Heisman Trophy finalists Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith have been selected to join the Associated Press All-America squad, which leads a contingent of five Alabama players in the first-team attack.
Crimson Tide running back Najee Harris, tackle Alex Leatherwood and center Landon Dickerson are also first team selections. No. 1 Alabama is the first team since 1980, when the AP All-America team started with two wide receivers and two running backs, to place a quarterback, running back, and receiver on the first team.
Cornerback Patrick Surtain II gives the Crimson Tide six first team selections, the most in the country. No. 4 Notre Dame, Alabama’s College Football Playoff opponent this weekend, has two first-team All-Americans on the offensive guard Aaron Banks and linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.
Florida-based Kyle Trask was chosen as the second-team quarterback and fellow Heisman finalist Trevor Lawrence of Clemson was the third-team quarterback of the AP teams released Monday. Lawrence, likely first pick in the next NFL draft, made AP All-America for the first time in his career.
No. 2 Clemson, which faces No. 3 Ohio State in the CFP semi-finals in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night, had only one other player selected for the All-America teams: Running back Travis Etienne made the first team as all – target player. The senior was a second-team All-American for the past two seasons.
Ohio State guard Wyatt Davis is the only player to repeat as a first-team All-American after making it in 2020. Davis is one of two Buckeyes on the first team, along with cornerback Shaun Wade.
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The 2020 AP All-America team:
FIRST TEAM
Violation
Quarterback – Mac Jones, Junior, Alabama.
Running 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.
Center – Landon Dickerson, senior, Alabama.
Tight Side – Kyle Pitts, Junior, Florida.
Recipients – DeVonta Smith, senior, Alabama; Elijah Moore, Junior, Mississippi.
All round player – Travis Etienne, senior, Clemson.
Kicker – Jose Borregales, senior, Miami.
Defense
Ends – Rashad Weaver, senior, Pitt; Tarron Jackson, Sr., Coastal Carolina.
Tackles – Daviyon Nixon, Junior, Iowa; Darius Stills, Sr., 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, Ohio State.
Protections – Talanoa Hufanga, Junior, Southern California; Brandon Joseph, redshirt freshman, Northwestern.
Punter – Pressley Harvin III, senior, Georgia Tech.
SECOND TEAM
Violation
Quarterback – Kyle Trask, senior, Florida.
Running Backs – Jaret Patterson, junior, Buffalo; Javonte Williams, Junior, North Carolina.
Tackles – Liam Eichenberg, senior, Notre Dame; Christian Darrisaw, Jr., Virginia Tech.
Guards – Cain Madden, Junior, Marshall; Kenyon Green, sophomore, Texas A&M.
Center – Tyler Linderbaum, sophomore, Iowa.
Tight Side – Hunter Long, Junior, Boston College.
Recipients – Jaelon Darden, senior, North Texas; Jonathan Adams Jr., senior, Arkansas state.
Allround Player – Kadarius Toney, senior, Florida.
Kicker – Cade York, sophomore, LSU.
Defense
Ends – Jaelen Phillips, senior, Miami; Patrick Jones, senior, Pitt.
Tackles – Alim McNeil, Jr., North Carolina State; Haskell Garrett, Senior, Ohio State.
Linebackers – Mike Rose, Jr., Iowa State; Nik Bonitto, sophomore, Oklahoma; Nick Bolton, Junior, Missouri.
Cornerbacks —Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, sophomore, TCU; Ahmad Gardner, sophomore, Cincinnati.
Protections – Trevon Moehrig, junior, TCU; James Wiggins, Senior, Cincinnati.
Punter – Lou Hedley, junior, Miami.
THIRD TEAM
Violation
Quarterback – Trevor Lawrence, Junior, Clemson.
Running backs – Michael Carter, senior, North Carolina; Mohamed Ibrahim, Jr., Minnesota.
Tackles – Darian Kinnard, Jr., Kentucky; Samuel Cosmi, Junior, Texas.
Guards – Ben Cleveland, senior, Georgia; Tommy Kraemer, senior, Notre Dame.
Center – Creed Humphrey, Junior, Oklahoma.
Tight Side – Charlie Kolar, Junior, Iowa State.
Recipients – Dyami Brown, Jr., North Carolina; Ty Fryfogle, senior, Indiana.
Allround Player – Avery Williams, senior, Boise State.
Kicker – Jake Oldroyd, sophomore, BYU.
Defense
Ends – JaQuan Bailey, senior, Iowa State; Kayvon Thibodeaux, sophomore, Oregon.
Tackles – Christian Barmore, sophomore, Alabama; CJ Brewer, senior, Coastal Carolina.
Linebackers – Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Jr., Washington; Micah McFadden, Jr., Indiana; Dylan Moses, senior, Alabama.
Cornerbacks – Greg Newsome, Jr., Northwestern; Eli Ricks, Freshman, LSU.
Protections – Kyle Hamilton, sophomore, Notre Dame; Tykee Smith, sophomore, West Virginia.
Punter – Jake Camarda, junior, Georgia.
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