The bowls are in full swing and the holiday season is upon us. With the 2009 campaign winding down, we begin to take one last look at the 2009 season with our fantasy awards. We kick things off with our Fantasy Freshman All-Americans and All-Conference performers.
Most freshman All-American lists combine true freshmen and redshirt freshmen. While we feel both should be recognized for their efforts in their first season of playing time, we also recognize that redshirt freshman have a distinct advantage over their fresh-out-of-high-school counterparts.
So we've broken our Freshman All-Americans into two parts. Those that had a year under the belt to get acclimated, bulk up and take their lumps on the practice squad and those that were thrown directly into the fire after prom.
Here are CFFinsider's Freshman All-Americans for 2010:
True Freshman Fantasy All-Americans
QB Tate Forcier, Michigan
RB Dion Lewis, Pitt
RB Bernard Pierce, Temple
WR Eric Page, Toledo
WR Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina
TE Orson Charles, Georgia
K Dustin Hopkins, FSU
Redshirt Freshman Fantasy All-Americans
QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
RB Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech
RB LaMichael James, Oregon
WR Alex Torres, Texas Tech
WR Chris Givens, Wake Forest
K Grant Ressel, Missouri
True Freshman All-Conference
ACC: Conner Vernon (WR, Duke)
Big East: Dion Lewis (RB, Pitt)
Big Ten: Tate Forcier (QB, Michigan)
Big 12: Christine Michael (RB, Texas A&M)
Pac-10: Matt Barkley (QB , USC)
SEC: Warren Norman (RB, Vandy)
C-USA: Charles Sims (RB, Houston)
MAC: Bernard Pierce (RB, Temple)
MWC: Austyn Carta-Samuels (QB, Wyoming)
Sun Belt: Shawn Southward (RB, Troy)
WAC: Robbie Rouse (RB, Fresno State)
Independents: Nick Tausch (K, Notre Dame)
Honorable Mention: Mohamed Sanu (WR, Rutgers), Brandon Wegher (RB, Iowa), Larry Caper (RB, Michigan State), Uzoma Nwachukwu (WR, Texas A&M), Toben Opurum (RB, Kansas), Trent Richardson (RB, Alabama), Alshon Jeffery (WR, South Carolina), Chad Bumphis (WR, Mississippi State), Washaun Ealey (RB, Georgia), Onterio McCalebb (RB, Auburn), Kyle Padron (QB, SMU), Charles Ross (RB, Rice), Eric Page (WR, Toledo), Spencer Keith (QB, Kent St.),Matthew Tucker (RB, TCU), Alvester Alexander (RB , Wyoming)
Redshirt Freshman All-Conference
ACC: Ryan Williams (RB, Virginia Tech)
Big East: Darius Ashley (RB, Louisville)
Big Ten: Adam Robinson (RB, Iowa)
Big 12: Alex Torres (WR, Texas Tech)
Pac-10: LaMichael James (RB, Ore)
SEC: Chris Relf (QB, Mississippi St.)
C-USA: Antavious Wilson (WR, Marshall)
MAC: Zac Dysert (QB, Mia-Oh)
MWC: Ed Wesley (RB, TCU)
Sun Belt: Kawuan Jakes (QB, Western Kentucky)
WAC: Brandon Wimberly (WR, Nevada)
Independents: Trent Steelman (QB, Army)
Honorable Mention: Kyle Parker (QB , Clemson), Chris Givens (WR, Wake Forest), B.J. Daniels (QB, South Florida) Darius Willis (RB, Indiana), Landry Jones (QB, Oklahoma), Andrew Luck (QB, Stanford), Chris Polk (RB, Washington), Kenny Miles (RB, South Carolina), Matt Weller (K, Ohio), QB Riley Dodge, (QB, North Texas), Darius Carey (WR, North Texas), Matt Hogan (K, Houston)