Since 1906, 18 Vanderbilt Commodores football players have earned first-team All-American honors.
[1][2] Owsley Manier was the first ever Commodore selected All-American, making Walter Camp's third-team.
Bob Blake was the first to make an All-America first team.
Bomar was his only ever first-team selection from teams in the current Southeastern Conference.
5 Vanderbilt players have been consensus All-American selections: Lynn Bomar; Hek Wakefield; Pete Gracey; George Deiderich; and Jim Arnold.