Nwokobia named second-team preseason All-America

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Nwokobia earns Walter Camp Preseason All-America Second Team honors

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU safety Isaiah Nwokobia continued to add to his preseason accolades on Tuesday, being named a Walter Camp Preseason All-American.

The Dallas native was selected to the second team, one of seven ACC players to make one of the two teams.

Nwokobia was one of the premier defensive players in the ACC last season, earning first-team honors with his play, finishing with an 88.1 defensive grade by Pro Football Focus (PFF), the eighth highest among any player who played 300 snaps in the conference last year.

He also earned All-America honors from Phil Steele, being selected to the fourth team by the publication earlier in June.

Walter Camp is the nation's oldest college football All-America team. Considered the "Father of American Football," Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880.

Nine years later in 1889, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college
football All-America team.

The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.

Typically announced in early December, the Walter Camp All-America teams are selected by the FBS head coaches and sports information directors.

• From 1889 to 1964, eleven players were selected.
• In 1965, both offensive and defensive teams were picked.
• In 1972, the first punter (Ray Guy, Southern Mississippi) was honored.
• In 1975, the first placekicker (Chris Bahr, Penn State) was selected.
• In 1998, the first-ever Second Team All-America team was recognized.
• In 2001, the first kick returner (Herb Haygood, Michigan State) was picked.