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Jordan White Earns AFCA All-America

Football Mat Kanan, director of athletic media relations

Jordan White Earns AFCA All-America

WACO, Texas - Senior wide out Jordan White is one of 25 FBS student-athletes to be named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America Team as announced by the AFCA on Dec. 5.

White becomes only the second Bronco in program history to earn a spot on the AFCA All-America Team, joining Matt Meares who accomplished the feat as a center in 1982.

The Cleveland, Ohio, native leads FBS in all receiving categories except TDs and bested his 2010 performance with 1,646 yds, 127 receptions and 16 TDs in 2011.  White holds all but three receiving records at WMU and needs just 110 yards to break the Mid-American Conference career receiving yards record.

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.

The teams now chosen for each of the AFCA's five divisions evolved from a single 11-player squad in 1945. From 1945 until 1967, only one team was chosen. From 1967 through 1971, two teams, University Division and College Division, were selected. In 1972, the College Division was split into College I and College II. In 1979, the University Division was split into two teams — Division I-A and Division I-AA. In 1996, the College I and College II teams were renamed Division II and Division III, respectively. In 2006, the Division I-A and Division I-AA teams were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), respectively. The AFCA started selecting an NAIA All-America Team in 2006.

2011 AFCA FBS Coaches' All-America Team
Offense

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
WR Justin Blackmon* 6-1 215 Jr. Oklahoma St. Mike Gundy Ardmore, Okla. (Plainview)
WR Jordan White 6-0 215 Sr. Western Michigan Bill Cubit Cleveland, Ohio (North Ridgeville)
TE Orson Charles 6-3 241 Jr. Georgia Mark Richt Tampa, Fla. (Plant)
OL Kevin Zeitler 6-4 315 Sr. Wisconsin Bret Bielema Waukesha, Wis. (Lutheran)
OL Barrett Jones 6-5 311 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Memphis, Tenn. (Evangelical Christian)
C Peter Konz 6-5 315 Jr. Wisconsin Bret Bielema Neenah, Wis. (Neenah)
OL David DeCastro 6-5 310 Sr. Stanford David Shaw Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue)
OL Levy Adcock 6-6 322 Sr. Oklahoma St. Mike Gundy Claremore, Okla. (Sequoyah)
QB Andrew Luck 6-4 235 Sr. Stanford David Shaw Houston, Texas (Stratford)
RB Trent Richardson 5-11 224 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Pensacola, Fla. (Escambia)
RB Montee Ball 5-11 210 Jr. Wisconsin Bret Bielema Wentzville, Mo. (Timberland)


Defense

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
DL Jerel Worthy 6-3 310 Jr. Michigan St. Mark Dantonio Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne)
DL Alex Okafor 6-4 260 Jr. Texas Mack Brown Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville)
DL Whitney Mercilus 6-4 265 Jr. Illinois Ron Zook Akron, Ohio (Garfield)
DL Melvin Ingram 6-2 276 Sr. South Carolina Steve Spurrier Hamlet, N.C. (Richmond County)
LB Dont'a Hightower 6-4 260 Jr. Alabama Nick Saban Lewisburg, Tenn. (Marshall County)
LB Jarvis Jones 6-3 241 So. Georgia Mark Richt Columbus, Ga. (Carver)
LB Lavonte David 6-1 225 Sr. Nebraska Bo Pelini Miami, Fla. (Northwestern)
DB Mark Barron 6-2 218 Sr. Alabama Nick Saban Mobile, Ala. (St. Paul's)
DB Morris Claiborne 6-0 185 Jr. LSU Les Miles Shreveport, La. (Fair Park)
DB Markelle Martin 6-1 198 Sr. Oklahoma St. Mike Gundy Wichita Falls, Texas (Rider)
DB DeQuan Menzie 6-0 198 Sr. Alabama Nick Saban Columbus, Ga. (Carver)


Specialists

Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. School Coach Hometown (High School)
P Shawn Powell 6-4 235 Sr. Florida St. Jimbo Fisher Rome, Ga. (Darlington Prep)
PK Randy Bullock 5-9 212 Sr. Texas A&M Mike Sherman Klein, Texas (Klein)
AP LaMichael James* 5-9 195 Jr. Oregon Chip Kelly Texarkana, Texas (Liberty-Eylau)
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Players Mentioned

Jordan White

#83 Jordan White

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6' 2"
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Players Mentioned

Jordan White

#83 Jordan White

6' 2"
Freshman
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