Mark Ingram Alabama Football (courtesy of UA Media Relations)

Alabama Crimson Tide football players Mark Ingram and Julio Jones were named Playboy Preseason All-Americans, and Greg McElroy won the Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete Award. The official press release follows below:

MARK INGRAM AND JULIO JONES RECOGNIZED AS PLAYBOY ALL-AMERICANS WHILE GREG MCELROY NAMED ANSON MOUNT SCHOLAR-ATHLETE WINNER
(UA) Alabama junior tailback Mark Ingram and junior wide receiver Julio Jones were named to the 2010 Playboy Preseason All-America Team. This is the second straight year on the team for Jones as he was also a selection in 2009. Senior quarterback Greg McElroy was named the winner of the Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete Award by the same publication. Playboy will send a check for $5,000 to the University of Alabama’s general scholarship fund in McElroy’s name.

Ingram was Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner in 2009 as he helped lead the Crimson Tide to the school’s 13th national championship. He set the school record with 1,658 yards rushing and added 20 total touchdowns. Jones has led UA in receiving in each of his two seasons at the Capstone. Known as an outstanding all-around player who also excels as a blocker and a returner, Jones has totaled 1,520 yards with eight touchdowns over the last two seasons.

McElroy was the signal caller for Alabama’s perfect season in 2009 and has not lost a game as a starting quarterback since the eighth grade. He was the MVP of the SEC Championship game against Florida last December and finished the season with 2,508 passing yards with 17 touchdowns and just four interceptions. The Texas native graduated in the summer of 2009 with a 3.86 GPA in business marketing and is now pursuing a master’s degree. McElroy is currently in the process of preparing his application for a Rhodes Scholarship.

Jones, Javier Arenas and Rolando McClain were selected as Playboy Preseason All-Americans in 2009. Andre Smith was on the 2008 team and prior to that, Roman Harper was recognized as part of the prestigious group in 2005.

This year marks the 54th year of the Playboy All-America Team, the direct descendent of the original All-America as conceived by Walter Camp back in the 1890’s. Camp, then Grantland Rice, then a number of other editors and writers selected an All-America team for Collier¹s Magazine until Collier¹s went out of business in 1956. An enterprising Hugh Hefner, who had just started Playboy Magazine in 1953, realized a great college football tradition was about to disappear. He hired Collier’s writer Francis Wallace who then selected the team for Playboy in 1957. Anson Mount took over the next year and became the most successful college football prognosticator over the next 29 years. Gary Cole followed Mount when he passed away in 1986 and, with the help of football guru Gil Brandt, has been selecting the team and predicting Playboy’s Top 25 ever since.

22 thoughts on “Playboy All-Americans: Mark Ingram, Julio Jones”

  1. Congratulations to Julio, Mark and Greg, and congratulations to our regional champion baseball team. Mandi, oh Mandi wherefore art thou Baseball Bitch? Where are the Barners? Where are the Corndogs? We’ll show you pig farmers how to beat Clemson when they drag their asses to the T-Town Super Regional. Bwaa Haww Haww!

  2. congrats are in order to mark and greg but,julio on the other hand didnt have that great of a season.granted he was hurt but he better get his ass in gear and step it up to deserve what hes been garnered with.

  3. Dude, you’re nuts. Even though I know you’re not one, you sound like a Barner or Corndog troll. Yes, for whatever reason Julio sometimes seems to lose concentration on short, quick passes in the flat. But in the winning IB drive he caught 4 critical 3rd down passes like that to give Upchurch the chance for the td. Against LSWho he took a pass at the LOS and smoked the whole Corndog team for a 73 yard td that won the game and then broke up a sure interception by Peterson that kept a score clinching drive alive. As a decoy he allowed Maze, Hanks and Peek to get open in single coverage and catch many critical passes. He has led the team in passing yards both of his years. He is the best blocking WR in all of football and added many yards to Ingrams, Richardson’s and Upchurch’s runs. He returns kicks. He plays on the kick blocking D. And he always plays hurt. What the more fuck do you want. The professionals such as Playboy and NFL scouts think he’s the second best WR in the land. That’s good enough for me. RTR!

  4. the man had a break away run against lsu for big yardage the drive against auburn and the 60 yard catch against arkansas he averaged just over forty yards a game. no im not a barner but im not a kiss ass bama fan like most ive had my fucking hand in the dirt and left blood on the field and not just pop warner and jv ball i know whats fact fact is he had a sub par year and is not deserving of the AWARD from hef. opinions are like assholes everybodys got one and some stink like urs but ur are entitled to it so am i so deal with it.true he had a helluva frosh season ill give u that but thats all

  5. 1977 you’re a stupid son-of-bitch. Julio blocks anybody that gets in the way including 250 lb LB’s. The total package is what makes the athlete. If blocking is so easy you dumb bastard then why are there almost no WR’s that do it effectively? Fucking AJ Green couldn’t block my sister. You sound like some WR busted your ass one too many times. Or was it your sisters cherry? Or are you sucking AJ Green’s cock? Probably you’re in homosexual love with a WR on the Barners or Gayturds team and ya’ll got your itsy bitsy feelings hurt because of no recognition. What a rock stupid dumbass you are thinking because of your tinymite football experience you know more than the professionals. You couldn’t evaluate an Armadillo smashed on the highway. You, dumbass, will find out just how stupid you are when even if he doesn’t get anymore yards than last year, Julio will go in the 1st round as a junior. Now go sit on a cock somewhere and STFU! RTR!

  6. lol struck a nerve did we. listen when is the last time a god damn reciever was recruited because he can block?waiting waiting waiting NEVER! but its apparent that ur cum wad sized mind is made up so i wont confuse u with facts so ill let u get back to popping ur boyfriends herpes blisters wit ya teeth! oh just a little advice why dont u take the number 8 jersey off that u wear why u jack off and finger ur asshole while looking at julios poster and use it for ur cum rag u inbred fuck u aint shit but a fucking dot on a blog i bet u look like ur face caught fire and somebody tried to put it out with a fucking ice pick! oh yea and ROLL TIDE u sorry excuse for a cum shot

  7. also its odd that u have a over infatuation with aj greens cock or just sitting on one in general ya cum guzzling never was lol ur a fuckin joke joke joke joke id bet anything u have never even played a fucking down of football if u did u probably played assback u know when the coach called ur name and said get ur sorry ass back on the bench. now go ahead and take ur time and think of something else inbred to say cuz u aint nothin but a joke on this or any other site u get on jimmy

  8. oh yea if julio has another year this year like he did last year and goes into the draft and goes in the 1st round ill pay off ur house trailer and ur tab at the blue oyster bar BEEEEOTCH!

  9. one more thing fagladite 8TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS in 2 SEASONS ARE U FUCKIN KIDDING ME? no.2 reciever in the nation my ass avg 40 + yards a game 8 tds in 2 seasons where he missed what 1 game? decoy? hell for what? they damn sure cant be afriad hes gonna fuckin score are u duck hunting now too oh yea and the bama ole miss game is on right now i encourage u to watch julio ive seen him block noone

  10. man…. y’all are funny. julio is the shit though and will be a first round pick BECAUSE he blocks and does the extra shit. Julio is the next larry fitzgerald.

  11. tempe lol so now the nfl drafts recievers in the first round because of little things not because of overall performance which is catching the fucking football too! the difference between julio jones and a piece of shit is eventually the shit turns white and stops stinking! yall just fucking admit he sucked crimsonites sack last year(he will litterally cum in his dickies overalls at the thought of that) and DID NOT produce like everyones expected i trully hope he does this year dont get me wrong but he deserves no accolades for his performance last year. only time will tell i also will bet crimsonites male porn collection that if julio has another year like last year we will see him in 2011 back at bama

  12. I retract my earlier statement. Now I’m positive you are a Barner troll. There is categorically no Bama fan who would ever talk about Julio that way. Did God die and will you his Omniprescense? Suddenly you know more about Julio than anyone else on earth, and your opinion is completely opposite of everyone elses. Do you know just how stupid that makes you look? Keep running your mouth dipshit. I don’t need to argue with you. Your own ranting invalidates everything you say. You must be a 14 year old pimple faced booger eater since you can’t spell, make coherent sentences, or come up with more than 6 cuss words which you repeat 50 times each. I know – your a locker room janitor sniffing dirty jock straps. And I think KKK who’s sister got knocked up by Julio. And you’re just too knowlegeable about cocks and cum and ass fucking for me. I’m not gonna load this thread anymore cause I’m afraid just by reading your posts my computer will get an STD. Bwaa Haww Haww! RTR!

  13. lol u need new material jimmy u tired trailer park queen. julio hasnt done shit and u know it. thats why ur not gonna argue because u dont have a leg to stand on. oh yea also congrats for being able to read the dictionary and find a big word and use it correctly in a sentence i bet u have ur g.e.d. framed and hung on the wall beside ur cum soaked julio poster. and trust me there are plenty of bama fans that say the same thing and i bet u are a fair weather fan anyhow. and as far as the cock and cum talk go well maam u the one that keeps talking about it.just like a 2dollar cum dump fag if you dont have a dick in ya mouth you got one on ur mind. so have a good day u nasty cunt.

  14. Wow bamafan… You sure don’t sounds like a bammafan… Lets not forget julio did lead the team in receptions and yards both his fresh and soph year buddy on 2 pretty amazing football teams… A regular season undefeated and and a national and sec championship the next year… If you think blocking isn’t important then you are officially the biggest idiot in the world. Let me guess, your a 310lb man who played football at a juco back in 77 and you’re living your glory days on the internet looking at gay porn and jacking off to posters of yourself that you took huh?? Get a life… This thread should be for congratulating the players of their awards not ragging on them… Obviously somebody who knows more about football than you gives out these awards so why don’t you go back to picking up cans off the side of the road and let them do their jobs. RMFT

  15. Looks like E.G. and 77 need to get a room. A little too much man love in those posts for me …..Not that there is anything wrong with that ( see Seinfeld)…..

    Is this the way that typical Bama men interact with one another ? julio, if we could get someone to be like Jane Goodall and observe this typical Bammer behavior, we might better understand them….I just dont know any Auburn folks that would volunteer.

  16. ha ha ha thought u werent coming back bammer. u aint got shit just spitting the same shit over and over. k so im gonna do it to 8TOTAL TDs in two seasons averaged a whopping 40+ yards a game in 13 games thank god for the lsu catch and run the trick play against lsu and the drive against auburn. take all that away and hell u will probably have him winning the fucking heisman! but damn he sure can block cant he? thank god he threw every single key block on every single positive yardage play damn we may as well just let him play center snap it to himself throw it down the field to himself and kick the extra point! hell what was i thinking u r right FUCK mark ingram and marquis maze and trent richardson and g mac hell we got JULIO JONES. damn man thanks for the wake up call i truly appreciate it! ROLL TIDE !

  17. ha ha ha thought u werent coming back bammer. u aint got shit just spitting the same shit over and over. k so im gonna do it to 8TOTAL TDs in two seasons averaged a whopping 40+ yards a game in 13 games thank god for the lsu catch and run the trick play against lsu and the drive against auburn. take all that away and hell u will probably have him winning the fucking heisman! but damn he sure can block cant he? thank god he threw every single key block on every single positive yardage play damn we may as well just let him play center snap it to himself throw it down the field to himself and kick the extra point! hell what was i thinking u r right FUCK mark ingram and marquis maze and trent richardson and g mac hell we got JULIO JONES. damn man thanks for the wake up call i truly appreciate it! ROLL TIDE ! BWAAAHAHA

  18. This stupid Son-of-a-Bitch is a classic case of split personality schitzophrenia. I bet they don’t even remember what each other posted. He’s called me by about 3 different screen names and accused me of being 2 others. Somebody must be cutting his crack with sulfuric acid. Somebody get me the Thorazine quick!

  19. This stupid Son-of-a-Bitch is a classic case of split personality schitzophrenia. I bet they don’t even remember what each other posted. He’s called me by about three different screen names and accused me of being two others. Somebody must be cutting his crack with sulfuric acid. Somebody get me the Thorazine quick!

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