He signed a letter-of-intent at DePaul but later was ruled academically ineligible. College: Brock earned numerous honors during his four-year run at Colorado, including berths on first-team All-America teams as a senior. Magazine 'Parade' Celebrates Valentine's Day With Our Favorite Magazine Covers, From 1943 to 2019 Celebs Tracee Ellis Ross Reveals Her Most Painful Rejection and How It Helped Shape Her Success. Howingtons career was cut short by injuries, though he played three years and started eight times. Ken Burrough QB Raines (Jacksonville) 1965. Attended the University of Miami as a safety. Tim Tebow QB Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) 2005. Career HS totals were158 catches, 2,346 yards, 38 TDs (then a state record) in only 2 seasons. Currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. Completed collegiate career as UF's 5th all-time rusher with 3,065 yards. Was a 2-time pro bowler. Was still a Parade All-American and first-team All-State selection. Sean Taylor DB Gulliver Prep (Miami) 2000. A 4-time Pro Bowler. Dec. 31. Yates was the 4A player of the year on offense and defense as a junior, and defensive player of the year as a senior. Deion Sanders DB/QB North Fort Myers 1984. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Oregon, started three years, passed for 7,555 yards and 61 touchdowns. Blanchard was a quarterback and punter on a Cavemen team that won the 1964 state championship. Went on to play at the University of Illinois and 8 years in pro football for Philadelphia, Chicago and Dallas. The Yankees drafted him in the second round of the 1981 MLB draft, but he decided to stick with football and forced the Colts to trade him to the Broncos after he was picked No. Drafted in the 1997 second round by the Miami Dolphins. Was team MVP at Kathleen in junior and senior seasons, playing LB, RB and KR. He took his team to the Sweet Sixteen in 1978 and 1979 and esteemed Chicago sportswriter Bill Gleason said he was better than Isiah Thomas, then a standout at St. Joseph. Clemens spent 11 years playing for three teams, the New York Jets, St. Louis and San Diego. David "Deacon" Jones DL Hungerford (Eatonville) 1956. But college and professional accomplishments are a significant factor; its hard to ignore a 10-year NFL stint, a Heisman Trophy, or an NFL Hall of Fame induction. Although Sims never really set the world on fire at Florida State, he was still a first-round NFL draft pick in 2006 by the Detroit Lions. 2 all-time) and 47 touchdowns during his senior year. Awards Index Hall of Fame NBA Weekly & Monthly Awards Coach of the Month NBA & ABA Season Honors All-NBA & All-ABA Leading All-NBA Vote Getters All-Rookie All-Defensive All-Seeding Games NBA & ABA Miscellaneous Honors NBA 75th Anniversary Team 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History Find out more. West Palm Beach. Finished with 300 career receptions for 4,047 yards and 12 TDs while with New England, Chicago and Philadelphia. Finished HS career with 47 TDs. Now a Heisman Trophy candidate as a sophomore star for UF. Hes the only primarily defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy and won it the same year he led the Wolverines to a national title. He announced a transfer to Miami in January 2019 after five-star recruit Justin Fields announced a transfer from Georgia to Ohio State and became eligible immediately. Named 1 of only 5 players in history recruiting analysts believe could have gone directly from high school to the pros because of their physical abilities. Defensive MVP of the USFL in 1983. The Sporting News chose a team for their publications. College: Longwell was the kicker and punter for California, where he earned all-Pac 10 honors for both positions as a senior. Four-year letterman in high school. Brown retired after nine seasons as the NFLs career rushing leader and became Hollywood's first Black action movie star. In 1995, injuries limited him to 5 games and 1,252 yards and 10 TDs. Dickerson still holds the NFL single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984. Played 18 years in NFL before retiring following 2002 season. Some, like McCoy, peaked in high school. Had 270 tackles, 105 hurries, 32 sacks and 7 forced fumbles in 5 seasons with Philadelphia Eagles. Anthony Carter WR Suncoast (Riviera Beach) 1978. Ernie Sims is still the only linebacker to be a consensus No. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Meet Dylan Moses and the 2017 Parade All-America Football Team. Smith wasn't impressed, saying that he could stay home in North Carolina and recruit players who were just as good or better. Evaluating high school football talent is no different. First African-American to play QB for a major southeastern university at Georgia Tech. Signed with Florida and lettered all 4 years from 1983-87. Rushed for 2,409 yards and 31 TDs in senior season. Knapple. [1][2][3] The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled, in the 1950, the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. College: At UCLA, Odighizuwa played as a true freshman and was a four-year standout for the Bruins. C.J. Helped team to 8-1-1 record and first Big 9 North Conference title in 1965. A do-it-all player who was an All-America selection in sophomore year at Miami where he played both ways. John Carney KS Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) 1982. Find out more. College All-American at Army as DB with school-record 8 INTs and QB in same backfield as Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis. Now in 4th season in NFL. A first-round pick by the Dallas Cowboys. Totaled 5,710 rushing yards and 86 TDs in his career. Had 1,411 receiving yards that season. Injuries, including a torn Achilles tendon in 2016, have hampered his pro career. Success eluded him at Florida State, and he did not make it to the NFL. They were dominant players, blue chippers, recruited by the nation's leading college programs, record-setters, leaders of state championship teams, first-round selections in the NBA draft. Born: Feb. 27. Total number of selections are listed in parentheses for repeat winners. Has 36 career INTs and 4 Pro Bowl appearances as an NFL player. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Poll: Who is Oregon's best-ever running back? He is a five-time Pro Bowler, and the 2010 rookie of the year. Had 202 tackles and six forced fumbles at Alabama. The 6-8 FitzPatrick towered over the competition as a senior, where he was first-team all-state on both sides of the ball and co-player of the year on defense. Roseburg: Graduated in 2002. Lawrence left college with one year of eligibility remaining and was the No. Also a track star in the shot put. So versatile he was called "The Franchise". Was 2002 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 2005 Pro Bowl MVP. Played 12 NFL seasons, with 23 INTs, 2 Super Bowl rings and 3 Pro Bowl appearances. Also played for Indianapolis Colts. Averaged 45 yards per punt return and 26.8 per kickoff return, totaling a state record 1,531 return yards as a senior. Played for Denver Broncos in NFL. Started all 16 games for Saints in 2006. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.[5]. Probably the most coveted wide receiver recruit of the last decade, he picked in-state Missouri over Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas but was dismissed from the team at Missouri after two seasons and two drug arrests. Despite a severe knee injury at Miami, was a 3rd-round pick by San Francisco in 2005. Still holds state rushing record with 8,804 career yards on 1,127 carries and 106 TDs. Pro: The 12th pick of the 1976 draft, Brock played 12 years in the NFL, all for New England. Completions, attempts, yards and TDs all set state records in an era when big passing numbers didn't happen. Went on to brilliant collegiate career at Miami. Set state scoring record with 44 TDs as a member of Gulliver Prep's 14-1 Class 2A state title team in 2000. "The kid did not like the hoopla, all the attention. Raymond McCoy was a two-time All-Stater at Bloom during a time when coach Wes Mason had built one of the most successful high school programs in Illinois. Started games during his freshman year all the way through his senior year at UF. High school: East High School (Wichita, Kansas), High school highlights: U.S. Army National Player of the Year (2008), two-time USA Today All-American (2007, 2008), Wichita City League record 7,209 career rushing yards, NFL career: Philadelphia Eagles (2012-13), Buffalo Bills (2014-15), Seattle Seahawks (2015). But he suffered a broken neck in a car accident on Feb. 26, 1996. Rushed for 4,036 yards and 77 TDs when Mustangs were at top of Florida's big classification (1972 state champs) with a prolific offense. Made 2nd-team Big Nine Conference in 1959, rushing 78 times for 525 yards. One of the top OL to ever come out of Florida. Pro: Picked No. First team Class 3A All-State, All-South and Florida Super 24 selection. 16 overall in the 1974 draft by Kansas City. Even scored TD as a lineman. Longwell kicked 378 field goals during his career, and played in the 1997 Super Bowl. Named to Florida's All-Time High School Team by Sports Illustrated in 1988. One of the state's first prolific dual-threat QBs. 1978 Parade All America High School Football Team (16th Annual) (2 of 2) Won Jim Thorpe Award in 1987 as top collegiate defensive back. Passed for 1,176 yards in 4 playoff games. AP, UPI, NEA, also listed numerous honorable mentions. Eventually signed with Alabama under Paul "Bear" Bryant. Martell was switched to wide receiver, then switched back to quarterback before he decided to opt out of the 2020 season, leaving him two years of college eligibility remaining and he transferred back to his hometown, to play for UNLV. If there's such a thing as a perfect quarterback, it's Trevor Lawrence. Join our linker program. Jeff. Passed for 2,053 yards for 9-1 team that missed out on the playoffs in the old points system as a senior. 1 player in the nation as a senior. 2005 Mr. Football. Tyrone Moss RB Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach) 2002. Flanagan. Became 5th overall selection by the Washington Redskins in 2004 draft. At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, he played defensive end and running back, was all-state in basketball and won a state championship as a sprinter in track.