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1995 All Big East Conference football team

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The 1995 All-Big East Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Big East Conference ("Big East") teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Selectors in 1995 included the Football News (FN).

Contents

Six teams placed more than two players on the first team as follows:

  • Despite finishing in last place in the conference, Pittsburgh (0–7 record in conference play) led the conference with four players on the All-Big East first team. The Pitt honorees were: wide receiver Dietrich Jells, linebacker Tom Tumulty, placekicker Chris Ferencik, and punter Nate Cochran.
  • Conference champion Virginia Tech was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: offensive lineman Bill Conaty and defensive linemen Cornell Brown and J. C. Price.
  • Syracuse was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll and also placed three players on the first team: quarterback Donovan McNabb, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, and defensive back Kevin Abrams.
  • Miami was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: running back Danyell Ferguson, defensive lineman Kenny Holmes, and linebacker Ray Lewis.
  • Fourth-place West Virginia also placed three on the first team: linebacker Canute Curtis and defensive backs Torrian Gray and William Yarborough.
  • Sixth-place Rugers also placed three on the first team: running back Terrell Willis, tight end Marco Battaglia, and offensive lineman Pat Cormann.
  • Quarterbacks

  • Donovan McNabb, Syracuse (FN)
  • Running backs

  • Danyell Ferguson, Miami (FN)
  • Terrell Willis, Rutgers (FN)
  • Wide receivers

  • Marvin Harrison, Syracuse (FN)
  • Dietrich Jells, Pittsburgh (FN)
  • Tight ends

  • Marco Battaglia, Rutgers (FN)
  • Offensive linemen

  • Pat Corman, Rutgers (FN)
  • Bill Conaty, Virginia Tech (FN)
  • John Summerday, Temple (FN)
  • Pete Kendall, Boston College (FN)
  • Defensive linemen

  • Cornell Brown, Virginia Tech (FN)
  • J. C. Price, Virginia Tech (FN)
  • Kenny Holmes, Miami (FN)
  • Linebackers

  • Ray Lewis, Miami (FN)
  • Lance Johnstone, Temple (FN)
  • Tom Tumulty, Pittsburgh (FN)
  • Canute Curtis, West Virginia (FN)
  • Defensive backs

  • Kevin Abrams, Syracuse (FN)
  • Torrian Gray, West Virginia (FN)
  • William Yarborough, West Virginia (FN)
  • Placekickers

  • Chris Ferencik, Pittsburgh (FN)
  • Punters

  • Nate Cochran, Pittsburgh (FN)
  • Key

    FN = Football News

    References

    1995 All-Big East Conference football team Wikipedia