Indiana University Athletics
Coleman Earns First Team Walter Camp All-America Accolades
12/11/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana junior running back Tevin Coleman is a first team member of the Walter Camp Football Foundation's 125th All-America Team, the organization announced Thursday evening. Coleman is IU's first first team All-American since Antwaan Randle El in 2001 and first Walter Camp first-teamer since Anthony Thompson. The WCFF is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of Thompson's Maxwell Player of the Year honor.
2014 Walter Camp All-America Team
The Walter Camp All-America teams are selected by the head coaches and sports information directors of the 125 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and certified by Marcum LLP, a New Haven-based accounting firm. Walter Camp Football Foundation President James Monico was pleased with the voting participation.
"Once again, we had more than 80 percent of the FBS schools participate in this year's voting," Monico said. "We are very appreciative of the continuing cooperation of the coaches and sports information directors in our annual effort to honor the nation's most outstanding college players."
Coleman, one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award and a first team All-America selection by USA Today and CBS Sports, became the 18th player in FBS history to reach 2,000 rushing yards in a single season with his 130-yard effort in the team's 23-16 Old Oaken Bucket victory over Purdue. He ranks 15th on the all-time list and tops the school's list with 2,036 yards.
A first team All-Big Ten selection, Coleman (264 attempts) became the fourth-fastest rusher to reach 2,000 behind Melvin Gordon (241), Larry Johnson (251) and Mike Rozier (258), besting Barry Sanders (268). He is just the third Big Ten rusher to reach the milestone in the regular season, joining Gordon and Larry Johnson (2002). Coleman's 7.5 yards per carry is the fifth-highest among the 18 2,000-yard rushers.
He is second nationally in rushing yards (2,036), rushing yards per game (169.7), all-purpose yards per game (181.4) and yards from scrimmage per game (181.4), third in all-purpose yards (2,177) and yards from scrimmage (2,177), fifth in rushing yards per carry (7.54), tied for 15th in rushing touchdowns (15) and tied for 18th in total touchdowns (15) this season.
Coleman shares the national lead with 11 100-yard games, and he is tied for second with six 150-yarders and four 200-yarders. He is leading the country in 20- (10), 30- (9), 40- (8), 50- (6) and 60- (5), and he is tied for the top spot in 70- (3), 80- (2) and 90-yard (1) TD runs.
On the Hoosiers single-season lists, Coleman is first with 2,036 rushing yards, 7.5 yards per rush and four 200-yard games, tied for first with 11 100-yard games, six 150-yard games and one 300-yard game, tied for second with one 250-yard game, fourth with 2,177 all-purpose yards and 15 rushing touchdowns, sixth with 15 total touchdowns and 270 attempts, and eighth with 90 points.
On the Hoosiers career lists, Coleman is first with 7.1 yards per attempt, fourth with 28 rushing touchdowns, fifth with 3,219 rushing yards and 4,292 all-purpose yards, and tied for sixth with 29 total scores. He has 15 career 100-yard games, which is fifth in the Indiana record book, eight 150-yard games (third), five 200-yard games (first), one 250-yard game (tied for second) and one 300-yard game (tied for first).
The 2014 Walter Camp Player of the Year and members of the All-America team will be honored at the organization's national awards banquet, presented by First Niagara Bank, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
