Alabama rewarded
The No. 1 Crimson Tide place five players on USA TODAY Sports’ All-America teams,
Heisman Trophy finalists Lamar Jackson, Jabrill Peppers and Dede Westbrook headline USA TODAY Sports’ first-team college football All-America selections, while another Heisman finalist, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, was picked as the secondteam quarterback.
The first-team offense includes Texas running back D’Onta Foreman, Florida State running back Dalvin Cook and two linemen from the Big Ten Conference in Wisconsin’s Ryan Ramczyk and Ohio State’s Pat Elflein.
On defense, the first team fea- tures Peppers, Houston’s phenomenal freshman tackle Ed Oliver and a pair of Alabama stars in defensive lineman Jonathan Allen and linebacker Reuben Foster.
Twelve schools have multiple players earning first- or secondteam All-America honors. Alabama led all schools with five selections, four off its top-ranked defense, followed by Ohio State with four picks and Clemson with three.
The Southeastern Conference led all Football Bowl Subdivision leagues with 11 total selections, followed by the Big Ten with 10. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-12 had eight apiece, and the Big 12 had six. Players from the Group of Five conferences accounted for seven selections. FIRST TEAM Offense QB Lamar Jackson, Louisville RB D’Onta Foreman, Texas RB Dalvin Cook, Florida State WR Corey Davis, Western Michigan
WR Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma TE Evan Engram, Mississippi OL Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin OL Cody O’Connell, Washington State OL Pat Elflein, Ohio State OL Nico Siragusa, San Diego State
OL Connor Williams, Texas Defense DL Derek Barnett, Tennessee DL Jonathan Allen, Alabama DL Ed Oliver, Houston DL DeMarcus Walker, Florida State LB Jabrill Peppers, Michigan LB Reuben Foster, Alabama LB Zach Cunningham, Vanderbilt CB Desmond King, Iowa CB Cordrea Tankersley, Clemson S Jamal Adams, LSU S Malik Hooker, Ohio State Specialists
K Zane Gonzalez, Arizona State P Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah RET Quadree Henderson, Pittsburgh SECOND TEAM Offense QB Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma RB Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
RB Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State WR Zay Jones, East Carolina WR Austin Carr, Northwestern TE O.J. Howard, Alabama OL Forrest Lamp, Western Kentucky OL Chase Roullier, Wyoming OL Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia OL Sean Welsh, Iowa OL Garett Bolles, Utah Defense DL Ejuan Price, Pittsburgh DL Solomon Thomas, Stanford DL Christian Wilkins, Clemson DL Myles Garrett, Texas A&M LB Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State LB Ben Boulware, Clemson LB Tim Williams, Alabama CB Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
CB Rasul Douglas, West Virginia S Nate Gerry, Nebraska S Budda Baker, Washington Specialists K Daniel Carlson, Auburn P Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
RET Adoree’ Jackson, Southern California