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Anthony Miller Named NCAA Consensus All-American
Dec 14, 2017 | Football
Becomes the third Tiger in program history to earn NCAA honor.
MEMPHIS – Senior wide receiver Anthony Miller was named an NCAA Consensus All-American, Thursday. He is just the third NCAA Consensus All-American in Memphis history and is the first non-specialist to earn Consensus honors. Joe Allison (1992) and Tom Hornsey (2013) are the other two NCAA Consensus All-Americans in program history.
Miller is one of three wide receivers on the NCAA Consensus Team this year. Oklahoma State's James Washington was a unanimous selection and Miller is joined on the team by Colorado State's Michael Gallup. With the tie, both Miller and Gallup earned NCAA Consensus honors.
Miller was named a first team All-America honoree by the AFCA, the Associated Press, ESPN and The Athletic's All-American. He earned second team honors from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) , Sports Illustrated and the Sporting News.
Also the winner of the Touchdown Club of Columbus' Paul Warfield Award and a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, Miller is looking to leave Memphis as the program's all-time leading receiver. He needs three more catches and 27 yards to tie his own single season records in the Memphis record books. He will leave Memphis as the single game, single season and career record holder in catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.
A graduate of Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Miller has 92 catches for 1,407 yards and 17 touchdowns so far this season with the Tigers' bowl game appearance against Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl still on the slate for Dec. 30th at 11:30 a.m. on ABC.
Tickets for that game are still available at www.TicketMaster.com.
The following players were listed on the most first team All-America teams competing against players at that position only. To be selected a player must be named first team on at least two of the five selected All-America teams. Second teams were used to break ties. Fourteen players were unanimous choices by the five organizations used in the consensus chart — American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News and Walter Camp Foundation. Note: Each of the five teams has a different way of listing the returner or all-purpose player. For the purpose of the Consensus All-America team those categories were treated as one position.
Offense
WR—*James Washington, Oklahoma St., 6-0, 205, Sr.
+WR—Michael Gallup, Colorado St., 6-1, 200, Sr.
+WR— Anthony Miller, Memphis, 5-11, 190, Sr.
TE—*Mark Andrews, Oklahoma, 6-5, 254, Jr.
OL—*Orlando Brown, Oklahoma, 6-8, 345, Jr.
OL—*Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame, 6-5, 330, Sr.
OL—Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame, 6-8, 315, Sr.
OL—Cody O'Connell, Washington St., 6-9, 368, Sr.
C—*Billy Price, Ohio St., 6-4, 312, Sr.
QB—*Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, 6-1, 220, Sr.
RB—*Bryce Love, Stanford, 5-10, 196, Jr.
RB—Rashaad Penny, San Diego St., 5-11, 220, Sr.
PK—Matt Gay, Utah, 6-1, 220, Jr.
Returner/All-Purpose—Dante Pettis, Washington, 6-1, 195, Sr.
Returner/All-Purpose—#Saquon Barkley, Penn St., 5-11, 230, Jr.
Defense
DL—*Bradley Chubb, NC State, 6-4, 275, Sr.
DL—Hercules Mata'afa, Washington St., 6-2, 252, Jr.
DL—Ed Oliver, Houston, 6-3, 290, So.
+DL—Sutton Smith, Northern Ill., 6-0, 225, So.
+DL—Maurice Hurst, Michigan, 6-2, 282, Sr.
LB—*Roquan Smith, Georgia, 6-1, 225, Jr.
LB—*Josey Jewell, Iowa, 6-2, 236, Sr.
DB—*Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama, 6-1, 202, Jr.
DB—*Josh Jackson, Iowa, 6-1, 192, Jr.
DB—*DeShon Elliott, Texas, 6-2, 210, Jr.
DB—Denzel Ward, Ohio St., 5-10, 191, Jr.
P—*Michael Dickson, Texas 6-3, 205, Jr.
*Indicates unanimous first team selection; Bold indicates consensus repeat from 2016.
Notes: Only two linebackers were named first-team All-America on at least two of the teams. +There were ties for the final wide receiver and defensive line positions. #Saquon Barkley was first team All-America on all five lists but he was listed as running back on two and all-purpose on the other three.
Miller is one of three wide receivers on the NCAA Consensus Team this year. Oklahoma State's James Washington was a unanimous selection and Miller is joined on the team by Colorado State's Michael Gallup. With the tie, both Miller and Gallup earned NCAA Consensus honors.
Miller was named a first team All-America honoree by the AFCA, the Associated Press, ESPN and The Athletic's All-American. He earned second team honors from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) , Sports Illustrated and the Sporting News.
Also the winner of the Touchdown Club of Columbus' Paul Warfield Award and a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, Miller is looking to leave Memphis as the program's all-time leading receiver. He needs three more catches and 27 yards to tie his own single season records in the Memphis record books. He will leave Memphis as the single game, single season and career record holder in catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.
A graduate of Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Miller has 92 catches for 1,407 yards and 17 touchdowns so far this season with the Tigers' bowl game appearance against Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl still on the slate for Dec. 30th at 11:30 a.m. on ABC.
Tickets for that game are still available at www.TicketMaster.com.
The following players were listed on the most first team All-America teams competing against players at that position only. To be selected a player must be named first team on at least two of the five selected All-America teams. Second teams were used to break ties. Fourteen players were unanimous choices by the five organizations used in the consensus chart — American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News and Walter Camp Foundation. Note: Each of the five teams has a different way of listing the returner or all-purpose player. For the purpose of the Consensus All-America team those categories were treated as one position.
Offense
WR—*James Washington, Oklahoma St., 6-0, 205, Sr.
+WR—Michael Gallup, Colorado St., 6-1, 200, Sr.
+WR— Anthony Miller, Memphis, 5-11, 190, Sr.
TE—*Mark Andrews, Oklahoma, 6-5, 254, Jr.
OL—*Orlando Brown, Oklahoma, 6-8, 345, Jr.
OL—*Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame, 6-5, 330, Sr.
OL—Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame, 6-8, 315, Sr.
OL—Cody O'Connell, Washington St., 6-9, 368, Sr.
C—*Billy Price, Ohio St., 6-4, 312, Sr.
QB—*Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, 6-1, 220, Sr.
RB—*Bryce Love, Stanford, 5-10, 196, Jr.
RB—Rashaad Penny, San Diego St., 5-11, 220, Sr.
PK—Matt Gay, Utah, 6-1, 220, Jr.
Returner/All-Purpose—Dante Pettis, Washington, 6-1, 195, Sr.
Returner/All-Purpose—#Saquon Barkley, Penn St., 5-11, 230, Jr.
Defense
DL—*Bradley Chubb, NC State, 6-4, 275, Sr.
DL—Hercules Mata'afa, Washington St., 6-2, 252, Jr.
DL—Ed Oliver, Houston, 6-3, 290, So.
+DL—Sutton Smith, Northern Ill., 6-0, 225, So.
+DL—Maurice Hurst, Michigan, 6-2, 282, Sr.
LB—*Roquan Smith, Georgia, 6-1, 225, Jr.
LB—*Josey Jewell, Iowa, 6-2, 236, Sr.
DB—*Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama, 6-1, 202, Jr.
DB—*Josh Jackson, Iowa, 6-1, 192, Jr.
DB—*DeShon Elliott, Texas, 6-2, 210, Jr.
DB—Denzel Ward, Ohio St., 5-10, 191, Jr.
P—*Michael Dickson, Texas 6-3, 205, Jr.
*Indicates unanimous first team selection; Bold indicates consensus repeat from 2016.
Notes: Only two linebackers were named first-team All-America on at least two of the teams. +There were ties for the final wide receiver and defensive line positions. #Saquon Barkley was first team All-America on all five lists but he was listed as running back on two and all-purpose on the other three.
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