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COLUMBIA, SC - University of South Carolina sophomore wide receiver Alshon Jeffery and freshman running back Marcus Lattimore were both named 2010 second team All-Americans by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) it was announced tonight. The Walter Camp All-America team is voted on by the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.

Jeffery, a 6-4, 233-pounder from St. Matthews, S.C., set South Carolina school records in both receptions (79) and receiving yards in a season (1,387). He was one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the nation's top receiver and has been a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection. He was a first-team All-American according to the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

Lattimore, a six-foot, 218-pounder from Duncan, S.C., was the only freshman named to either the first or second team unit. He is the consensus National Freshman of the Year and was a unanimous first-team All-SEC first-team selection. Lattimore has carried the ball 248 times for 1,198 yards, the third-highest single-season rushing total in school history. He also scored 19 touchdowns, one shy of the SEC single season record.

Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp - a former Yale University athlete and football coach - is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation - a New Haven-based all-volunteer group - was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and continue the tradition of selecting an annual All-America team.

2010 Walter Camp All-America Teams  First Team Offense Pos.  Name, School                     Class Hometown          Height  Weight QB    Cam Newton, Auburn               Jr.   College Park, GA  6'6"    250 RB    LaMichael James, Oregon          Soph. Texarkana, TX     5'9"    185 RB    Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State   Sr.   Tyler, TX         5'8"    200 WR    Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State  Soph. Ardmore, OK       6'1"    205 WR    Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma           Jr.   Norman, OK        5'11"   183 TE    Michael Egnew, Missouri          Jr.   Plainview, TX     6'6"    235 OL    Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin           Sr.   Cottage Grove, WI 6'7"    327 OL    Rodney Hudson, Florida State     Sr.   Mobile, AL        6'2"    282 OL    Lee Ziemba, Auburn               Sr.   Rogers, AR        6'8"    319 OL    Nate Solder, Colorado            Sr.   Buena Vista, CO   6'9"    315 C     Jake Kirkpatrick, TCU            Sr.   Tyler, TX         6'3"    305 PK    Danny Hrapmann, Southern Miss    Jr.   New Oreans, LA    5'9"    160  First Team Defense DL    Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson          Jr.   Bamberg, SC       6'4"    275 DL    Nick Fairley, Auburn             Jr.   Mobile, AL        6'5"    298 DL    Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue            Sr.   Muncie, IN        6'4"    263 DL    Adrian Clayborn, Iowa            Sr.   St. Louis, MO     6'4"    285 LB    Luke Kuechly, Boston College     Soph. Cincinnati, OH    6'3"    225 LB    Greg Jones, Michigan State #     Sr.   Cincinnati, OH    6'1"    240 LB    Von Miller, Texas A&M #          Sr.   DeSoto, TX        6'3"    243 DB    Patrick Peterson, LSU            Jr.   Pompano Beach, FL 6'1"    222 DB    Prince Amukamara, Nebraska       Sr.   Glendale, AZ      6'1"    205 DB    Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech     Soph. Delray Beach, FL  5'11"   170 DB    Tejay Johnson, TCU               Sr.   Garland, TX       6'1"    212 P     Chas Henry, Florida              Sr.   Dallas, GA        6'3"    215 KR    Eric Page, Toledo                Soph. Toledo, OH        5'10"   180 KR    Shaky Smithson, Utah             Sr.   Baltimore, MD     5'11"   202  Second Team Offense       Pos.  Name, School                     Class Hometown          Height  Weight QB    Andrew Luck, Stanford            Jr.   Houston, TX       6'4"    235 RB    Jordan Todman, UCONN             Jr.   N. Dartmouth, MA  5'9"    193 RB    Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina Fr.   Duncan, SC        6'0"    218 WR    Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina   Soph. St. Matthews, SC  6'4"    233 WR    A. J. Green, Georgia             Jr.   Summerville, SC   6'4"    212 TE    Lance Kendricks, Wisconsin       Sr.   Milwaukee, WI     6'4"    241 OL    Stefan Wisniewski, Penn State    Sr.   Bridgeville, PA   6'3"    306 OL    Derek Sherrod, Mississippi State Sr.   Columbus, MS      6'6"    305 OL    Anthony Castonzo, Boston College Sr.   Hawthorn Woods, IL6'7"    295 OL    Caleb Schlauderaff, Utah         Jr.   Shelton, WA       6'4"    302 C     Chase Beeler, Stanford           Sr.   Jenks, OK         6'3"    285 PK    Will Snyderwine, Duke            Jr.   Potomac, MD       5'11"   190  Second Team Defense DL    Sam Acho, Texas                  Sr.   Dallas, TX        6'3"    260 DL    J.J. Watt, Wisconsin             Jr.   Pewaukee, WI      6'6"    292 DL    Drake Nevis, LSU                 Sr.   Marrero, LA       6'2"    285 DL    Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma            Sr.   Carrollton, TX    6'3"    267 LB    Justin Houston, Georgia          Jr.   Statesboro, GA    6'3"    258 LB    Akeem Ayers, UCLA                Jr.   Los Angeles, CA   6'4"    255 LB    Nate Irving, NC State            Sr.   Wallace, NC       6'1"    231 DB    Chimdi Chekwa, Ohio State        Sr.   Clermont, FL      6'0"    190 DB    Cliff Harris, Oregon             Soph. Fresno, CA        5'11"   180 DB    Quinton Carter, Oklahoma         Sr.   Las Vegas, NV     6'1"    200 DB    Robert Lester, Alabama           Soph. Foley, AL         6'2"    206 P     Kyle Martens, Rice               Jr.   Spearfish, SD     6'6"    200 KR    Cliff Harris, Oregon             Soph. Fresno, CA        5'11"   180 

# - 2009 Walter Camp Second Team All-America selection

Courtesy:  USC Sports Information