CBSSports.com 2009 All-America Team
Below is this year's All-America Team in college football, voted on by staff and experts from CBSSports.com. Five sophomores made the list, including Alabama running back Mark Ingram and Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore.
The Crimson Tide had six players on the first team, while the SEC had 11.
![]() Kellen Moore |
![]() Ndamukong Suh |
![]() Earl Thomas |
![]() Javier Arenas |
| 2009 CBSSports.com All-America Team | |||||
| Offense | |||||
| Pos | Player | Ht | Wt | Cl. | School |
| QB | Kellen Moore | 6-0 | 187 | Soph. | Boise State |
| RB | Toby Gerhart | 6-1 | 237 | Sr. | Stanford |
| RB | Mark Ingram | 5-10 | 215 | Soph. | Alabama |
| WR | Danario Alexander | 6-5 | 210 | Sr. | Missouri |
| WR | Golden Tate | 5-11 | 195 | Jr. | Notre Dame |
| TE | Dorin Dickerson | 6-2 | 230 | Sr. | Pittsburgh |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey | 6-5 | 318 | Jr. | Florida |
| OL | Mike Iupati | 6-6 | 330 | Sr. | Idaho |
| OL | Mike Johnson | 6-6 | 305 | Sr. | Alabama |
| OL | Russell Okung | 6-6 | 305 | Sr. | Oklahoma State |
| OL | Trent Williams | 6-5 | 308 | Sr. | Oklahoma |
| Defense | |||||
| DL | Terrence Cody | 6-5 | 365 | Sr. | Alabama |
| DL | Jerry Hughes | 6-3 | 257 | Sr. | TCU |
| DL | Jared Odrick | 6-5 | 306 | Sr. | Penn State |
| DL | Ndamukong Suh | 6-4 | 300 | Sr. | Nebraska |
| LB | Rennie Curran | 5-11 | 228 | Jr. | Georgia |
| LB | Greg Jones | 6-1 | 222 | Jr. | Michigan State |
| LB | Rolando McClain | 6-4 | 249 | Jr. | Alabama |
| DB | Eric Berry | 5-11 | 203 | Jr. | Tennessee |
| DB | Joe Haden | 5-11 | 190 | Jr. | Florida |
| DB | Tyler Sash | 6-1 | 210 | Soph. | Iowa |
| DB | Earl Thomas | 5-10 | 195 | Soph. | Texas |
| Special Teams | |||||
| P | Drew Butler | 6-2 | 202 | Soph. | Georgia |
| K | Leigh Tiffin | 6-1 | 199 | Sr. | Alabama |
| KR | C.J. Spiller | 5-11 | 195 | Jr. | Clemson |
| PR | Javier Arenas | 5-9 | 195 | Sr. | Alabama |
| Awards | |||||
| Offensive Player of the Year: Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year: Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska | |||||
| Coach of the Year: Chip Kelly, Oregon | |||||
| Freshman of the Year: Dion Lewis, RB, Pittsburgh | |||||
Second Team
Offense: QB -- Case Keenum, Houston; RB -- Ryan Mathews, Fresno State; RB -- Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh; WR -- Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green; WR -- Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati; TE -- Dennis Pitta, BYU; OL -- Dace Richardson, Iowa; OL -- Chris Hall, Texas; OL -- Cord Howard, Georgia Tech; OL -- Brandon Carter, Texas Tech; OL -- Jeff Byers, USC.
Defense: DL -- Brian Price, UCLA; DL -- Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech; DL -- Von Miller, Texas A&M; DL -- Robert Quinn, North Carolina; LB -- Navorro Bowman, Penn State; LB -- Pat Angerer, Iowa; LB -- Brandon Spikes, Florida; DB -- Javier Arenas, Alabama; DB -- DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson; DB -- Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State; DB -- Syd'Quan Thompson, California.
Special Teams: K -- Kai Forbath, UCLA; P -- Matt Dodge, East Carolina; KR -- Chris Owusu, Stanford; PR -- Jordan Shipley, Texas.











