Colorado’s Ryan Miller, a senior offensive lineman for the Buffaloes, on Thursday was named a second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the school said.
Miller — a 6-foot-8, 295-pound guard — set a school record for most career games started with 48. The former standout at Columbine High in Littleton allowed just five sacks in 3,320 plays over his career at CU.
“It sure feels good. I feel honored and I am very thankful to have played five seasons in front of all the Buff fans at Folsom Field and for coach Embree this year,” Miller said in a release. “It’s been an honor and pleasure.”
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck was named Walter Camp player of the year after he threw for 3,170 yards and a school-record 35 touchdowns as a senior. He helped lead No. 4 Stanford to an 11-1 record and a bid to play No. 3 Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl.
He highlighted the first team, along with Alabama junior running back Trent Richardson and LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu.
Alabama, which will play LSU in the BCS title game, had the most players chosen for the first team with four. Stanford had three, LSU two. Players from 19 schools and six conferences made up the first team.
The Walter Camp team is chosen by coaches and sports information directors from the 120 FBS teams.
2011 WALTER CAMP ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First team offense
QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
RB LaMichael James, Oregon
RB Trent Richardson, Alabama
WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
WR Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
TE Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
OL David DeCastro, Stanford
OL Barrett Jones, Alabama
OL Matt Kalil, USC
OL Jonathan Martin, Stanford
C David Molk, Michigan
PK Randy Bullock, Texas A&M
First team defense
DL Whitney Mercilus, Illinois
DL Devon Still, Penn State
DL Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
DL Jerel Worthy, Michigan State
LB Luke Kuechly, Boston College
LB Dont’a Hightower, Alabama
LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia
DB Morris Claiborne, LSU
DB Mark Barron, Alabama
DB Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
DB David Amerson, North Carolina State
P Shawn Powell, Florida State
KR Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
Second team offense
QB Robert Griffin III, Baylor
RB Montee Ball, Wisconsin
RB Bobby Rainey, Western Kentucky
WR Robert Woods, USC
WR Jordan White, Western Michigan
TE Orson Charles, Georgia
OL Levy Adcock, Oklahoma State
OL Nate Potter, Boise State
OL Ryan Miller, Colorado
OL Kevin Zeitler, Wisconsin
C William Vlachos, Alabama
PK Caleb Sturgis, Florida
Second team defense
DL Frank Alexander, Oklahoma
DL Vinny Curry, Marshall
DL Andre Branch, Clemson
DL Joe Vellano, Maryland
LB Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
LB Lavonte David, Nebraska
LB Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
DB Bacarri Rambo, Georgia
DB Matt Daniels, Duke
DB Nigel Malone, Kansas State
DB Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt
P Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech
KR Joe Adams, Arkansas
