Alabama’s Mac Jones and Landon Dickerson were both named to the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I Football First Team, while Jones was named the Football Academic All-American of the Year, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Monday.
The duo earned the elite scholastic honors after helping lead the Crimson Tide to its 18th national football title and 28th Southeastern Conference championship during the 2020 season.
Alabama is one of just three schools, along with Boise State and Coastal Carolina, to have more than one player earn first-team honors. The Crimson Tide is also the only team to make the College Football Playoff and have a player earn Academic All-America recognition from this past season.
Mac Jones
Quarterback
- Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in December of 2019, maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade-point average during his undergraduate career
- Completed his master’s degree in sport hospitality in December of 2020, again finishing with a perfect 4.0 GPA
- Named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the completion of the 2020 campaign in addition to being selected as a consensus first team All-American for his play on the field
- Recipient of the Davey O’Brien, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm and Manning awards while also being one of four finalists for the Heisman Trophy last season
- Led the nation with a 201.1 passer rating and a 96.1 QBR while guiding the Crimson Tide to a perfect 13-0 record and the program’s 18th national championship
Landon Dickerson
Offensive Lineman
- Held a 3.68 GPA and earned his undergraduate degree in sports management in August of 2019 while at Florida State where he graduated Cum Laude in only three years
- Continued his studies at Alabama by pursuing his master’s in business administration, graduating with a 3.72 GPA in Spring of 2021
- Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District IV honors following the 2019 and 2020 seasons
- Selected as a unanimous first team All-American and was the 2020 winner of the Rimington Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top center
- Averaged an overall blocking grade of 91.3 and finished at 99.6 on all assignments in 2020 prior to a season-ending injury in the SEC Championship Game
Alabama Football Academic All-Americans
- Mac Jones is the third Alabama player to earn CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year honors, joining Barrett Jones (2012) and Greg McElroy (2010)
- Alabama football is one of just four schools with more than one Football Academic All-American of the Year honor
- With these latest accolades, a total of 25 Alabama football players have now earned Academic All-America recognition 30 times with Barrett Jones, Johnny Musson and Randy Hall all earning multiple honors
- Alabama football’s complete list of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans include: Tommy Brooker (1961), Pat Trammell (1961), Gaylon McCollough (1964), Dennis Homan (1965), Steve Sloan (1965), Bob Childs (1967), Steve Davis (1967), Musso (1970, 1971), Carey Varnado (1970), Kim Krapf (1972), Hall (1973, 1974), Dave McMakin (1973), Danny Ridgeway (1975), Lou Green (1977), Wayne Hamilton (1977), Major Ogilvie (1979), Malcolm Simmons (1983), Kenny King (2002), Barrett Jones (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Colin Peek (2009), Greg McElroy (2010), Arie Kouandjio (2014), Keaton Anderson (2018), Mac Jones (2020) and Landon Dickerson (2020)
- Overall Crimson Tide has tallied 194 CoSIDA Academic All-America certificates across its 21 sports, ranking fifth all-time among Division I schools
This information was acquired via a recent press release.
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