Pickett and Addison Named First Team Walter Camp All-Americans
12/9/2021 9:00:00 PM | Football
PITTSBURGH—Pitt's Kenny Pickett and Jordan Addison—the nation's top quarterback-wide receiver combination—were honored as first team All-Americans by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, it was revealed tonight during ESPN's live telecast of The Home Depot College Football Awards.
The Walter Camp All-America Team is selected by the nation's 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) head coaches and sports information directors. It is college football's oldest All-America squad, dating back to 1889.
Pickett becomes only the third Pitt quarterback to earn first-team All-America honors, joining Dan Marino (1981) and Matt Cavanaugh (1977).
Addison is the first Pitt wide receiver to be honored as a first team All-American since Larry Fitzgerald in 2003.
It is fitting that Pickett and Addison be honored in tandem on the prestigious Walter Camp team. The pair fueled Pitt's prolific offense to record-setting heights in 2021. The Panthers are averaging 43 points per game (third highest nationally) and 502.9 yards per outing (fifth highest).
Pickett, a Heisman Trophy finalist and recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, has completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Including his five rushing scores, he has totaled 47 touchdowns this season.
Pickett's passing yardage, passing touchdowns, total TDs and completions are all Pitt season records. He also set an ACC season record for touchdown passes (eclipsing the prior mark of 41 set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson in 2016).
Pickett eclipsed Marino in each of the Panthers' major career categories. Pickett stands as the Pitt's all-time leader in passing yards (12,303), pass completions (1,045), total offense (13,112), touchdown responsibility (102) and passing touchdowns (81). His 20 career rushing touchdowns are also a new standard for a Pitt quarterback.
Addison was honored for the second time this evening. Earlier in the ESPN telecast he was named the 2021 recipient of the Biletnikoff Award, presented to college football's outstanding receiver. He becomes Pitt's third winner of the award, joining Fitzgerald (2003) and Antonio Bryant (2000).
Addison compiled 93 receptions for 1,479 yards (15.9 avg.) and a national-best 17 touchdowns. His yardage ranks third in the country and first among Power 5 receivers.
Addison collected seven 100-yard receiving games this season, including his memorable 202-yard, four-touchdown effort in the Panthers' Coastal Division-clinching win over Virginia last month.
In Pitt single-season annals, Addison's receiving yardage and scoring receptions are second only to Fitzgerald, who had 1,672 yards and 22 scores in 2003. Addison is also second at Pitt in receptions in a season. He needs just four catches in Pitt's bowl game to eclipse Maurice Ffrench's record of 96 set in 2019.
Pickett and Addison helped lead the Panthers to an 11-2 record, their first ACC championship and a berth in the Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where they will face Michigan State (10-2).
The game, which will be nationally televised by ESPN and kick off at 7 p.m., marks Pitt's first New Year's Six bowl in the College Football Playoff era.
The Walter Camp All-America squad is among the five used in the NCAA's selection of an annual college football consensus All-America team. The other selectors, which will release their teams in the coming days, are Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Sporting News.
PITT NATIONAL POSTSEASON HONORS
Jordan Addison—Wide Receiver
Biletnikoff Award
Walter Camp All-American (first team)
Kenny Pickett—Quarterback
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Walter Camp All-American (first team)
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The Walter Camp All-America Team is selected by the nation's 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) head coaches and sports information directors. It is college football's oldest All-America squad, dating back to 1889.
Pickett becomes only the third Pitt quarterback to earn first-team All-America honors, joining Dan Marino (1981) and Matt Cavanaugh (1977).
Addison is the first Pitt wide receiver to be honored as a first team All-American since Larry Fitzgerald in 2003.
It is fitting that Pickett and Addison be honored in tandem on the prestigious Walter Camp team. The pair fueled Pitt's prolific offense to record-setting heights in 2021. The Panthers are averaging 43 points per game (third highest nationally) and 502.9 yards per outing (fifth highest).
Pickett, a Heisman Trophy finalist and recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, has completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Including his five rushing scores, he has totaled 47 touchdowns this season.
Pickett's passing yardage, passing touchdowns, total TDs and completions are all Pitt season records. He also set an ACC season record for touchdown passes (eclipsing the prior mark of 41 set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson in 2016).
Pickett eclipsed Marino in each of the Panthers' major career categories. Pickett stands as the Pitt's all-time leader in passing yards (12,303), pass completions (1,045), total offense (13,112), touchdown responsibility (102) and passing touchdowns (81). His 20 career rushing touchdowns are also a new standard for a Pitt quarterback.
Addison was honored for the second time this evening. Earlier in the ESPN telecast he was named the 2021 recipient of the Biletnikoff Award, presented to college football's outstanding receiver. He becomes Pitt's third winner of the award, joining Fitzgerald (2003) and Antonio Bryant (2000).
Addison compiled 93 receptions for 1,479 yards (15.9 avg.) and a national-best 17 touchdowns. His yardage ranks third in the country and first among Power 5 receivers.
Addison collected seven 100-yard receiving games this season, including his memorable 202-yard, four-touchdown effort in the Panthers' Coastal Division-clinching win over Virginia last month.
In Pitt single-season annals, Addison's receiving yardage and scoring receptions are second only to Fitzgerald, who had 1,672 yards and 22 scores in 2003. Addison is also second at Pitt in receptions in a season. He needs just four catches in Pitt's bowl game to eclipse Maurice Ffrench's record of 96 set in 2019.
Pickett and Addison helped lead the Panthers to an 11-2 record, their first ACC championship and a berth in the Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where they will face Michigan State (10-2).
The game, which will be nationally televised by ESPN and kick off at 7 p.m., marks Pitt's first New Year's Six bowl in the College Football Playoff era.
The Walter Camp All-America squad is among the five used in the NCAA's selection of an annual college football consensus All-America team. The other selectors, which will release their teams in the coming days, are Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Sporting News.
PITT NATIONAL POSTSEASON HONORS
Jordan Addison—Wide Receiver
Biletnikoff Award
Walter Camp All-American (first team)
Kenny Pickett—Quarterback
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Walter Camp All-American (first team)
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