We are getting closer to the start of the 2013 college football season, which means preseason watch lists and the preseason All-American squads will begin to surface. On Thursday afternoon, the fine folks from Athlon Sports released their preseason All-American team.
It is never an easy task to sort through all of the talent and put together a squad that doesn’t feature any serious omissions, but Athlon has done an admirable job.
As you would expect, the All-American team is headlined on offense and defense by two players from the Southeastern Conference — Johnny Manziel and Jadeveon Clowney. But who else made the list? We’ve got you covered.
Here is the Athlon Sports first-team All-American squad (you can view the entire preseason All-American list and conference breakdown here):
First-Team Offense
QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (SO)
RB Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona (JR)
RB Todd Gurley, Georgia (SO)
WR Marqise Lee, USC (JR)
WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson (JR)
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington (JR)
C Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma (SR)
T Taylor Lewan, Michigan (SR)
T Jake Matthews, Texas A&M (SR)
G Cyril Richardson, Baylor (SR)
G David Yankey, Stanford (SR)
AP De’Anthony Thomas, Oregon (JR)
First-Team Defense
DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina (JR)
DE Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame (JR)
DT Louis Nix III, Notre Dame (JR)
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State (SR)
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama (SR)
LB Ryan Shazier, Ohio State (JR)
LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU (SR)
CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon (JR)
CB Bradley Roby, Ohio State (JR)
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama (JR)
S Ed Reynolds, Stanford (JR)
First-Team Specialists
K Cairo Santos, Tulane (SR)
P Kyle Christy, Florida (JR)
KR Duke Johnson, Miami (SO)
PR Venric Mark, Northwestern (SR)
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