Phil Steele Announces College Football Preseason All-American Team
By Josh Sanchez
College football guru Phil Steele, the man who produces the go-to preseason guide for fans of the game, has announced his preseason All-American team. As you would expect from Steele, the list is full of talented players and there are no real surprises on the list. The first-team is loaded with players from the best conference in the college game, but Steele didn’t shy away from putting a few players from less prestigious schools on the map.
If there are any surprises that you would have to point out, you have to look right at Teddy Bridgewater being on the fourth team and Cyrus Kouandijo not being among the top two tackles.
Here is the full list of Steele’s preseason All-American list, via Gator Zone:
OFFENSE
| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team | |
| QB | Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M | Braxton Miller, Ohio State | A.J. McCarron, Alabama | Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville |
| RB | T.J. Yeldon, Alabama | Todd Gurley, Georgia | Lache Seastrunk, Baylor | Silas Redd, USC |
| RB | De’Anthony Thomas, Oregon | Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona | Duke Johnson, Miami | Damien Williams, Oklahoma |
| WR | Marqise Lee, USC | Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt | Allen Robinson, Penn State | Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin |
| WR | Sammy Watkins, Clemson | Cody Hoffman, BYU | Brandin Cooks, Oregon State | Tracy Moore, Oklahoma State |
| WR | Amari Cooper, Alabama | Mike Evans, Texas A&M | Stefon Diggs, Maryland | Davante Adams, Fresno State |
| TE | Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington | Arthur Lynch, Georgia | Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin | Eric Ebron, North Carolina |
| C | B.J. Finney, Kansas State | Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma | Hroniss Grasu, Oregon | Tyler Larsen, Utah State |
| G | David Yankey, Stanford | Gabe Jackson, Mississippi St. | Andrew Norwell, Ohio State | Anthony Steen, Alabama |
| G | Cyril Richardson, Baylor | Spencer Long, Nebraska | Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA | Tre’ Jackson, Florida State |
| T | Taylor Lewan, Michigan | Cyrus Kouandijo, Alabama | Zack Martin, Notre Dame | Morgan Moses, Virginia |
| T | Jake Matthews, Texas A&M | Antonio Richardson, Tennessee | James Hurst, North Carolina | Jack Mewhort, Ohio State |
DEFENSE
| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team | |
| DE | Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina | Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas | Scott Crichton, Oregon State | Aaron Lynch, USF |
| DT | Will Sutton, Arizona State | Anthony Johnson, LSU | Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh | Daniel McCullers, Tennessee |
| DT | Louis Nix, Notre Dame | Timmy Jernigan, Florida State | Dominique Easley, Florida | Roosevelt Nix, Kent State |
| DE | Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame | Devonte Fields, TCU | Morgan Breslin, USC | Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State |
| LB | Anthony Barr, UCLA | Chris Borland, Wisconsin | Shayne Skov, Stanford | Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss |
| LB | C.J. Mosley, Alabama | Trent Murphy, Stanford | A.J. Johnson, Tennessee | Hayes Pullard, USC |
| LB | Kyle Van Noy, BYU | Max Bullough, Michigan State | Khalil Mack, Buffalo | Andrew Jackson, W. Kentucky |
| LB | Ryan Shazier, Ohio State | Adrian Hubbard, Alabama | Christian Jones, Florida State | Yawin Smallwood, Connecticut |
| CB | Bradley Roby, Ohio State | Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma | Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State | Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida |
| CB | Jason Verrett, TCU | Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon | Quandre Diggs, Texas | Antone Exum, Virginia Tech |
| S | Ed Reynolds, Stanford | Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State | Hakeem Smith, Louisville | Marco Nelson, Tulsa |
| S | Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama | Lamarcus Joyner, Florida St. | Craig Loston, LSU | Jordan Richards, Stanford |
SPECIAL TEAMS
| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team | |
| K | Cairo Santos, Tulane | Chris Boswell, Rice | Ross Martin, Duke | Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson |
| P | Kyle Christy, Florida | Tommy Hibbard, North Carolina | Kirby Van Der Kamp, Iowa State | Richie Leone, Houston |
| KR | Tyler Lockett, Kansas State | Bernard Reedy, Toledo | Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma St. | Jamal Golden, Georgia Tech |
| PR | Marcus Murphy, Missouri | Tramaine Thompson, Kansas State | Spiffy Evans, Boston College | Rashad Greene, Florida State |
| LS | Scott Thompson, N.C. State | Drew Howell, Oregon | Matt Dooley, Indiana | Reid Ferguson, LSU |
| AP | Dri Archer, Kent State | Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois | Antonio Andrews, Western Kentucky | Venric Mark, Northwestern |
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