Sepulveda Named FWAA All-America
12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 11, 2006
Sepulveda is Baylor's first consensus All-American since Santana Dotson accomplished the feat in 1991. He joins Barton Koch (1930), Bill Glass (1956), Lawrence Elkins (1963, 1964), Gary Green (1976), Mike Singletary (1979, 1980), Thomas Everett (1986) and Dotson as Baylor's only consensus All-Americans. Glass, Singletary (1980), Everett and Dotson were unanimous selections. Sepulveda will reach unanimous status if he is named first-team All-America by The Associated Press and The Sporting News.
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Sepulveda's career punting average (45.24 yards per punt) is the best in the history of Division I football for players with at least 50 punts. He also established an NCAA record with 94 career punts of 50-plus yards.
The FWAA team, the second-longest continuously published team in college football, has been selected every year since 1944.
2006 FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICA TEAM
OFFENSE
QB Troy Smith,
RB Darren McFadden,
RB Steve Slaton,
OL Sam Baker,
OL Justin Blalock,
OL Jake Long,
OL Joe Thomas,
C Dan Mozes,
WR Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
WR Robert Meachem,
WR Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame
DEFENSE
DL Gaines Adams, Clemson
DL Eric Foster,
DL Justin Hickman, UCLA
DL
LB H.B. Blades,
LB James
LB Patrick Willis,
DB Leon Hall,
DB Dwight Lowery,
DB Reggie Nelson,
DB Aaron Ross,
SPECIAL TEAMS
P Daniel Sepulveda, BAYLOR
PK Justin Medlock, UCLA
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