Alabama’s Jones, Smith, Harris lead six-man group
Duo are Heisman finalists; Ohio State guard Davis only player to repeat as a first-team All-American
Heisman Trophy finalists Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith have been selected to the Associated Press All-America team, leading a contingent of six Alabama players on the first-team.
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 began featuring 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 nation. No. 4 Notre Dame, Alabama’s College Football Playoff opponent this weekend, has two first-team All-Americans in offensive guard Aaron Banks and linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.
Florida’s Kyle Trask was selected second-team quarterback and fellow
Heisman finalist Trevor Lawrence of Clemson was the third-team quarterback on the AP teams released Monday. Lawrence, the likely first pick in the next NFL draft, made AP All-America for the first time in his career.
No. 2 Clemson, which will face No. 3 Ohio State in the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl on Friday night, had only one other player selected to the All-America teams: Running back Travis Etienne made the first-team as all-purpose player. The senior has been a second-team All-American at running back the last two seasons.
Ohio State guard Wyatt Davis is the only player to repeat as a firstteam All-American after making it in 2020. Davis is one of two Buckeyes on the first team along with
cornerback Shaun Wade.
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. 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 end: Kyle Pitts, junior, Florida.
Receivers: DeVonta Smith, senior, Alabama; Elijah Moore, junior, Mississippi. All-purpose player: Travis Etienne, senior, Clemson. Kicker: Jose Borregales, senior, Miami.
DEFENSE
Ends: 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, Ohio State. Safeties: Talanoa Hufanga, junior, Southern California; Brandon Joseph, redshirt freshman, 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. 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.
Tight end: Hunter Long, junior, Boston College.
Receivers: Jaelon Darden, senior, North Texas; Jonathan Adams Jr., senior, Arkansas State.
All-purpose 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 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.
Safeties: 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.
Tackles: 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 State. Receivers: Dyami Brown, junior, North Carolina; Ty Fryfogle, senior, Indiana. All-purpose 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; C.J. 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.