FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Senior wide receiver
Michael Gallup has been named a consensus All-American by the NCAA, becoming the fourth CSU football player to achieve that status.
The Monroe, Ga., native joins DL Mike Bell (1978), S Greg Myers and WR Rashard Higgins as CSU's all-time consensus All-Americans. A football student-athlete earns the consensus distinction by being named a first-team All-American by a majority of the five major organizations recognized by the NCAA.
Gallup earned first-team recognition from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. James Washington of Oklahoma State was a unanimous choice (first team on all five ballots), while Anthony Miller of Memphis joined Gallup with two first-team nods, enabling Gallup and Miller to share the second wide receiver spot on the consensus All-America list.
Gallup, a Biletnikoff Award finalist, received second-team All-America recognition from the Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
The Butler County Community College product was the first player in the FBS to reach 1,000 yards receiving this year, and enters the postseason with 1,345 yards on 94 receptions with seven touchdowns.
He has six 100-yard games this season, and is one of just two FBS players with multiple 200-yard outings. In a three-week span, Gallup went for 212 yards and a touchdown at Hawai'i and 263 yards—the fourth-most by any FBS player this season—and three touchdowns against Nevada.
Overall, the Rams have 27 All-Americans in their history. Gallup is the ninth CSU player to be named a first-team All-American.
Gallup earned first-team All-Mountain West honors and has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl.
The Rams will play Marshall in the 2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl at 2:30 p.m. MT on Dec. 16 in Albuquerque, N.M. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
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.
