Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

I’m taking a little different route with my all underclass teams.

The criterion is as follows (criterion or criteria, does anyone care?):

• Although I’m a huge stat guy, I’m not going by just stats, I want the best guys on my team. My goal here is to build the most bruiser 2007 class I can. I want this team to be an unstoppable rebel force.

• I don’t care if someone is a shoe-in for the draft, if eligibility exists and he can cut it, he’s All-Abramson.

• One punter, one kicker, two reasons. Well one reason, nobody really likes them anyway…or so the myth goes.

• Each selection will possess the ability to squat the equivalent of one school bus packed with seventh graders (trust me, every guy I’m picking can accomplish this feat).
  

Once again, props to my main man Furnk for A) Convincing me to switch it from All-Adam to All Abramson, and B) The Paul Posluszny factoids...especially the second one, amazing trivia question/answer.

Let’s get nasty:

All-Abramson Underclassmen Offense

*(Second team in parenthesis)

Quarterback
Brian Brohm, Louisville
(Colt Brennan, Hawaii)

Running Back
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma
(Darren McFadden, Arkansas)

Fullback
Jacob Hester, LSU
(Owen Schmitt, West Virginia)

Wide Receivers
Dwayne Jarrett, Southern California; Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
(Patrick Turner, Southern California; Robert Meacham, Tennessee)

Tight End
Zach Miller, Arizona State
(Martellus Bennett, Texas A&M)

Tackles
Sam Baker, Southern California; Jake Long, Michigan
(Jeremy Zuttah, Rutgers; Duane Brown, Virginia Tech)

Center
Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas
(Antoine Caldwell, Alabama)

Guards
Jeremy Perry, Oregon State; Andrew Crummey, Maryland
(Chilo Rachal, Southern California; Michael Oher, Ole Miss)

Returner
DeSean Jackson, California
(Ted Ginn, Jr., Ohio State)

Punter
Durant Brooks, Georgia Tech

Kicker
Art Carmody, Louisville

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All-Abramson Underclassmen Defense

Defensive Ends
Charles Johnson, Georgia; Bruce Davis, UCLA
(Ian Campbell, Kansas State; Jamal Anderson, Arkansas)

Defensive Tackles
Glenn Dorsey, LSU; Frank Okam, Texas
(Alan Branch, Michigan; Terrill Byrd, Cincinnati)

Linebackers
James Laurinaitis, Ohio State; Dan Connor, Penn State; Brandon Siler, Florida
(Vince Hall, Virginia Tech; Alvin Bowen, Iowa State; Shawn Crable, Michigan)

Cornerbacks
Brandon Flowers, Virginia Tech; Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
(Darrelle Revis, Pittsburgh; Nic Harris, Oklahoma)

Safeties
Reggie Nelson, Florida; Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame
(Kenny Phillips, Miami; Reggie Smith, Oklahoma)

• I made the same mistake as the Associated Press by originally putting OT Jake Long from Michigan on the senior team (he’s listed as a senior by the AP), but he’s indeed a junior. Levi Brown from Penn State is now an All-Senior first team and Zac Tubbs from Arkansas is now All-Abramson. Will someone inform him, please? Thanks.

• Chuck, you're right about Rouse. I had the pleasure of chatting with him over the course of his first three years in Blacksburg. He's a really nice guy off the field -- definitely someone you want to see succeed on the field. It's a shame his productivity was down this year; I hope it doesn't hurt his draft stock. Last year he was definitely a late-day first rounder, we can only hope the same goes for this year. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about: Virginia Tech rover Aaron Rouse (#36). He had a monster junior year and could have gone pro, but stayed and had a sub-par senior campaign.

• I will say there were a ton of tough omissions on here. Feel free to debate me on my picks. I like friendly banter.
  

That’s all for now. I’m going to take a little break before I get cracking on the freshman team. My goal is to have that up when you’re rolling into work tomorrow.