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Charbonnet Picked for The Sporting News All-America Team
December 13, 2022 | Football
UCLA's Zach Charbonnet was named on Tuesday to The Sporting News All-America Team. The Bruin running back was selected as an athlete on the second team.
Charbonnet leads the nation in all-purpose yards this season with a 168.0 yards per game average. He is also fourth in the nation in rushing yards per game average (135.9) and rushing yards per carry average (6.97). All three figures place him at the top of the Pac-12 Conference listings.
The senior has racked up eight 100-yard rushing games this season, topped by a pair of 198-yard performances in wins against Utah and Stanford and has a chance to equal the school record of nine for a season held by Johnathan Franklin. His total of 1,359 rushing yards (15th in nation) this season has made Charbonnet the ninth Bruin to record back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He is just the second player in UCLA history to record at least 150 yards rushing over three straight games (also Karim Abdul-Jabbar in 1995). Charbonnet is also third on the team in 2022 in receptions with 37 for 321 yards.
In the last few days, Charbonnet has been chosen to the first team of the 2022 Football Writer's Association of America Team, presented in partnership by the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and to the second-team of The Associated Press All-America team presented by Regions Bank. Earlier this season, he was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award and the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award. He was a first-team selection by the Pac-12 coaches for the all-conference team.
UCLA will conclude the 2022 season by playing Pitt on Friday, Dec. 30 at 11:00 a.m. PT in the 89th annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. CBS will televise the contest.
The 2022 Sporting News All-America TeamFirst-team defense
Second-team Specialists
Second-team offense
Second-team defense
Second-team Specialists
Charbonnet leads the nation in all-purpose yards this season with a 168.0 yards per game average. He is also fourth in the nation in rushing yards per game average (135.9) and rushing yards per carry average (6.97). All three figures place him at the top of the Pac-12 Conference listings.
The senior has racked up eight 100-yard rushing games this season, topped by a pair of 198-yard performances in wins against Utah and Stanford and has a chance to equal the school record of nine for a season held by Johnathan Franklin. His total of 1,359 rushing yards (15th in nation) this season has made Charbonnet the ninth Bruin to record back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He is just the second player in UCLA history to record at least 150 yards rushing over three straight games (also Karim Abdul-Jabbar in 1995). Charbonnet is also third on the team in 2022 in receptions with 37 for 321 yards.
In the last few days, Charbonnet has been chosen to the first team of the 2022 Football Writer's Association of America Team, presented in partnership by the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and to the second-team of The Associated Press All-America team presented by Regions Bank. Earlier this season, he was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award and the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award. He was a first-team selection by the Pac-12 coaches for the all-conference team.
UCLA will conclude the 2022 season by playing Pitt on Friday, Dec. 30 at 11:00 a.m. PT in the 89th annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. CBS will televise the contest.
The 2022 Sporting News All-America Team
First-team offense
QB: Caleb Williams, Southern California
RB: Blake Corum, Michigan
RB: Bijan Robinson, Texas
WR: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR: Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
TE: Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
OL: Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
OL: Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
C: Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
OL: O'Cyrus Torrence, Florida
OL: Alex Palczewski, Illinois
ATH: Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
First-team defense
DL: Tuli Tuipulotu, Southern California
DL: Jalen Carter, Georgia
DL: Calijah Kancey, Pitt
EDGE: Will Anderson, Alabama
LB: Jack Campbell, Iowa
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB: Ivan Pace, Cincinnati
CB: Tre'vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
CB: Clark Phillips, Utah
S: Kamren Kinchens, Miami
S: Christopher Smith, Georgia
Second-team Specialists
K: Joshua Karty, Stanford
P: Adam Korsak, Rutgers
RET: Anthony Gould, Oregon State
Second-team offense
QB: Max Duggan, TCU
RB: DeWayne McBride, UAB
RB: Chase Brown, Illinois
WR: Nathaniel Dell, Houston
WR: Charlie Jones, Purdue
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL: Dawand Jones, Ohio State
OL: Andrew Vorhees, Southern California
C: Brett Neilon, Southern California
OL: Christian Haynes, UConn
OL: Joe Alt, Notre Dame
ATH: Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
Second-team defense
DL: Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame
DL: Jose Ramirez, Eastern Michigan
DL: Viliami Fehoko, San Jose State
EDGE: Bralen Trice, Washington
LB: Drew Sanders, Arkansas
LB: Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
LB: Cedric Gray, North Carolina
CB: Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
CB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
S: Jordan Battle, Alabama
S: Kaevon Merriweather, Iowa
Second-team Specialists
K: Christopher Dunn, NC State
P: Bryce Baringer, Michigan State
RET: Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State
Players Mentioned
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