Tomlinson Named To Walter Camp All-America Team
11/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
CHICAGO - TCU tailback LaDainian Tomlinson has been named to the 2000 Walter Camp All-America team, it was announced by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The oldest and most prestigious of the All-America teams, the Walter Camp team is named after the former Yale captain who helped to pioneer the development of collegiate football.
Tomlinson led the nation in rushing with 2,158 yards and 22 touchdowns. He became the eighth player in NCAA history to surpass the 2,000 yard mark. Troy Davis from Iowa State rushed for at least 2,000 yards in two seasons. Tomlinson ended the year with 176 yards on 26 attempts in TCU's 62-7 win over SMU. He ended his TCU career with 5,263 yards, which placed him sixth in NCAA career rushing yards. Tomlinson' season total was the fourth best in NCAA history.
The Walter Camp team, which is selected in a balloting of head coaches and sports information directors from every NCAA Division I-A school, has been chosen every year since 1889. Camp played on the Yale varsity teams from 1877-82 and served as team captain in 1878, 1879 and 1881. Camp served as Yale's first football coach and from 1876 until 1910 he played an important role in the direction of the technique and strategy of Yale football. He was a member of every rules convention or committee until 1911, being credited with the play from scrimmage, the numerical assessment of goals and tries, the restriction of play to eleven men per side, set plays, sequences, and strategy features which have led to the development of college football as it is known today. He helped to establish the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which provided a control under which collegiate athletics operate even now, and during the First World War he was responsible for the physical conditioning of most of our armed forces.
2000 Walter Camp All America Team
OFFENSE Pos. Name Year School OL Dominic Raiola Jr. Nebraska OL Steve Hutchinson Sr. Michigan OL Ben Hamilton Sr. Minnesota OL Tarlos Thomas Jr. Florida State OL Leonard Davis Sr. Texas WR Santana Moss Sr. Miami WR Freddie Mitchell Jr. UCLA TE Brian Natkin Sr. UTEP RB LaDainian Tomlinson Sr. TCU RB Damien Anderson Jr. Northwestern QB Josh Heupel Sr. Oklahoma PK Jonathan Ruffin So. Cincinnati DEFENSE Pos. Name Year School DL Jamal Reynolds Sr. Florida State DL Andre Carter Sr. California DL Richard Seymour Sr. Georgia DL Casey Hampton Sr. Texas LB Dan Morgan Sr. Miami LB Keith Adams Jr. Clemson LB Rocky Calmus Jr. Oklahoma DB Jamar Fletcher Jr. Wisconsin DB Fred Smoot Sr. Mississippi State DB Dwight Smith Sr. Akron DB Anthony Floyd So. Louisville P Nick Harris Sr. California
