2001 All-Fraternity All-American Football Team

 

The honorees from NCAA Division I-A and I-AA schools include Trent Smith of Oklahoma, a semi-finalist for the John Mackey Award; Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year Will Bouton of Furman; Chas Gessner of Brown, Division I-AA's leader in receiving yards per game; and Eli Manning of Mississippi, who tied for sixth in Division I-A with 31 touchdown passes.

 

Nominations for the team were submitted by various fraternity headquarters, sports information directors at schools, Greek advisors, Inter-Fraternity Councils and individuals, in addition to research by Jay Langhammer.

 

OFFENSE

QB - Eli Manning, Sigma Nu - Mississippi

WR - Kahlil Hill, Kappa Alpha Psi - Iowa

WR - Chas Gessner, Theta Delta Chi - Brown

TE - Trent Smith, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Oklahoma

OT - Jeff Hatch, Pi Kappa Alpha - Pennsylvania

OT - Pat Green, Delta Kappa Epsilon - Vanderbilt

OG - Victor Payne, Kappa Alpha Psi - TCU
C - Ben Claxton, Kappa Alpha Order - Mississippi

K - Billy Bennett, Kappa Alpha Order - Georgia

 

DEFENSE

DL - Will Overstreet, Pi Kappa Alpha - Tennessee

DL - Barry Holleyman, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Oklahoma

DL - Adam Lord, Phi Gamma Delta - Bucknell

LB - Will Bouton, Kappa Alpha Order - Furman

LB - Joel Barone, Theta Delta Chi - Brown

LB - Chris Sapp, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Indiana State

DB - Brett Baker, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Cal Poly-SLO

DB - Jason Goss, Kappa Alpha Psi - TCU
DB - Matt McCoy, Lambda Chi Alpha - Oklahoma

P - Adam Wulfeck, Pi Kappa Alpha - Cincinnati

 

Returns - Kahlil Hill, Kappa Alpha Psi - Iowa

 

HONORABLE MENTION

OFFENSE

Quarterbacks - Kevin Fant, Pi Kappa Alpha - Mississippi State; Gavin Hoffman, Delta Tau Delta - Pennsylvania; Nate Hybl, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Oklahoma; Jeff Kelly, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Southern Mississippi; Kliff Kingsbury, Sigma Chi - Texas Tech; Preston Parsons, Pi Kappa Alpha - Northern Arizona; Ricky Rahne, Delta Upsilon - Cornell

Backs - Rick Bianchi, Pi Kappa Alpha - Cal Poly-SLO; Joey Harris, Pi Kappa Alpha - Purdue; Adam Keslosky, Pi Kappa Alpha - Pennsylvania; Joe Rackley, Theta Delta Chi - Brown; Chad Maeder, Pi Kappa Alpha - Florida State; LaRon McKinnis, Pi Kappa Alpha - Drake; Evan Simmons, Sigma Nu - Cornell; David White, Delta Tau Delta - Morehead State

Wide Receivers - Bill Flowers, Sigma Nu - Mississippi; Adam Herzing, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Cal Poly-SLO; Seth Morales, Phi Kappa Psi - Purdue; Colin Smith, Pi Kappa Alpha - Pennsylvania

Tight Ends - Matt Guardia, Delta Tau Delta - San Diego; Stewart Kupner, Theta Delta Chi - Lafayette; Trent Sansbury, Kappa Alpha Order - Furman; Doug Zeigler, Kappa Alpha Order - Mississippi

Linemen - Justin Dixon, Delta Tau Delta - San Diego; Trey Eyre, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Memphis; John Zepeda, Pi Kappa Alpha - Pennsylvania

Kickers - Dave Dunning, Pi Kappa Alpha - Washington State; Sean Keel, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Arizona

 

DEFENSE

Linemen - Brandon Healey, Sigma Nu - Butler; Tom Kuhn, Sigma Chi - Bucknell; Matt Sheffler, Beta Theta Pi - Southern Illinois

Linebackers - Chase Corn, Kappa Alpha Order - Wofford; Adam Lackey, Pi Kappa Alpha - Drake; Dan Morris, Pi Kappa Alpha - Pennsylvania; Clay Romano, Sigma Nu - Samford

Backs - Owen Biddle, Lambda Chi Alpha - Washington; Shane O'Neill, Pi Kappa Alpha - SMU; Bobby Sanders, Pi Kappa Alpha - Murray State; Hunter Young, Theta Delta Chi - Brown

Punters - Dustin Colquitt, Pi Kappa Alpha - Tennessee; Stanton Horne, Kappa Alpha Order - Western Carolina

 

COACHES

Gary Barnett, Beta Theta Pi - Colorado; Mike Bellotti, Delta Sigma Phi - Oregon; Bobby Bowden, Pi Kappa Alpha - Florida State; Mack Brown, Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Texas; Lou Holtz, Delta Upsilon - South Carolina; Rick Neuheisel, Sigma Nu - Washington; Bill Snyder, Phi Gamma Delta - Kansas State; Frank Solich, Sigma Nu - Nebraska; Steve Spurrier, Alpha Tau Omega - Florida; Joe Tiller, Delta Sigma Phi - Purdue; Jim Tressel, Alpha Tau Omega - Ohio State