Three Sooners Earn FWAA All-America

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Oklahoma senior defensive end Dan Cody, senior offensive tackle Jammal Brown and freshman running back Adrian Peterson were named to the 2004 Football Writers Association of America's 61st All-America Team announced Saturday afternoon during a televised program on ABC Sports from the ABC Theater at Disney-MGM studios.

The FWAA All-America Team, the second-longest continuously-published team in college football, has been a staple of college football since 1944. But this is the first time in 15 years the team has been shown on television, during a program sponsored by Cingular.

Big Ten co-champion Michigan led all teams with four players on the FWAA's 25-man team senior offensive lineman David Baas, senior wide receiver Braylon Edwards and two defensive backs, seniors Marlin Jackson and Ernest Shazor.

Jammal Brown | Dan Cody | Adrian Peterson | OU All-Americans

Oklahoma, which placed six players on the FWAA team a year ago, was next with three standout freshman running back Adrian Peterson, senior offensive tackle Jammal Brown, the Outland Trophy winner, and senior defensive end Dan Cody.

Peterson is the only freshman on the team, which includes two sophomores.

Complete 2004 FWAA All-America Team

Top-ranked USC had two players on the team, sophomore kick returner Reggie Bush and senior defensive lineman Shaun Cody. The other sophomore on the FWAA team was Michigan State punter Brandon Fields.

There were four FWAA All-Americans from teams other than those in the six major Bowl Championship Series conferences.

Mountain West Conference champion Utah placed quarterback Alex Smith and senior offensive lineman Chris Kemoeatu on the team.

Southern Mississippi senior linebacker Michael Boley from Conference USA and Marshall senior defensive end Jonathan Goddard from the Mid-American Conference were the other selections from the smaller leagues.

And there were two repeat FWAA All-Americas from a year ago, Texas senior linebacker Derrick Johnson and Florida State senior offensive tackle Alex Barron. Georgia end David Pollack, another senior who was named the Lombardi Trophy winner, made the team two years ago as a sophomore.

The FWAA team has included most of the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award winners over the years and Outland Trophy winners. Those are the three oldest awards in major-college football.

For 61 years, the FWAA has selected an All-America team with the help of its members and an All-America Committee, which represents each regions in the country.

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