Junior running back led the nation in rushing and is UT’s first AFCA first-team All-American running back since Ricky Williams in 1998.
WACO, Texas – Texas running back D'Onta Foreman was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association on Wednesday morning. Foreman is the first UT running back to be named a first-team All-American by the AFCA since Ricky Williams was in 1998.
Foreman, a consensus first-team All-American, was named to every major publication's All-America team in 2016. He is the first Longhorn ball carrier since Williams in 1998, and just the seventh all-time, to be a consensus All-American.