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WVU OL Colton McKivitz named to Walter Camp All-American team

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia offensive lineman Colton McKivitz was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America second team, the organization announced Thursday.

McKivitz, the 2019 Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year, is the 24th Mountaineer to be named to Walter Camp’s All-America team. He also became WVU’s 41st overall All-America selection since 2002. The program now has 106 All-Americans in total.

With McKivitz earning these honors, WVU offensive linemen have earned All-America honors in three of the past four years. McKivitz is the ninth since 2000 and the 30th All-American offensive lineman in school history.

A 2019 All-Big 12 First Team honoree, McKivitz played in 50 career games and started 47. He started all 13 games in 2019 and finished his career at TCU on Nov. 29, ranking No. 3 all-time for the most career starts in program history.

McKivitz already has accepted a Senior Bowl invitation for the Jan. 25, 2020, game in Mobile, Alabama. He saw action on 792 of West Virginia’s 801 offensive snaps this season. According to Pro Football Focus, McKivitz ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 for highest pass-blocking grade, No. 4 for highest run-blocking grade, tied for sixth for fewest sacks given up (1) and No. 5 for lowest pressure rate (3.1 percent).

McKivitz finished the 2019 season with zero missed assignments in six games and registered a team-leading 13 great blocks and 34 knockdowns. His best game of the season came against Iowa State, where he tallied eight knockdown blocks, did not allow a sack, did not have a negative play and didn’t have a missed assignment.

This is the 130th All-American team named by the Walter Camp organization – the nation’s oldest All-America squad. In all, 32 different schools from eight conferences (including independents) were represented on the All-America first and second teams with a total of 51 players selected.

LSU, Clemson and Wisconsin each have three first-team honorees. Ohio State has five All-Americans (2 first team, 3 second team), while LSU has four (3 first team, 1 second team). Overall, the Big Ten Conference had the most honorees (15), followed by the Southeastern Conference (13) and Pac-12 (7).





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