Consensus All-American - The Division I football player who is named on a majority of the All-American lists recognized by the NCAA for that season.
Example: For 2001, consensus All-Americans had to be named first-team on four of the seven recognized lists (a tiebreaking process is used for players with fewer votes at a position).
Unanimous All-American - The Division I football player who is named on each one of the All-American lists recognized by the NCAA for that season.
Example: For 2001, the NCAA recognizes eight unanimous All-
Americans - BYU RB Luke Staley.
First team - Division I All-American football selections*
Total 2,922 All-American players
From 157 colleges and universities
Over the past 114 years
1,560 consensus All-American selections
372 unanimous All-American selections
*Recognized by the NCAA