The Heisman Trophy finalists, Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith, were selected to the Associated Press All-America team, which leads a contingent of five Alabama players in the first-team offense.
Crimson Tide full-back Najee Harris, tackling Alex Leatherwood and center Landon Dickerson are also the first-team pick. Nr. 1 Alabama is the first team since 1980, when the AP All-America team started with two wide receivers and two backs, to place a quarterback, a running back and a receiver in the first team.
The Patrick Surtain II diagonal gives the Crimson Tide six first-team picks, the most in the country. Nr. 4 Notre Dame, Alabama’s College Football Playoff opponent this weekend, has two first-team All-Americans, Aaron Banks, and linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.
Florida’s Kyle Trask was selected as the second team’s fullback, and fellow Heisman finalist Trevor Lawrence of Clemson was the third of the AP teams released on Monday. Lawrence, the likely first choice in the next NFL draft, made AP All-America for the first time in his career.
2 Clemson, who faces the CFP semifinals in the Sugar Bowl Series on Friday 3 in the state of Ohio, has selected just one other player in the All-America teams: Travis Etienne, the running rugby player, has made the first team as everyday. goal player. The senior has been an All-American from the second team for the past two seasons.
Ohio State guard Wyatt Davis is the only player to repeat All-American as a first team after reaching it in 2020. Davis is one of two Buckeyes in the first team along with cornerback Shaun Wade.
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The 2020 AP All-America Team:
FIRST TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Mac Jones, junior, Alabama.
Backs – Najee Harris, senior, Alabama; Breece Hall, sophomore, Iowa State.
Tackles – Brady Christensen, junior, BYU; Alex Leatherwood, senior, Alabama.
Guards – Aaron Banks, senior, Notre Dame; Wyatt Davis, junior, Ohio State.
Downtown – Landon Dickerson, senior, Alabama.
At the end – Kyle Pitts, junior, Florida.
Recipients – DeVonta Smith, senior, Alabama; Elijah Moore, junior, Mississippi.
All-purpose player – Travis Etienne, senior, Clemson.
Kicker – Jose Borregales, senior, Miami.
Defense
Finish – Rashad Weaver, senior, Pitt; Tarron Jackson, senior, Coastal Carolina.
Tackles – Daviyon Nixon, junior, Iowa; Darius Stills, senior, West Virginia.
Linebackers – Zaven Collins, junior, Tulsa; Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, senior, Notre Dame; Joseph Ossai, junior, Texas.
Cornerbacks – Patrick Surtain II, junior, Alabama; Shaun Wade, senior, State of Ohio.
Safety – Talanoa Hufanga, junior, Southern California; Brandon Joseph, redshirt rookie, Northwest.
Punter – Pressley Harvin III, senior, Georgia Tech.
SECOND TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Kyle Trask, senior, Florida.
Rearrunners – Jaret Patterson, junior, Buffalo; Javonte Williams, junior, North Carolina.
Tackles – Liam Eichenberg, senior, Notre Dame; Christian Darrisaw, junior, Virginia Tech.
Guards – Cain Madden, junior, Marshall; Kenyon Green, sophomore, Texas A&M.
Center – Tyler Linderbaum, sophomore, Iowa.
At the end – Hunter Long, junior, Boston College.
Recipients – Jaelon Darden, senior, North Texas; Jonathan Adams Jr., senior, Arkansas State.
All-purpose player – Kadarius Toney, senior, Florida.
Kicker – Cade York, sophomore, LSU.
Defense
End – Jaelen Phillips, senior, Miami; Patrick Jones, senior, Pitt.
Tackles – Alim McNeil, junior, North Carolina State; Haskell Garrett, senior, Ohio State.
Linebackers – Mike Rose, junior, Iowa State; Nik Bonitto, sophomore, Oklahoma; Nick Bolton, junior, Missouri.
Cornerbacks —Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, sophomore, TCU; Ahmad Gardner, sophomore, Cincinnati.
Safety – Trevon Moehrig, junior, TCU; James Wiggins, senior, Cincinnati.
Punter – Lou Hedley, junior, Miami.
THIRD TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Trevor Lawrence, junior, Clemson.
Rearrunners – Michael Carter, senior, North Carolina; Mohamed Ibrahim, junior, Minnesota.
Tackles – Darian Kinnard, junior, Kentucky; Samuel Cosmi, junior, Texas.
Guards – Ben Cleveland, senior, Georgia; Tommy Kraemer, senior, Notre Dame.
Downtown – Creed Humphrey, junior, Oklahoma.
At the end – Charlie Kolar, junior, Iowa State.
Recipients – Dyami Brown, junior, North Carolina; Ty Fryfogle, senior, Indiana.
All-purpose player – Avery Williams, senior, Boise State.
Kicker – Jake Oldroyd, sophomore, BYU.
Defense
End – JaQuan Bailey, senior, Iowa State; Kayvon Thibodeaux, sophomore, Oregon.
Tackles – Christian Barmore, sophomore, Alabama; CJ Brewer, senior, Coastal Carolina.
Linebackers – Zion Tupuola-Fetui, junior, Washington; Micah McFadden, junior, Indiana; Dylan Moses, senior, Alabama.
Cornerbacks – Greg Newsome, junior, Northwest; Eli Ricks, freshman, LSU.
Safety – Kyle Hamilton, sophomore, Notre Dame; Tykee Smith, sophomore, West Virginia.
Punter – Jake Camarda, junior, Georgia.
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