Bowl Championship Series Online Announces 1999 All-America Team

Urlacher named to second-team defense.

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Dec. 13, 1999

Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton, who became the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-time touchdown passing leader in 1999, has been named 1999 Player of the Year in conjunction with the 2nd annual Bowl Championship Series Online All-America team, as selected by ABC Sports' college football announcers and production team.

Bowl Championship Series Online (espn.com), a part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), is the official site of college football’s Bowl Championship Series, which culminates with the live January 4 ABC Sports telecast of the Nokia Sugar Bowl pitting top-ranked Florida State against second-ranked Virginia Tech for the national championship. BCS Online houses exclusive coverage of all four games comprising the series, including on-site coverage, analysis from ABC’s announcers, and multimedia highlights.

First Team Offense
QB  Joe Hamiton           Georgia Tech
RB  Ron Dayne             Wisconsin
RB  Thomas Jones          Virginia
WR  Troy Walters          Stanford
WR  Peter Warrick         Florida State
TE  James Whalen          Kentucky
OL  Cosey Coleman         Tennessee
OL  Chris McIntosh        Wisconsin
OL  Rob Riti              Missouri
OL  Chris Samuels         Alabama
OL  Jason Whitaker        Florida State
PK  Sebastian Janikowski  Florida State
KR  David Allen           Kansas State

First Team Defense
DL  Courtney Brown    Penn State
DL  Casey Hampton     Texas
DL  Corey Moore       Virginia Tech
DL  Corey Simon       Florida State
LB  LaVar Arrington   Penn State
LB  Brandon Short     Penn State
LB  Mark Simoneau     Kansas State
DB  Ralph Brown       Nebraska
DB  Tyrone Carter     Minnesota
DB  Jamar Fletcher    Wisconsin
DB  Deon Grant        Tennessee
P   Shane Lechler     Texas A&M

Player of the Year  Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech
Coach of the Year   Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech

Second Team Offense
QB  Michael Vick      Virginia Tech
RB  Shaun Alexander   Alabama
RB  Trung Canidate    Arizona
WR  Kwame Cavil       Texas
WR  Trevor Insley     Nevada
TE  Bubba Franks      Miami
OL  Brad Bedell       Colorado
OL  Jon Carman        Georgia Tech
OL  Steve Hutchinson  Michigan
OL  Richard Mercier   Miami
OL  Casey Rabach      Wisconsin		
PK  Jamie Rheen       Kansas State
KR  Ben Kelly         Colorado

Second Team Defense
DL  Alex Brown        Florida
DL  Rob Renes         Michigan
DL  Adalius Thomas    Southern Mississippi
DL  Steve Warren      Nebraska
LB  Jashon Sykes      Colorado 
LB  Raynoch Thompson  Tennessee
LB  Nate Webster      Miami
DB  Mike Brown        Nebraska
DB  Rodregis Brooks   UAB
DB  Deltha O’Neal     California
DB  Brian Urlacher    New Mexico
P   Andrew Bayes      East Carolina