Dec. 6, 2007

North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin has been named to the 2007 CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America Team. He is one of five Tar Heels to be honoed by the website. Safety Deunta Williams was a second-team selection, while tight end Zack Pianalto, LB Quan Sturdivant and defensive back Charles Brown garnered honorable mention honors.

2007 CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America Team

Offensive Freshman of the Year: QB Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
Defensive Freshman of the Year: S Eric Berry, Tennessee
*Indicates player is a true freshman

First Team
Offense
QB Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
RB Knowshon Moreno, Georgia
*RB LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh
WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech
WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri
*TE Rob Gronkowski, Arizona
*OT Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia
*OG Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
C Ryan McMahon, Florida State
*OG Rodney Hudson, Florida State
*OT Lee Ziemba, Auburn

Defense
*DE Cameron Heyward, Ohio State
DT Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma
*DT Marvin Austin, North Carolina
DE Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh
*LB Greg Jones, Michigan State
LB Obi Ezeh, Michigan
LB Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
*CB Joe Haden, Florida
*S Eric Berry, Tennessee
*S Major Wright, Florida
*CB Donovan Warren, Michigan

Special Teams
K Thomas Weber, Arizona State
P Keenyn Crier, Arizona

Second Team
Offense
QB Jake Locker, Washington
RB DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma
RB Harvey Unga, BYU
WR Marcus Barnett, Cincinnati
*WR Trae Johnson, Tulsa
*TE James Casey, Rice
*OT Anthony Castonzo, Boston College
*OG Clint Boling, Georgia
*C Kristofer O'Dowd, USC
*OG Anthony Davis, Rutgers
*OT Ryan Pugh, Auburn

Defense
*DE Everson Griffen, USC
DT Scooter Berry, West Virginia
*DT Colby Whitlock, Texas Tech
DE Kirk DeCremer, Wisconsin
*LB Rolando McClain, Alabama
LB Scott Lutrus, Connecticut
*LB Rennie Curran, Georgia
*CB Carl Gettis, Missouri
*S Davonte Shannon, Buffalo
S Deunta Williams, North Carolina
*CB Omar Bolden, Arizona State

Special Teams
K Kai Forbath, UCLA
P Ryan Shoemaker, Auburn

Third Team
Offense
QB Adam Weber, Minnesota
*RB Mike Ford, South Florida
RB Josh Adams, Wake Forest
*WR Arrelious Benn, Illinois
*WR Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
*TE Weslye Saunders, South Carolina
*OT Ryan Miller, Colorado
OG Colin Baxter, Arizona
C Colin Miller, Central Michigan
OG Chris Davis, Georgia
OT Stephen Schilling, Michigan

Defense
DE Paul Kruger, Utah
*DT Ian Williams, Notre Dame
*DT Ladi Ajiboye , South Carolina
*DE Scott Solomon, Rice
*LB Martez Wilson, Illinois
LB Brian Duncan, Texas Tech
*LB Chike Amajoyi, Stanford
*CB Kareem Jackson, Alabama
*S Morgan Burnett, Georgia Tech
S Zac Etheridge, Auburn
CB Tavious Polo, Florida Atlantic

Special Teams

*K Wes Byrum, Auburn
*P Rob Long, Syracuse

Honorable Mention

QB: Trevor Vittatoe (UTEP), Colin Kaepernick (Nevada), Case Keenum (Houston)

RB: *Noel Devine (West Virginia), *Charles Clay (Tulsa), *Ryan Mathews (Fresno State), Terry Grant (Alabama), *Nic Grigsby (Arizona), *Kendall Hunter (Oklahoma State), *Graig Cooper (Miami), Jeremy Avery (Boise State)

WR: *Antonio Brown (Central Michigan), *Dez Bryant (Oklahoma State), Carlton Mitchell (South Florida), Scotty McKnight (Colorado)

TE: *Aaron Hernandez (Florida), *Zack Pianalto (North Carolina)

OL: *Chaz Ramsey (Auburn), *Kai Maiava (Colorado), D.J. Burris (Minnesota), Butch Lewis (USC), Gabe Carimi (Wisconsin)

DL: Bruce Miller (UCF), Ollie Ogbu (Penn State), Malo Taumua (UNLV)

LB: *Quan Sturdivant (North Carolina), Ben Jacobs (Fresno State), Andrew Preston (San Diego State), Nick Bellore (Central Michigan)

DB: Reshad Jones (Georgia), *Chad Jones (LSU), Brett Greenwood (Iowa), Chimdi Chekwa (Ohio State), C.J. Bailey (Southern Miss), *Charles Brown (North Carolina), *Chima Nwachukwu (Washington State), *Mike Holmes (Syracuse), *Ras-I Dowling (Virginia)

K: Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee), *Alex Tejada (Arkansas)

P: Ryan Donahue (Iowa)