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CBS Sports Preseason All-America Team: SEC Comes In With Strong Presence
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With the 2020 season approaching and nearly half of FBS teams not competing, our panel of college football experts were faced with more difficult decisions than usual when convening to select the 2020 CBS Sports/247Sports Preseason All-America teams. For the first time, experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports have joined forces to release combined teams of All-America selections as presented below.
There are a record nine unanimous selections this season split between offense and defense. Among those chosen by all of our experts were Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and running back Travis Etienne, Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and Alabama offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood on offense. Hubbard and Chase were also unanimous 2019 CBS Sports All-America selections. Defensively, Florida State defensive lineman Marvin Wilson, Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses and LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. were unanimous picks, while Kentucky punter Max Duffy led the special teamers.
In total, 26 programs are represented across the two teams of 54 selections. Alabama leads the way with nine total selections and five first-teamers, more than double Clemson and LSU, which each had four overall selections and two on the first team. Jaylen Waddle accounted for three of those Crimson Tide spots after being selected as a first-team punt returner, second-team wide receiver and second-team all-purpose player.
Eight SEC teams were represented among the league’s total of 25 selections. Hubbard, Chase, Stingley and Waddle repeat as first-team selections from 2019.
| SEC | 12 | 25 |
| ACC + Notre Dame | 8 | 15 |
| Big 12 | 6 | 11 |
| American | 1 | 2 |
| Sun Belt | 0 | 1 |
2020 CBS Sports Preseason Awards
Player of the Year: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
Also receiving votes: Chuba Hubbard (RB, Oklahoma State); Travis Etienne (RB, Clemson); Sam Ehlinger (QB, Texas); Dylan Moses (LB, Alabama)
Coach of the Year: Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Also receiving votes: Mack Brown (North Carolina); Dan Mullen (Florida); Mark Stoops (Kentucky); Gary Patterson (TCU); Brian Kelly (Notre Dame)
Graphic by Mike Meredith
2020 CBS Sports All-America First Team
* indicates a unanimous selection
|
QB |
Trevor Lawrence * |
Clemson |
Junior |
|
RB |
Chuba Hubbard * |
Oklahoma State |
Redshirt junior |
|
RB |
Travis Etienne * |
Clemson |
Senior |
|
WR |
Ja’Marr Chase * |
LSU |
Senior |
|
WR |
DeVonta Smith |
Alabama |
Senior |
|
TE |
Kyle PItts |
Florida |
Junior |
|
C |
Creed Humphrey |
Oklahoma |
Redshirt junior |
|
OL |
Alex Leatherwood * |
Alabama |
Senior |
|
OL |
Trey Smith |
Tennessee |
Senior |
|
OL |
Samuel Cosmi |
Texas |
Redshirt junior |
|
OL |
Liam Eichenberg |
Notre Dame |
Graduate |
| DL | Marvin Wilson * | Florida State | Senior |
|
DL |
Carlos Basham Jr. |
Wake Forest |
Redshirt senior |
|
DL |
Quincy Roche |
Miami |
Redshirt senior |
|
DL |
Darius Stills |
West Virginia |
Senior |
|
LB |
Dylan Moses * |
Alabama |
Senior |
|
LB |
Nick Bolton |
Missouri |
Junior |
|
LB |
Chazz Surratt |
North Carolina |
Graduate |
|
CB |
Derek Stingley Jr. * |
LSU |
Sophomore |
|
CB |
Patrick Surtain II |
Alabama |
Junior |
|
S |
Richard LeCounte |
Georgia |
Senior |
|
S |
Trevon Moehrig |
TCU |
Junior |
|
K |
Nick Sciba |
Wake Forest |
Junior |
|
P |
Max Duffy * |
Kentucky |
Senior |
|
KR |
Joshua Youngblood |
Kansas State |
Sophomore |
|
PR |
Jaylen Waddle |
Alabama |
Junior |
|
AP |
Kenneth Gainwell |
Memphis |
Sophomore |
2020 CBS Sports All-America Second Team
|
QB |
Sam Ehlinger |
Texas |
Senior |
|
RB |
Najee Harris |
Alabama |
Senior |
| RB |
Kenneth Gainwell |
Memphis |
Sophomore |
|
WR |
Tylan Wallace |
Oklahoma State |
Senior |
| WR |
Jaylen Waddle |
Alabama |
Junior |
|
TE |
Charlie Kolar |
Iowa State |
Redshirt junior |
|
C |
Drake Jackson |
Kentucky |
Senior |
|
OL |
Darian Kinnard |
Kentucky |
Junior |
|
OL |
Deonte Brown |
Alabama |
Redshirt senior |
|
OL |
Jackson Carman |
Clemson |
Junior |
|
OL |
Trey Hill |
Georgia |
Junior |
| DL | Tyler Shelvin | LSU | Junior |
|
DL |
Chris Rumph II |
Duke |
Redshirt junior |
|
DL |
Tyler Davis |
Clemson |
Sophomore |
|
DL |
Big Kat Bryant |
Auburn |
Senior |
|
LB |
K.J. Britt |
Auburn |
Senior |
|
LB |
Garret Wallow |
TCU |
Senior |
|
LB |
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
|
CB |
Eric Stokes |
Georgia |
Junior |
|
CB |
Shaun Jolly |
Appalachian State |
Redshirt junior |
|
S |
Andre Cisco |
Syracuse |
Junior |
|
S |
JaCoby Stevens |
LSU |
Senior |
|
K |
Gabe Brkic |
Oklahoma |
Redshirt sophomore |
|
P |
Trenton Gill |
NC State |
Redshirt junior |
|
KR |
Damond Philyaw-Johnson |
Duke |
Redshirt junior |
|
PR |
Christian Tutt |
Auburn |
Junior |
|
AP |
Jaylen Waddle |
Alabama |
Junior |
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