February 21, 2000
The All-American Football Foundation announced its 1999 All-America football team and two Texas A&M seniors, punter Shane Lechler and cornerback Jason Webster, were named to the elite squad.
"The Foundation waits until all of the returns are in, after the championship games have been played, before voting on the All-America teams," Jimmie McDowell, the Foundation's President said.
Lechler helped the Aggies finish No. 1 in the country in net punting average and he finished as the all-time NCAA career punt leader with an average of 44.7 for his career. He also set the NCAA record for games with a 40-yard plus average with 37 games in his four-year career.
Webster turned in an excellent senior season as a coverage corner and was the team leader with 10 passes broken up and he intercepted four other passes. He recorded 74 tackles and was involved in a team-high 640 defensive snaps seeing action on punt coverage and all kick returns. Webster was honored by his teammates with the Aggie Heart Award, the most prestigious honor for an Aggie senior football player.
1999 Division I-A All-American Football Foundation All-America Team
Offense
QB-- Chad Pennington, Marshall
RB-- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin; Shaun Alexander, Alabama
TE-- James Whalen, Kentucky
OL-- Chris Samuels, Alabama; Chris McIntosh, Wisconsin; Jason Whitaker, Florida State; Steve Hutchinson, Michigan; Casey Coleman, Tennessee
WR-- Peter Warrick, Florida State; Troy Walters, Stanford
PLK-- Sebastian Janikowski, Florida State
Defense
DL-- Corey Moore, Virginia Tech; Courtney Brown, Penn State; Corey Simon, Florida State; Steve Warren, Nebraska; Julian Peterson, Michigan State
LB-- LaVar Arrington, Penn State; Mark Simoneau, Kansas State; Julius Jackson, Nebraska
DB-- Ralph Brown, Nebraska; Tyrone Carter, Minnesota; Deon Grant, Tennessee; Jason Webster, Texas A&M
P-- Shane Lechler, Texas A&M