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Think for second about the coverage Darden got during the regular season.  Doesn't seem like much, right?

We all know how little attention the media pays to G5s, and this just further fuels that fire.  Very little national coverage of him, but he gets consensus AA.

...follow up: how many players from Texas received consensus AA honors? If Darden is the only one, it will be interesting to see if Dave Campbell does any highlight pieces or profiles of JD.

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11 hours ago, greenminer said:

Think for second about the coverage Darden got during the regular season.  Doesn't seem like much, right?

We all know how little attention the media pays to G5s, and this just further fuels that fire.  Very little national coverage of him, but he gets consensus AA.

...follow up: how many players from Texas received consensus AA honors? If Darden is the only one, it will be interesting to see if Dave Campbell does any highlight pieces or profiles of JD.

Not to throw cold water on this and also acknowledging he is one of the best players ever for North Texas, I have not seen any reference to Darden being named a consensus AA other than BV's article. Can someone provide a link showing this? Here is what I have found:

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2021/01/08/byu-left-tackle-brady/

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/consensus-all-americans-alabama-six-selections-devonta-smith-mac-jones-najee-harris/tlm42nn70bb117aix78ee7xh3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_College_Football_All-America_Team

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1 minute ago, letsgiveacheer said:

Not to throw cold water on this and also acknowledging he is one of the best players ever for North Texas, I have not seen any reference to Darden being named a consensus AA other than BV's article. Can someone provide a link showing this? Here is what I have found:

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2021/01/08/byu-left-tackle-brady/

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/consensus-all-americans-alabama-six-selections-devonta-smith-mac-jones-najee-harris/tlm42nn70bb117aix78ee7xh3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_College_Football_All-America_Team

https://meangreensports.com/news/2021/1/7/football-darden-named-walter-camp-second-team-all-american.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2zd_pmJ93drH4mcGNpp2RvGLWhCFrM93TCfRFGHsNjwK9VNMeh8RYCkLQ

"Senior wide receiver Jaelon Darden was named a Walter Camp Second Team All-America selection on Thursday, officially making him a consensus All-American. Darden is the Mean Green's first consensus All-American since "Mean" Joe Greene was a consensus first team selection in 1968."

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2 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

https://meangreensports.com/news/2021/1/7/football-darden-named-walter-camp-second-team-all-american.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2zd_pmJ93drH4mcGNpp2RvGLWhCFrM93TCfRFGHsNjwK9VNMeh8RYCkLQ

"Senior wide receiver Jaelon Darden was named a Walter Camp Second Team All-America selection on Thursday, officially making him a consensus All-American. Darden is the Mean Green's first consensus All-American since "Mean" Joe Greene was a consensus first team selection in 1968."

Thanks for this but have you seen anything listing him as a consensus All-American other than our own publicity or BV's article? In the wiki article, he is noted below the consensus All-American list so while he did receive some sort of recognition, he is just not listed as a consensus All-American. 

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26 minutes ago, letsgiveacheer said:

Thanks for this but have you seen anything listing him as a consensus All-American other than our own publicity or BV's article? In the wiki article, he is noted below the consensus All-American list so while he did receive some sort of recognition, he is just not listed as a consensus All-American. 

Oh!

I think you're onto something here Letsgiveacheer...

There are 5 All-American lists that count towards naming players "Consensus" or "Unanimous" All-Americans:
Sporting News, Walter Camp FF, American Football Coaches Assoc, Football Writers of America & the AP.

According to the NCAA's standards for receiving "Consensus" status, players must show up on at least 3 of these lists.   Jaelon shows up on all 5... HOWEVER, there are only 2 spots for Wide Receivers on the All-American teams, and both Devonta Smith & Elijah Moore show up as 1st Team on 4 out of 5 lists (Devante is 1st team on all 5 lists, obviously, and Jaelon is 1st team on the Football Writers of America list).    So Devonta & Elijah get the nods for those 2 "Consensus" spots due to tiebreaker rules (Elijah 4 1st team nods & Jaelon 1 1st Team nod).
However, Jaelon's selection as 1st team by FWAA kept Elijah Moore from getting the coveted "Unanimous" distinction.

Unless there's something I'm missing, I believe you're correct. Jaelon is NOT a "Consensus" All-American, despite showing up on all 5 lists.

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After a little reading, it looks like consensus is defined as at least 3 of the 5 lists on first team.

If a player is 1st team across the board (all 5 lists), it is considered Unanimous AA.

...I thought consensus was on all 5 lists, but you could be on any of their teams (1st, 2nd, etc).  Looks like I was wrong.

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