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 Ryan Allen Named All-America by AFCA
Nov. 28, 2012
WACO, Texas - Louisiana Tech punter Ryan Allen, a Ray Guy Award finalist and the 2011 Ray Guy Award winner, was named to the 2012 AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team announced Wednesday by the American Football Coaches Association. Allen leads the nation in punting this season with an average of 48.04 yards per punt and leads the nation in net punting with a net punting average of 43.51. He booted the longest punt this season of any punter in the country with an 85-yard kick at New Mexico State. Over 44 percent of his punts this season have landed inside the 20 and over 46 percent of his punts have gone over 50 yards. This is the second consecutive year Allen has received All-America honors but the first from the AFCA. Blue Ribbon and the Walter Camp Football Foundation bestowed All-America honors on Tech's punter last season. Allen will be at the ESPN College Football Awards Show in Orlando, Fla. on Dec. 6 where he will find out on national television if he will win the Ray Guy Award for the second consecutive year. The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best -- the coaches themselves. For complete coverage of Bulldog Football, please follow @LATechPWalsh on Twitter or visit the official home of Louisiana Tech Athletics at LATechSports.com. 2012 AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team Offense Pos Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
WR Marqise Lee 6-0 195 So. USC Lane Kiffin Inglewood, Calif. (Serra) WR Terrance Williams 6-2 205 Sr. Baylor Art Briles Dallas, Texas (W.T. White) TE Zach Ertz 6-6 252 Sr. Stanford David Shaw Alamo, Calif. (Monte Visa) OL Chance Warmack 6-3 320 Sr. Alabama Nick Saban Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) OL Luke Joeckel 6-6 310 Jr. Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin Arlington, Texas (Arlington) C Dalton Freeman 6-5 285 Sr. Clemson Dabo Swinney Pelion, S.C. (Pelion) OL Jonathan Cooper 6-3 295 Sr. North Carolina Larry Fedora Wilmington, N.C. (Hoggard) OL David Yankey 6-5 301 Jr. Stanford David Shaw Roswell, Ga. (Centennial) QB Tajh Boyd 6-1 225 Jr. Clemson Dabo Swinney Hampton, Va. (Phoebus) RB Kenjon Barner 5-11 192 Sr. Oregon Chip Kelly Riverside, Calif. (Notre Dame) RB Montee Ball* 5-11 215 Sr. Wisconsin Bret Bielema Wentzville, Mo. (Timberland)
Defense Pos Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School) DL Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 256 So. South Carolina Steve Spurrier Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe) DL Bjoern Werner 6-4 255 Jr. Florida St. Jimbo Fisher Berlin, Germany (Salisbury [Conn.]) DL Damontre Moore 6-4 250 Jr. Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett) DL Will Sutton 6-1 267 Jr. Arizona St. Todd Graham Corona, Calif. (Centennial) LB Manti Te'o 6-2 255 Sr. Notre Dame Brian Kelly Laie, Hawaii (Punahou) LB Jarvis Jones* 6-3 241 Jr. Georgia Mark Richt Columbus, Ga. (Carver) LB C.J. Mosley 6-2 232 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Theodore, Ala. (Theodore) DB Eric Reid 6-2 212 Jr. LSU Les Miles Geismar, La. (Dutchtown) DB Dee Milliner 6-1 199 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Millbrook, Ala. (Stanhope Elmore) DB Jordan Poyer 6-0 190 Sr. Oregon St. Mike Riley Astoria, Ore. (Astoria) DB Phillip Thomas 6-1 215 Sr. Fresno St. Tim DeRuyter Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield)
Specialists Pos Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School) P Ryan Allen 6-2 215 Sr. Louisiana Tech Sonny Dykes Salem, Ore. (West Salem) PK Quinn Sharp 6-1 205 Sr. Oklahoma St. Mike Gundy Mansfield, Texas (Summit) AP Tavon Austin 5-9 171 Sr. West Virginia Dana Holgorsen Baltimore, Md. (Dunbar) *-2011 All-American
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