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—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—
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