All summer long, you’ve been inundated with All-American teams of the national and conference variety. With the 2019 college football season on our doorstep, we’re able to introduce this year's 247Sports Preseason True Freshman All-American Team. It’s our stab at guessing which true freshmen will dot our postseason team.

Time will tell if there’s a Trevor Lawrence or a Rondale Moore among this freshman crop. Let’s get going (247Sports Composite rankings in parenthesis).

QB – Jayden Daniels, Arizona State (No. 35, No. 2 DT-QB)

He’ll be the first true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback for Arizona State — ever. Frankly, from the moment spring practice started, there was never much doubt that this job would be his. Daniels threw for over 14,000 yards in high school and 170 touchdowns and he looks like the future for Herm Edwards.

RB – Zonovan Knight, NC State (No. 371, No. 27 RB)

Last fall, true freshman Ricky Person looked like the future of the Wolfpack rushing attack with 471 yards despite missing four games to injury. So it’s telling when there’s buzz that the best back on the roster is a new true freshman this fall. There’s even whispers that Knight may be one of the best players on the entire roster.

RB – Breece Hall, Iowa State (No. 339, No. 22 RB)

Iowa State will have Big 12 championship goals this season. Realizing those dreams may count on the play of Hall. His size, pass-catching ability and athleticism have Hall trending towards being the best back on the roster and a likely starter sooner rather than later.

FLEX – Jordan Whittington, Texas (No. 34, No. 2 ATH)

Texas returns talented sophomore Keontay Ingram at running back but Whittington has been too good in the preseason not to cut into that workload. He also possesses some pass-catching versatility that could open up a lot of options for Tom Herman’s offense to get more creative. He's a surer thing than any of the tight end options and deserves a spot on our team, hence the creation of the 'flex' position and the removal of the tight end designation.

WR – Garrett Wilson, Ohio State (No. 20, No. 2 WR)

Ohio State is expected to have one of the best wide receiver rooms in the country so it’s pretty eye-opening when the narrative trickling out of camp is that Wilson is one of the best of the group. It’s more than that though. He’s being billed as one of the best pass-catchers to arrive at Ohio State in recent memory.

WR – Mycah Pittman, Oregon (No. 94, No. 15 WR)

If you’re nitpicking the Oregon roster, you’re pointing at the wide receiver position as one that needs to step up. Pittman looks up to the task. He’s talented, professional in his approach and he’s been making plays daily in practice. Don’t be surprised if he becomes one of Justin Herbert’s favorite targets.

OL – Wanya Morris, Tennessee (No. 28, No. 6 OT)

Tennessee desperately needed help on the offensive line so Morris enrolled early, lived up to his five-star billing and now looks poised to lock down the starting left tackle job on a team that is trying to reassert itself on the line of scrimmage.

OL – Jacob Monk, Duke (No. 479, No. 27 OG)

Duke is not inexperienced at right tackle: 6-foot-7 redshirt junior Robert Kraeling started every game at the position last season for the Blue Devils. So the fact that the 6-foot-3 Monk looks well-positioned to win that job is much more of a testament to his ability than any playing-time-by-necessity scenario.

OL – Evan Neal, Alabama (No. 7, No. 1 OT)

The embarrassment of riches in the Alabama offensive line room is creating a musical chairs scenario as Nick Saban tries to piece together the best five. As opening week approaches, it looks increasingly realistic that the 6-foot-7, 360-pound Neal will factor into that best five at offensive guard.

OL – Sean Rhyan, UCLA (No. 74, No. 2 OG)

With the injury to Alec Anderson in the preseason, the door was kicked wide open for Rhyan to take over the starting left tackle job. Don’t expect him to give it back. He arrived in Westwood with lofty expectations and the early returns are he’s even better than advertised.

OL – Kenyon Green, Texas A&M (No. 15, No. 3 OT)

He’s probably an offensive tackle eventually for the Aggies but due to need, Green is going to begin his career at offensive guard. He’s also going to begin his career as a starter and he’s already rumored to be the best offensive lineman on the roster.

DL – DJ Dale, DT, Alabama (No. 254, No. 18 DT)

Though injuries have slowed him some during the preseason, Dale is still on track to start at nose tackle for Alabama. That’s news enough to make this list, but the reviews have been off the charts for Dale who showed up strong, polished and focused on being great.

DL – Jowon Briggs, Virginia (No. 75, No. 7 DT)

Virginia is pretty deep on the defensive line. The preseason favorite in the ACC Coastal returns six players with starts on a three-man front but that’s not stopping Briggs from taking the lead for a starting job. a starting job. He’s the highest ranked recruit of the Bronco Mendenhall era by a large margin.

DL – George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue (No. 59, No. 4 SDE)

Ever since enrolling early in the spring, Karlaftis has been dominant. The high-motor, athletic edge defender is hinting that he may just be Purdue’s best defensive player and one of the toughest assignments in the Big Ten for offensive tackles.

DL – Drake Jackson, DE, USC (No. 56, No. 3 SDE)

A one-handed pick-six in the USC spring game is the signature play of what has been an eye-popping offseason and preseason for Jackson. He’s got the edge quickness and size to be a terror on the edge and he’s already locked up a starting job.

LB – Owen Pappoe, Auburn (No. 25, No. 1 OLB)

Pappoe came to Auburn heavily hyped and he’s already meeting those lofty expectations. Despite Auburn only starting two off-ball linebackers, Pappoe is pacing towards locking up one of those spots on a defense that should be one of the nation’s best.

LB – Nakobe Dean, Georgia (No. 19, No. 2 ILB)

Whether or not he’s atop the depth chart in Week 1 is irrelevant. Dean is going to play an important role for a team with national title goals. His athleticism, smarts and toughness hint at Dean taking over the starting job by the time the SEC title race heats up.

LB – Henry To'oto'o, Tennessee (No. 44, No. 3 OLB)

Tennessee needed help at linebacker. It recruited one of the highest ranked linebackers in the class out of California. He’s playing like one of the best linebackers in the class. That’s how you want recruiting to work and in the case of To’oto’o, Tennessee appears to have hit it out of the park and found an instant starter.

CB – Derek Stingley, LSU (No. 3, No. 1 CB)

The interceptions started all the way back in December when Stingley was an early enrollee practicing with LSU during bowl prep. They haven’t stopped since. Stingley will be one of the nation’s best cornerbacks as a freshman. He headlines our list as the Preseason True Freshman Player of the Year.

CB – Warren Burrell, Tennessee (No. 527, No. 51 CB)

The 2019 recruiting class was supposed to fill a lot of holes for Tennessee but cornerback was not one of those holes. Burrell looks poised to beat out one of two cornerbacks that were quality starters last year as true freshmen because he’s just been too good to sit.

S – Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame (No. 60, No. 5 S)

Though Notre Dame returns two starters at safety, Hamilton will find a way to get on the field. He’s being talked about as the most talented defender to arrive at Notre Dame since Jaylon Smith and he’s been filling up the stat sheet in preseason practice.

S – Cameron Williams, Washington (No. 404, No. 34 S)

With the way Washington defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake has developed and recruited the defensive back position, it’s tough to get on the field as a true freshman but Williams has positioned himself as a likely starter at safety. The last guy to do that for Washington was Taylor Rapp, a second-round NFL Draft pick last spring.

P – Ben Lennon, Utah (No. 12 P)

The next in Utah’s long lineage of Australian punting imports, Lennon is a 24-year old freshman and a former first round pick in the Australian Football League draft that comes to Salt Lake City after four years playing professionally in Australian rules football.

K – Will Reichard, Alabama (No. 1 K)

After going 4-for-4 in a preseason scrimmage with a long of 50 yards, Reichard appears to be giving cause for confidence in Alabama’s kicking game, a rare occasion.