Verone McKinley III and Kayvon Thibodeaux were both announced as Walter Camp All-America first-team selections on Thursday night by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
The Ducks are one of five teams with multiple first-team selections, joining Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, and Pittsburgh.
Oregon has multiple first-team Walter Camp All-Americans in a season for the first time since Marcus Mariota and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu in 2014, and multiple defensive players on the first team in the same season for the first time in program history.
McKinley and Thibodeaux are the ninth and tenth Oregon players ever to earn first-team honors, and the fourth and fifth on the defensive side of the ball.
The Walter Camp All-America team is in its 132nd season and is the first of five that make up consensus and unanimous all-America selections.
S Verone McKinley III – Walter Camp All-America First Team
» Paycom Jim Thorpe Award finalist.
» CBS Sports & ESPN All-America first team.
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team.
» Leads the nation with six interceptions this season.
» Second on Oregon with 71 total tackles, third-most among Pac-12 defensive backs.
» Leads the Ducks with six pass breakups.
» Four interceptions in three games against Ohio State, Stony Brook, and Arizona.
» Sealed Oregon’s win at then-No. 3 Ohio State with an interception.
» Two interceptions vs. Stony Brook, his second career multi-pick game.
» 11 career interceptions, one away from cracking the UO all-time top 10.
» Six interceptions is one away from the UO single-season top 10.
DE Kayvon Thibodeaux – Walter Camp All-America First Team
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference first team; second year in a row.
» Bronko Nagurski Trophy finalist.
» Chuck Bednarik Award finalist.
» Pro Football Focus Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
» Tied for third in the Pac-12 with seven sacks and fourth with 12.0 tackles for loss.
» 91.5 pass-rush grade by PFF, ninth-best among FBS edge defenders.
» 48 total QB pressures according to PFF, second-most among Pac-12 defenders.
» Multi-sack performances vs. both UCLA and Washington State.
» Career-high 4.5 TFLs in win at UCLA, the most by a Duck since 2017.
» Tied for seventh in Oregon history with 19.0 career sacks.
» Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Week.