The Nicholls Colonels football team, representing Nicholls State University, has had 15 players selected as college football All-Americans. Of those 15 players, 3 were multiple winners, as so-designated by NCAA rules. Center Jay Pennison was selected Second Team AP All-American following the 1982 and 1983 seasons. Defensive back Darryl Pounds was selected Second Team AP All-American in 1991 and First Team AP All-American in 1994. Defensive back Lardarius Webb was selected Walter Camp Foundation First Team All-American in 2007 and First Team AP All-American in 2008.

All-American selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team. The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). In order for an honoree to earn a "consensus" selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and "unanimous" selections must be selected as first team in all five lists.

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Selectors AAB All-America Board AFCA American Football Coaches of America AP Associated Press CO Collier's Weekly CNNSI CNN/Sports Illustrated CP Central Press Association CSW College Sports Writers DW Davis J. Walsh ES Ed Sullivan FN The Football News FWAA Football Writers Association of America INS International News Service KCS Kansas City Star LAT Los Angeles Times LIB Liberty Magazine LK Look magazine NANA North American Newspaper Alliance NB Norman E. Brown NEA Newspaper Editors Association NL Navy Log NYEP New York Evening Post NYS New York Sun OF Oscar Fraley PD Parke H. Davis SH Scripps-Howard Time Time Magazine TSN The Sporting News UP United Press UPI United Press International WC Walter Camp WD Walter Dobbins

Selections + List of All-Americans showing the year won, player, position and selectors Year Player name Position Selector(s) 1976 WR Kodak First Team (AFCA) 1977 LB AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA); NCAA All-American 1981 WR AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA) 1982 LB AP First Team 1982 OL AP Second Team 1983 OL AP Second Team 1984 TE AP First Team 1985 OL AP Second Team 1986 WR AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA) 1987 WR AP Second Team 1987 DB AP Third Team 1987 OL AP Third Team 1991 DB AP Second Team 1994 P AP Second Team 1994 DB AP First Team 2007 DB AP Second Team 2007 DB Walter Camp Foundation First Team 2008 DB AP First Team

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