University of North Carolina Athletics
Peppers Earns Second-Team AP All-America Honor
December 13, 2000 | Football
Dec. 13, 2000
Defensive end Julius Peppers added to his list of awards today when he was named second-team All-America by the Associated Press.
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback - Chris Weinke, Florida State, 6-5, 229, senior, St. Paul, Minn.
Running backs - Damien Anderson, Northwestern, 5-11, 208, junior, Wilmington, Ill., LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU, 5-11, 217, senior, Waco, Texas.
Wide receivers - Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 180, sophomore, Miami, Marvin Minnis, Florida State, 6-1, 185, senior, Miami.
Tight End - Brian Natkin, Texas-El Paso, 6-4, 245, senior, San Antonio.
Center - Dominic Raiola, Nebraska, 6-2, 300, junior, Honolulu.
Guards-Tackles - Chris Brown, Georgia Tech, 6-6, 315, senior, Augusta, Ga., Leonard Davis, Texas, 6-6, 365, senior, Wortham, Texas, Steve Hutchinson, Michigan, 6-5, 299, senior, Coral Springs, Fla., Chad Ward, Washington, 6-5, 335, senior, Finley, Wash.
Placekicker - Jonathan Ruffin, Cincinnati, 5-10, 184, sophomore, Metairie, La.
All-Purpose - Santana Moss, Miami, 5-10, 180, senior, Miami.
DEFENSE
Linemen - Andre Carter, California, 6-5, 260, senior, San Jose, Calif., Casey Hampton, Texas, 6-1, 310, senior,
Galveston, Texas,
John Henderson, Tennessee, 6-7, 290, junior, Nashville, Tenn., Jamal Reynolds, Florida State, 6-4, 254, senior, Aiken,
S.C.
Linebackers - Keith Adams, Clemson, 5-11, 220, junior, College Park, Ga., Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma, 6-3, 234, junior, Jenks, Okla., Dan Morgan, Miami, 6-3, 245, senior, Coral Springs, Fla., Carlos Polk, Nebraska, 6-2, 250, senior, Rockford, Ill.
acks - Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin, 5-10, 175, junior, St. Louis, Edward Reed, Miami, 6-0, 190, junior, Destrehan, La., Dwight Smith, Akron, 5-11, 200, senior, Detroit, Fred Smoot, Mississippi State, 6-1, 179, senior, Jackson, Miss.
Punter - Nick Harris, California, 6-3, 220, senior, Avondale, Ariz.
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback - Josh Heupel, Oklahoma.
Running backs - Rudi Johnson, Auburn, Ken Simonton, Oregon State.
Wide receivers - Fred Mitchell, UCLA, David Terrell, Michigan.
Tight end - Todd Heap, Arizona State.
Center - Ben Hamilton, Minnesota.
Guards-Tackles - Jeff Backus, Michigan, Joaquin Gonzalez, Miami, Kenyatta Walker, Florida, Pork Chop Womack, Mississippi State.
Place-kicker - Jamie Rheem, Kansas State.
All-purpose - Aaron Lockett, Kansas State.
DEFENSE
Linemen - Mario Fatafeni, Kansas State, Julius Peppers, North Carolina, Richard Seymour, Georgia, Justin Smith,
Missouri.
Linebackers - Adam Archuleta, Arizona State, Anthony Denman, Notre Dame, Levar Fisher, North Carolina State, Jason Glenn, Texas A&M.
acks - Tay Cody, Florida State, Anthony Floyd, Louisville, J.T. Thatcher, Oklahoma, Lito Sheppard, Florida.
Punter - Brian Morton, Duke.
THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
Quarterback - Drew Brees, Purdue.
Running backs - Lee Suggs, Virginia Tech, Anthony Thomas, Michigan.
Wide receivers - Jabar Gaffney, Florida, Koren Robinson, North Carolina State.
Tight end - Tracey Wistrom, Nebraska.
Center - Casey Rabach, Wisconsin.
Guards-Tackles - Chris Gibson, Oregon State, Seth McKinney, Texas A&M, Kendall Simmons, Auburn, Tarlos Thomas, Florida State.
Place-kicker - Alex Walls, Tennessee.
All-purpose - Emmett White, Utah State.
DEFENSE
Linemen - Alex Brown, Florida, Willie Howard, Stanford, Cedric Scott, Southern Mississippi, Larry Triplett, Washington.
Linebackers - Joe Cooper, Ohio State, Kalimba Edwards, South Carolina, Torrance Marshall, Oklahoma, Ben Taylor, Virginia Tech.
acks - Rashard Bauman, Oregon, Sheldon Brown, South Carolina, Robert Carswell, Clemson, Nate Clements, Ohio State.
Punter - Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin.
