Heisman Trophy finalists, Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith, were selected for The Associated Press All-America team, leading a contingent of five Alabama players in the attack from the main team.
Crimson Tide’s running back Najee Harris, Alex Leatherwood’s tackle and 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 Crimson Tide six first team selections, the largest in the country. Number 4 of Notre Dame, an opponent of the Alabama College Football Playoff this weekend, has two All-Americans from the first team on the offensive guard Aaron Banks and linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.
Kyle Trask, from Florida, was selected as the second team’s quarterback, and Heisman’s finalist, Trevor Lawrence of Clemson, was the quarterback of the AP’s third team, launched on Monday. Lawrence, the likely first choice in the next NFL draft, made it to AP All-America for the first time in his career.
No. 2 Clemson, who will face No. 3 Ohio State in the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl on Friday night, had just one other player selected for teams across America: running back Travis Etienne made the first team like everyone else. – player on purpose. The senior has been a second All-American team on the running back for the past two seasons.
Ohio state guard Wyatt Davis is the only player to repeat himself as an All-American on the main team after doing so in 2020. Davis is one of the two Buckeyes on the main team along with cornerback Shaun Wade.
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The 2020 AP All-America team:
FIRST TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Mac Jones, junior, Alabama.
Running backs – Najee Harris, senior, Alabama; Breece Hall, sophomore, Iowa State.
Approaches – Brady Christensen, junior, BYU; Alex Leatherwood, senior, Alabama.
Guards – Aaron Banks, senior, Notre Dame; Wyatt Davis, Jr., Ohio.
Center – Landon Dickerson, senior, Alabama.
Tight end – Kyle Pitts, junior, Florida.
Receivers – DeVonta Smith, senior, Alabama; Elijah Moore, junior, Mississippi.
Multifaceted player – Travis Etienne, senior, Clemson.
Kicker – Jose Borregales, senior, Miami.
Defense
Ends – Rashad Weaver, senior, Pitt; Tarron Jackson, senior, Coastal Carolina.
Equipment – 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, Ohio State.
Safeties – Talanoa Hufanga, junior, Southern California; Brandon Joseph, freshman in a red shirt, Northwestern.
Punter – Pressley Harvin III, senior, Georgia Tech.
SECOND TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Kyle Trask, senior, Florida.
Running backs – Jaret Patterson, junior, Buffalo; Javonte Williams, junior, North Carolina.
Approaches – 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.
Tight end – Hunter Long, junior, Boston College.
Receivers – Jaelon Darden, senior, North Texas; Jonathan Adams Jr., senior, Arkansas State.
Multifaceted player – Kadarius Toney, senior, Florida.
Kicker – Cade York, sophomore, LSU.
Defense
Ends – Jaelen Phillips, senior, Miami; Patrick Jones, senior, Pitt.
Tackles – Alim McNeil, junior, North Carolina; Haskell Garrett, senior, Ohio State.
Linebackers – Mike Rose, junior, Iowa; Nik Bonitto, sophomore, Oklahoma; Nick Bolton, junior, Missouri.
Cornerbacks – Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, sophomore, TCU; Ahmad Gardner, sophomore, Cincinnati.
Security – Trevon Moehrig, junior, TCU; James Wiggins, senior, Cincinnati.
Punter – Lou Hedley, junior, Miami.
THIRD TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – Trevor Lawrence, junior, Clemson.
Running backs – Michael Carter, senior, North Carolina; Mohamed Ibrahim, junior, Minnesota.
Equipment – Darian Kinnard, Junior, Kentucky; Samuel Cosmi, junior, Texas.
Guards – Ben Cleveland, senior, Georgia; Tommy Kraemer, senior, Notre Dame.
Center – Creed Humphrey, Junior, Oklahoma.
Tight end – Charlie Kolar, junior, Iowa.
Receivers – Dyami Brown, Junior, North Carolina; Ty Fryfogle, senior, Indiana.
Multifaceted 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, junior, Washington; Micah McFadden, junior, Indiana; Dylan Moses, senior, Alabama.
Cornerbacks – Greg Newsome, junior, Northwestern; Eli Ricks, freshman, LSU.
Safeties – Kyle Hamilton, sophomore, Notre Dame; Tykee Smith, sophomore, West Virginia.
Punter – Jake Camarda, junior, Georgia.
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