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The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of Alabama in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). All-America selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.
Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Alabama has had 125 players honored a total of 144 times as First Team All-America for their performance on the field of play. Included in these selections are 68 consensus selections, 31 of which were unanimous selections. In 2009, Alabama set both a school and national record for AP All-Americans with six first team selections. The most recent All-Americans from Alabama came after the 2016 season, when Jonathan Allen, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Reuben Foster, O. J. Howard, Marlon Humphrey and Cam Robinson were each named First Team All-America by various selectors.