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"Considering we haven't had a first teamer in almost 40 years I'd say that's a pretty big deal"

Torry Holt?

12/9/2011 5:40:21 PM

Torry Holt was a 1998 Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, The Sporting News and Football News All-American.

He was not, however, a Walter Camp All-American.

That's good enough to be called a Consensus All-American. Apparently you only need more than half of the organizations (minus Football News, screw those guys) listed above.

[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 5:47 PM. Reason : WC A-A went to Troy Edwards (Louisiana Tech) and Peter Warrick (FSU) that year]

12/9/2011 5:42:51 PM

Here is a list of all 34 NC State players that have gotten All-American honors.

John Ripple, Tackle (1918)
Mack Stout (1930)
Steve Sabol, Center (1935)
Ed "Ty" Coon, Tackle (1938, 1939)
Elmer Costa, Tackle (1949, 1950)
Dick Christy, Halfback (1957)
Roman Gabriel, Quarterback (1960, 1961)
Don Montgomery, Defensive End (1963)
Dennis Byrd, Defensive Tackle (1966, 1967)
Fred Combs, Defensive Back (1967)
Gerald Warren, Kicker (1967)
Ron Carpenter, Defensive Tackle (1968)
Carey Metts, Center (1968)
Bill Yoest, Guard (1973)
Stan Fritts, Fullback (1974)
Don Buckey, Split End (1975)
Johnny Evans, Punter (1977)
Ted Brown, Running Back (1978)
Jim Ritcher, Center (1978, 1979)
Vaughan Johnson, Linebacker (1983)
Nasrallah Worthen, Wide Receiver (1986, 1988)
Jesse Campbell, Strong Safety (1989, 1990)
Mike Reid, Strong Safety (1992)
Sebastian Savage, Cornerback (1992)
Steve Videtich, Kicker (1994)
Marc Primanti, Placekicker (1996)
Torry Holt, Wide Receiver (1998)
Lloyd Harrison, Cornerback (1998, 1999)
Koren Robinson, Wide Receiver (2000)
Levar Fisher, Linebacker (2000)
Terrence Holt, Free Safety (2002)
Mario Williams, Defensive End (2005)
Nate Irving, Linebacker (2010)
David Amerson, Cornerback (2011)

[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 6:05 PM. Reason : ]

12/9/2011 6:04:28 PM

i was gonna say i remember Mario being an All American

you'd think the only ACC player taken 1st overall in the NFL draft would be one of the better college players in the nation the previous season...

12/9/2011 6:11:24 PM

Is Rivers the only Ring Of Honor name that's not on that list?

12/9/2011 6:24:57 PM

I believe so. Rivers probably got his number retired because of all the records he set. He would later go on to be named 2004 ACC Athlete of the Year.

Accolades

2000 ACC Rookie of the Year
2000 ACC Academic All-ACC Performer
2000 Football News and Columbus Touchdown Club Freshman of the Year
2000 ABC Sports Newcomer of the Year
MVP of the 2000 Micronpc.com Bowl

2001 Honorable Mention All-ACC
Offensive MVP of the 2001 Tangerine Bowl

MVP of the 2002 Gator Bowl
2002 2nd Team All-ACC

7th in Heisman voting
2003 ACC Player-of-the-Year (unanimous)
2003 ACC Offensive Player of the Year (unanimous)
2003 1st Team All-ACC (unanimous)
MVP 2003 Tangerine Bowl
MVP of the 2004 Senior Bowl
2004 ACC Athlete of the Year

12/9/2011 6:52:14 PM

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"7th in Heisman voting"

What an honor

Pretty sure I finished 7th in Heisman voting once

12/9/2011 7:27:41 PM

if you didnt think amerson was good last year

12/9/2011 8:53:18 PM

2nd team AP all-american team

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-12-14/associated-press-all-american-teams

12/14/2011 5:52:02 PM

lol at Ty Coon

12/14/2011 5:56:09 PM

12/27/2011 11:35:25 PM

He good.

12/27/2011 11:49:03 PM

So...what's the deal with all-time records? We know he has the ACC single season record for ints. What about the NCAA single season record?

[Edited on December 27, 2011 at 11:58 PM. Reason : Google says he is second all-time if that's correct]

12/27/2011 11:55:08 PM

^
FBS: 14 – Al Worley, Washington, 1968

12/28/2011 12:10:04 AM

he had none as a freshman.. maybe he'll stay 2 more years and get the career record at 29

12/28/2011 12:12:35 AM

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" FBS: 14 – Al Worley, Washington, 1968"

Amazing he did that in 10 games per Wikipedia


Also, FYI, I believe Dre Bly had 11 in the regular season and 2 in the postseason as well, but much like what you're seeing with Ted Brown, they didn't count postseason in those stats back then. Thus, technically, Amerson has the ACC record.

Either way, I'll take it!

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 1:45 AM. Reason : ]

12/28/2011 1:38:22 AM

This video needs to be updated:

David Amerson 2011 Int Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D0ZQNlCoi0

12/28/2011 2:39:33 AM

I wanna hear Slave Famous talk about how Amerson is Cromartie 2.0 some more.

12/28/2011 2:54:58 AM

Excellent quote from Huffington Post article on Amerson

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"Amerson has more interceptions than his closest competitor in the nation."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/28/david-amerson-int-acc-record-nc-state-belk-video_n_1172375.html

12/28/2011 9:08:49 PM

Was "Leads the nation in picks" too short of a sentence?

12/28/2011 9:13:01 PM

damn liberals being all wordy and shit

12/28/2011 9:21:05 PM

^^^hahahah

12/28/2011 10:16:38 PM

Amerson had 205 yards on 13 interceptions (16 yards per interception), including 2 pick sixes.

12/28/2011 10:58:52 PM

Anybody know how many times UL threw at amerson last night? I only saw two

12/28/2011 11:16:43 PM

didnt count but he had 5 tackles so I'd wager more than 2

12/28/2011 11:19:42 PM

Nah. I know he had at least one tackle on an outside run.

12/28/2011 11:20:58 PM

They threw some short/underneath routes to his side as well.

12/28/2011 11:27:10 PM

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"Anybody know how many times UL threw at amerson last night? I only saw two"

I think they threw at his guy once and completed it.

The next time was the pick 6

The final throw he picked off wasn't thrown to his guy I don't think. It was a heave to the center of the field....we might have been in zone because we had everyone there.

That's all I can remember. They didn't even throw his way in the first half.

12/28/2011 11:54:38 PM

haha yea, they threw at him once and completed.. and they're like 'ok maybe this guy isn't so bad, lets try it again', and i believe it was the very next play that amerson had the pick-6.

if i remember correctly, maryland didn't really go his way much. it'll be nice next year, all the offenses will have to keep track of where he is on the field. probably won't get anywhere near the same number of INTs, though.

12/29/2011 12:50:49 AM

^Maryland ran a double move on Amerson and got a wide open TD. MD game was not exactly a bright spot for the defense

12/29/2011 12:57:56 AM

Good point... I must've blocked the first half from my mind

12/29/2011 1:13:28 AM

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"MD game first half was not exactly a bright spot for the defense"

agreed

12/29/2011 6:49:49 AM

Stolen from the NC State athletics facebook

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" David Amerson's incredible performance is nominated for Defensive Performance of the Year! Intersport is producing the All-Star Football Challenge television special, airing on ESPN2 Super Bowl Weekend (Feb. 3 at 7pm ET). The show reveals the "Defensive Performance of the Year," which is determined by fan voting on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/AllStarFootball) throughout the season. Voting starts today and ends Friday, Jan. 6 at 9:59 am ET."

Go to the link, I guess hit "like", then go to the defense tab. Amerson is currently only winning 93%-7%, he needs your help!

1/2/2012 10:33:52 AM

54-46% now

1/2/2012 11:31:18 PM

http://espn.go.com/ncf/feature/video/_/id/7381244/2011-12-all-bowls-team

1/13/2012 8:54:05 PM

1/13/2012 9:07:15 PM

i just tried going there and don't even see Amerson listed anymore

1/15/2012 9:33:34 PM