McKivitz Named Walter Camp All-American
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (December 12, 2019) – West Virginia University senior offensive tackle Colton McKivitz was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America second team, as announced by the organization.
McKivitz, the 2019 Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year, becomes the 24th Mountaineer to be named to Walter Camp’s All-America team. He also became WVU’s 41st All-America selection since 2002. The program now has 106 All-Americans overall.
With McKivitz earning these honors, WVU offensive linemen have earned All-America honors in three of the past four years, the ninth one since 2000 and the 30th 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 has seen action this season on 792 of West Virginia’s 801 offensive snaps this season and 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 No. 6 for fewest sacks given up (1) and No. 5 for lowest pressure rate percentage (3.1).
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 team honored 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 (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).
Walter Camp Weekend is Jan. 16-18
The 2019 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the organization’s 53rd annual national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on Sat., Jan. 18, 2020, at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, Connecticut.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (December 12, 2019) – West Virginia University senior offensive tackle Colton McKivitz was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America second team, as announced by the organization.
McKivitz, the 2019 Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year, becomes the 24th Mountaineer to be named to Walter Camp’s All-America team. He also became WVU’s 41st All-America selection since 2002. The program now has 106 All-Americans overall.
With McKivitz earning these honors, WVU offensive linemen have earned All-America honors in three of the past four years, the ninth one since 2000 and the 30th 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 has seen action this season on 792 of West Virginia’s 801 offensive snaps this season and 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 No. 6 for fewest sacks given up (1) and No. 5 for lowest pressure rate percentage (3.1).
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 team honored 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 (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).
Walter Camp Weekend is Jan. 16-18
The 2019 Walter Camp All-America team will be honored at the organization’s 53rd annual national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on Sat., Jan. 18, 2020, at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, Connecticut.
