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1997 Consensus All-America team

Individual All-America teams

AP Honorable Mention: * Danya Abrams,

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* Toby Bailey,

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, Texas Tech * Anthony Carter,

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* Antonio Daniels,

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* Larry Davis,

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* Thaddeus Delaney,

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* Michael Dickerson,

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* Reggie Freeman,

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* Pat Garrity, Notre Dame *

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, Old Dominion *Jerald Honeycutt, Tulane * Marc Jackson,

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* Sam Jacobson, Minnesota * DeMarco Johnson, Charlotte * Charles Jones,

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, South Carolina *

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, UCLA * Victor Page, Georgetown * Anthony Parker, Bradley *

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, Kansas * Scot Pollard, Kansas * Charles Smith,

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* Olivier Saint-Jean,

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* Kenny Thomas, New Mexico * Tim Thomas, Villanova * Melvin Watson,

*DeJuan Wheat, Louisville *

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, Villanova * Dedric Willoughby, Iowa State

References

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