EUGENE, Ore. — Verone McKinley III joined Kayvon Thibodeaux as a 2021 consensus all-American on Tuesday as both Ducks were named to the Sporting News All-America first team.
A player is recognized as a consensus all-American after being named to the first team by at least half of the five official selectors – the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Associated Press (AP), Sporting News, and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
McKinley has now earned first-team all-America honors by the WCFF, AP, and Sporting News, while also landing on the FWAA second team. The AFCA all-America teams will be revealed on Wednesday.
Thibodeaux secured consensus all-America status on Monday with the release of the AP all-America team. He has been named to the first team by each of the first four official selectors, and can become the fourth unanimous all-American in program history if he is named to the first team by the AFCA.
Thibodeaux and McKinley are the ninth and 10th consensus all-Americans ever for the Ducks, and the first pair of teammates to earn the honor in the same season since Marcus Mariota and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu in 2014. LaMichael James and Cliff Harris also were consensus all-Americans in the same season in 2010.
S Verone McKinley III – Sporting News All-America First Team
» AP All-America first team
» Walter Camp All-America first team
» CBS Sports & ESPN All-America first team
» FWAA All-America second team
» Paycom Jim Thorpe Award finalist
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team
» AP All-Pac-12 first team
» Leads the nation with six interceptions this season
» Second on Oregon with 71 total tackles, third-most among Pac-12 defensive backs
» Leads the Ducks with six pass breakups
» Four interceptions in three games against Ohio State, Stony Brook, and Arizona
» Sealed Oregon's win at then-No. 3 Ohio State with an interception
» Two interceptions vs. Stony Brook, his second career multi-pick game
» 11 career interceptions, one away from cracking the UO all-time top 10
» Six interceptions is one away from the UO single-season top 10.
A player is recognized as a consensus all-American after being named to the first team by at least half of the five official selectors – the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Associated Press (AP), Sporting News, and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
McKinley has now earned first-team all-America honors by the WCFF, AP, and Sporting News, while also landing on the FWAA second team. The AFCA all-America teams will be revealed on Wednesday.
Thibodeaux secured consensus all-America status on Monday with the release of the AP all-America team. He has been named to the first team by each of the first four official selectors, and can become the fourth unanimous all-American in program history if he is named to the first team by the AFCA.
Thibodeaux and McKinley are the ninth and 10th consensus all-Americans ever for the Ducks, and the first pair of teammates to earn the honor in the same season since Marcus Mariota and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu in 2014. LaMichael James and Cliff Harris also were consensus all-Americans in the same season in 2010.
S Verone McKinley III – Sporting News All-America First Team
» AP All-America first team
» Walter Camp All-America first team
» CBS Sports & ESPN All-America first team
» FWAA All-America second team
» Paycom Jim Thorpe Award finalist
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team
» AP All-Pac-12 first team
» Leads the nation with six interceptions this season
» Second on Oregon with 71 total tackles, third-most among Pac-12 defensive backs
» Leads the Ducks with six pass breakups
» Four interceptions in three games against Ohio State, Stony Brook, and Arizona
» Sealed Oregon's win at then-No. 3 Ohio State with an interception
» Two interceptions vs. Stony Brook, his second career multi-pick game
» 11 career interceptions, one away from cracking the UO all-time top 10
» Six interceptions is one away from the UO single-season top 10.
