Ingram Named to First Team Walter Camp All-America Squad
Senior Defensive Lineman Earns Recognition

Dec. 8, 2011

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University of South Carolina senior defensive end Melvin Ingram has been named to the 2011 Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America team, the 122nd honored by the organization. The nation's oldest All-America team was announced live this evening on the Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show.

Ingram, a 6-2, 276-pounder from Hamlet, N.C., led the Gamecocks with 13.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks. He also intercepted two passes, was credited with six quarterback hurries and scored three touchdowns, including a 68-yard scamper on a fake punt in the Gamecocks' win at Georgia. Earlier in the week he was named first-team All-America by AFCA.

The Walter Camp All-America team is selected by the head coaches and sports information directors of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and certified by Marcum LLP, a New Haven-based accounting firm. Walter Camp Football Foundation President John Marks was pleased with the voting participation.

"Once again, we had more than 80 percent of the Bowl Subdivision schools participate in this year's voting," Marks 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."

The 2011 Walter Camp Player of the Year and members of the All-America team will be honored at the organization's national awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.  In addition, the Foundation will honor NFL Hall-of-Famer Harry Carson and former Walter Camp All-Americans and NFL All-Pro Chris Spielman (Ohio State) - with major awards.

2011 Walter Camp All-America Teams

First Team Offense

Pos.     Name, School                                      Class   Hometown                  Height Weight

QB       Andrew Luck, Stanford #                    Sr.        Houston,
TX                6-4       235

RB       LaMichael James, Oregon *                 Jr.        Texarkana,
TX             5-9       195

RB       Trent Richardson, Alabama                 Jr.        Pensacola,
FL              5-11     224

WR      Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State *    Jr.        Ardmore, OK
6-1       215

WR      Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma *                  Sr.        Norman,
OK                5-10     188

TE        Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame                     Jr.        Fort Wayne,
IN            6-6       249

OL       David DeCastro, Stanford                    Sr.        Bellevue,
WA              6-5       310

OL       Barrett Jones, Alabama                        Jr.        Memphis,
TN               6-5       311

OL       Matt Kalil, USC                                   Jr.        Corona,
CA                 6-7       295

OL       Jonathan Martin, Stanford                   Sr.        Los Angeles,
CA          6-6       304

C          David Molk, Michigan                         Sr.        Lemont,
IL                   6-2       286

PK       Randy Bullock, Texas A&M               Sr.        Klein,
TX                     5-9       212



First Team Defense

DL       Whitney Mercilus, Illinois                    Jr.        Akron,
OH                   6-4       265

DL       Devon Still, Penn State                                    Sr.
Wilmington, DE           6-5       310

DL       Melvin Ingram, South Carolina                        Sr.        Hamlet,
NC                  6-2       276

DL       Jerel Worthy, Michigan State               Jr.        Huber Heights,
OH      6-3       310

LB       Luke Kuechly, Boston College *         Jr.        Cincinnati,
OH             6-3       237

LB       Dont'a Hightower, Alabama                Jr.        Lewisburg,
TN             6-4       260

LB       Jarvis Jones, Georgia                           Soph.   Columbus,
GA             6-3       241

DB       Morris Claiborne, LSU                         Jr.        Shreveport,
LA                        6-0       185

DB       Mark Barron, Alabama                                    Sr.        Mobile,
AL                  6-2       218

DB       Tyrann Mathieu, LSU                          Soph.   New Orleans,
LA         5-9       175

DB       David Amerson, North Carolina State  Soph.   Greensboro, NC
6-3       194

P          Shawn Powell, Florida State                 Sr.        Rome,
GA                   6-4       235

KR       Tyler Lockett, Kansas State                 Fr.        Tulsa,
OK                    5-11     170



Second Team Offense

Pos.     Name, School                                      Class
Hometown                  Height Weight

QB       Robert Griffin III, Baylor                    Jr.        Copperas Cove,
TX     6-2       220

RB       Montee Ball, Wisconsin                                   Jr.
Wentzville, MO                       5-11     210

RB       Bobby Rainey, Western Kentucky       Sr.        Griffin,
GA                  5-8       205

WR      Robert Woods, USC                            Soph.   Carson,
CA                  6-1       180

WR      Jordan White, Western Michigan         Sr.        Cleveland, OH
6-0       215

TE        Orson Charles, Georgia                                    Jr.
Tampa, FL                   6-3       241

OL       Levy Adcock, Oklahoma State                        Sr.        Claremore,
OK                        6-6       322

OL       Nate Potter, Boise State                                    Sr.
Boise, ID                     6-6       295

OL       Ryan Miller, Colorado                         Sr.        Littleton,
CO                6-8       295

OL       Kevin Zeitler, Wisconsin                     Sr.        Waukesha,
WI             6-4       315

C          William Vlachos, Alabama                  Sr.        Birmingham,
AL          6-1       294

PK       Caleb Sturgis, Florida                           Jr.        St. Augustine,
FL         5-11     183



Second Team Defense

DL       Frank Alexander, Oklahoma               Sr.        Baton Rouge, LA
6-4       255

DL       Vinny Curry, Marshall                        Sr.        Neptune,
NJ                6-4       263

DL       Andre Branch, Clemson                     Sr.        Richmond, VA
6-5       260

DL       Joe Vellano, Maryland                        Jr.        Rexford,
NY               6-2       285

LB       Manti Te'o, Notre Dame                     Jr.        Laie,
HI                       6-2       255

LB       Lavonte David, Nebraska                   Sr.        Miami,
FL                   6-1       225

LB       Courtney Upshaw, Alabama               Sr.        Eufaula,
AL                6-2       265

DB      Bacarri Rambo, Georgia                     Jr.        Donalsonville, GA
6-0       218

DB      Matt Daniels, Duke                             Sr.        Fayetteville,
GA         6-1       210

DB      Nigel Malone, Kansas State                Jr.        Manteca,
CA               5-10     176

DB      Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt               Sr.        Elko,
GA                     6-0       188

P          Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech                Jr.        Salem,
OR                   6-2       215

KR      Joe Adams, Arkansas                          Sr.        Little Rock,
AR          5-11     190





* - 2010 Walter Camp First Team All-America

# - 2010 Walter Camp Second Team All-America