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Colorado State senior wide receiver Michael Gallup has been chosen as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
The award is Gallup’s second first-team nod, after he received the same recognition by the Walter Camp Football Foundation on Thursday. The Monroe, Ga., native was also named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press on Monday.
Gallup, a Biletnikoff Award finalist, joins Oklahoma State’s James Washington as the two wide receivers represented on the 2017 FWAA All-America first team.
The Butler County Community College product was the first player in the FBS to reach 1,000 yards receiving this year, and enters the postseason with 1,345 yards on 94 receptions with seven touchdowns.
He has six 100-yard games this season, and is one of just two FBS players with multiple 200-yard outings. In a three-week span, Gallup went for 212 yards and a touchdown at Hawai’i and 263 yards—the fourth-most by any FBS player this season—and three touchdowns against Nevada.
Gallup is the fourth Ram to be named a first-team selection by the FWAA, joining Higgins (2014), safety Greg Myers (1994, 1995) and defensive lineman Mike Bell (1978). The same four players are the only Rams to earn multiple first-team All-America honors in a single season.
Overall, the Rams have 27 All-Americans in their history. Gallup is the ninth CSU player to be named a first-team All-American.
Gallup earned first-team All-Mountain West honors and has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl.
The Rams will play Marshall in the 2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl at 2:30 p.m. MT on Dec. 16 in Albuquerque, N.M. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
