishbone RB. Derrick Brooks DB Washington (Pensacola) 1990. Broke Dade's single-game record with 377 yards, then broke it again with 419 yards. Inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 1975. Played on 2 Super Bowl teams for the Raiders. College: Bohlander was a solid, dependable offensive lineman at UCLA, starting the final 38 games of his career and earning all-Pac-10 honors as a senior. Had 12-year NFL career that included 2 Super Bowls. All rights reserved. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*). Sometimes our own personal bias gets involved. Jeff. No. He was second-team all-Pac 12 as a senior. Led Tigers to a 49-4 four-year record and FHSAA state championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Pro: Picked No. Played college ball at Kansas. Emmitt Smith RB Escambia (Pensacola) 1986. Southwest. His college choice boiled down to one fact: He and his older brother were Michigan fans. Career offensive total of 7,034 yards 6,107 passing, 927 rushing is in state's top 10. 1979 Parade All America High School Football Team (17th Annual) (2 of 2) [5] Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). 2 all-time). Also a track star in the shot put. Passed for 4,173 career yards and 39 TDs at FSU in a stretch where the Seminoles went 29-6 and joined the national elite. Burton Lawless TE/OL Charlotte (Punta Gorda) 1970. 1978 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Teams Inducted into the Jacksonville Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. A key member of the Crimson Tide's 1978 national championship team. Largely a backup, Clemens passed for 4,017 yards and 16 touchdowns during his pro career. Ended his career with Houston Oilers in 1981. Brown retired after nine seasons as the NFLs career rushing leader and became Hollywood's first Black action movie star. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. United States. Co-MVP of University of Miami's 2001 national title team. Born: May 22, 1964 (Philadelphia, Mississippi), High school: Philadelphia High School (Philadelphia, Mississippi), High school highlights: Parade All-American (1982), national high school career touchdown rushing record with 87 (since broken), rushed for 7,355 yards and scored 98 total touchdowns, College highlights: Big Eight Newcomer of the Year (1982), AP All-American (1982). High school: Punahou School (Honolulu, Hawaii), High school highlights: USA Today Defensive Player of the Year (2008), HHSAA state champion (2008), Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year (2008), College highlights: Maxwell Award (2012), Butkus Award (2012), three-time AP All-American (2010-12), Heisman Trophy finalist (2012), NFL career: San Diego Chargers (2013-16), New Orleans Saints (2017-19). Played 10 seasons in NFL for Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants, scoring 567 points during his career. Martell was switched to wide receiver, then switched back to quarterback before he decided to opt out of the 2020 season, leaving him two years of college eligibility remaining and he transferred back to his hometown, to play for UNLV. 1970 Parade All America High School Football Team (8th_Annual) The 1979 College Football All-America teamis composed of college footballplayers who were selected as All-Americansby various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teamsin 1979. Accumulated 63 career TDs and 4,200 yards of total offense in 2 years as Manatee's QB. High school highlights: Parade All-American (1978) What Happened Next: John Elway. Tucson. There aren't many players mentioned when we look at the list of who might have been good enough to go straight from high school football to the NFL, but Adrian Peterson usually tops the list. Was 3rd overall pick by Cincinnati Bengals in 1977 draft. Nkemdiche's career since then, aside from one good season at Ole Miss, has been a study in coming up short of expectations. Currently is a starting defensive tackle for the Patriots. Aloha, graduated 2013. All rights reserved. Page 99. Named to Florida's All-Time High School Team by Sports Illustrated in 1988. Played most of his pro career with the New Orleans Saints and is among the NFL all-time leaders in sacks (128) and fumble recoveries (29). Fourteen of them were recognized unanimously. A 4-sport standout for Tampa Bay Tech in 980s, even winning a state championship in wrestling. A 2-way starter for the Sandcrabs. First player in state history to surpass 10,000 yards and then 11,000 yards in career offense. Celebrate With. First freshman to start every game on offensive line for University of Florida. Schafer, a 6-foot-5 forward who was recruited by Wisconsin, was ranked No. Did it all for Apopka, even punting, and was a first-team All-State pick as a LB. Sullivan Award winner in 1946 as nation's top amateur athlete. Marshall: Graduated in 1974. Corvallis: Graduated in 1984. Henry Lawrence PL Manatee (Bradenton) 1969. Beaverton: Graduated in 1982. Some, like McCoy, peaked in high school. For as long as high school football has been around, we've tried to sniff out the "next big thing" under those Friday Night Lights. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? "Neon" Leon Bright RB/KR Merritt Island 1973. Fields' college career took an unexpected turn when he left home-state Georgia for Ohio State after one season and became a star in 2019, leading the Buckeyes into the College Football Playoff and becoming a Heisman Trophy finalist. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Set NCAA record for career TDs in final game. One of the few players to be a consensus No. USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year and everybody's All-American as a senior. 1 player in the state and one of the top 10 in the nation. First team Class 3A All-State, All-South and Florida Super 24 selection. Started all 46 of his college games. 1 overall prospect by all of the major recruiting services and picked his hometown team, Florida State, over offers from almost every other major college football program. Parade All-American: 2008 . Willie Galimore RB Excelsior (St. Augustine) 1952. Ran for 2,159 and 33 TDs as a junior. Knee injuries limited Greens NFL career to three years. AP, UPI, NEA,The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly chose both first and second teams. An All-Pro selection 5 times, a Pro Bowl selection 4 times and 1996 Super Bowl champ with Green Bay Packers. West Palm Beach. At Marshall, Moss set eight NCAA records in two seasons. Parade All-American as a senior. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Spent nine seasons in NFL. Odighizuwa played in the U.S. Army All-America Bowl. All rights reserved (About Us). Inducted into Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. Went on to play at the University of Illinois and 8 years in pro football for Philadelphia, Chicago and Dallas. We like to think we know something great when we see it. Mustain was the starter at Arkansas as a true freshman, then transferred to USC after the season, despite going 8-0 as a starter for the Razorbacks. A key player along with DE Don Latimer on 1971 Fort Pierce Central team that went 13-0 and defeated Tampa Robinson 29-13 in Class 4A state championship game. Smith was still an underrated recruit (somehow) headed to the University of Florida and became the best running back in all of college football. Currently in his fifth season with Houston. Dorial Green-Beckham set the national high school career receiving record with 6,356 yards and was the nations No. He captured the imagination of college football fans across the country as a true freshman at Oklahoma when he ran for 1,144 yards and 13 touchdowns despite not starting until the seventh game. About the ABCA The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. College highlights: Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year (2005), AP All-American (2005), two-time All-Pac-10 (2004, 2005), NFL career: Baltimore Ravens (2006-14), Detroit Lions (2015-17), Philadelphia Eagles (2018). [2] [3] Started by the Sunday magazine in 1957, it had . Remains only QB to have done that since the 1950s. Ended his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1984. Had 5 INTs and a kickoff and punt return for TDs his rookie season, which earned him the first of 8 All-Pro selections. Mauer, who was committed to play football and baseball at Florida State, was a six-time All-Star in the major leagues and played 14 seasons for the Twins. Had 139 tackles as LB and 388 rushing yards on 18 carries as WB in senior year at Lee, which he helped lead to 3 district titles.