More than 15,000 players donned jerseys in games or practices in the FBS this season. We have selected 52 players from that pool of outstanding athletes as members of The All-American’s inaugural All-America teams.

College Football Playoff semifinalist Oklahoma leads all programs with four first-team selections, starting with Heisman trophy favorite Baker Mayfield at quarterback. Wisconsin, the Big Ten runner-up, has four selections across the two teams. Other teams with multiple honorees include Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Iowa, Memphis, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Stanford, Texas, Washington and Washington State.

The teams were compiled via nominations from The All-American staff.

FIRST TEAM

Offense

Pos. Name Class School QB Baker Mayfield Sr. Oklahoma RB Bryce Love Jr. Stanford RB Rashaad Penny Sr. San Diego State WR James Washington Sr. Oklahoma State WR Anthony Miller Sr. Memphis TE Mark Andrews Jr. Oklahoma OT Orlando Brown Jr. Oklahoma OG Quenton Nelson Jr. Notre Dame C Will Clapp Jr. LSU OG Cody O’Connell Sr. Washington State OT David Edwards So. Wisconsin

QB: Baker Mayfield, Sr., Oklahoma: The Heisman trophy finalist’s big plays and fiery behavior command all the attention, but Mayfield truly is one of the most efficient quarterbacks this game has ever seen. He’s once again the national leader in completion percentage (71%), yards per attempt (11.8) and passer rating (203.8) with a ridiculous 41-5 TD-to-INT ratio.

RB Bryce Love, Jr., Stanford: No FBS player has been a bigger home-run threat this season, and he led The All-American’s running back efficiency ratings nearly wire to wire. A Doak Walker Award finalist, Love has accounted for the most 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-yard plays this season. He leads all Power 5 backs in rushing (1,973 yards), ended the regular season with 17 rushing touchdowns and tallied 8.3 yards per carry (best among running backs with at least 150 attempts).

RB Rashaad Penny, Sr., San Diego State: Penny leads the FBS in rushing yards per game and is the lone 2,000-yard rusher in the FBS. His 19 rushing touchdowns are third-most nationally, and he is fourth in The All-American’s running back efficiency ratings.

WR James Washington, Sr., Oklahoma State: The Biletnikoff Award winner has been a big-play machine year after year and has gotten better as a senior, with an FBS-leading 1,423 receiving yards and 13 total TDs. He’s averaging more than 20 yards per catch, leads the nation in 30-plus yard receptions (17) and has spent nearly every week at No. 1 or 2 The All-American’s wide receiver efficiency ratings.

WR Anthony Miller, Sr., Memphis: Miller is in the top five nationally in receiving yards (117.3 per game), touchdown catches (17) and total catches (92). He has broken the 160-yard mark five times this season and is eighth in The All-American’s wide receiver efficiency ratings.

TE Mark Andrews, Jr., Oklahoma: Mayfield’s go-to guy over the middle leads all tight ends nationally with 906 receiving yards. He’s a big-play threat averaging 15.6 yards per catch as well as a matchup problem in the red zone, where he’s scored six of his eight TDs.

OT Orlando Brown, Jr., Oklahoma: The Outland Trophy finalist and three-year starter at left tackle keeps Mayfield protected and the nation’s No. 1 offense rolling. Brown has won back-to-back Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year honors.

OG Quenton Nelson, Jr., Notre Dame: The Outland Trophy finalist finished the regular season as Pro Football Focus’ highest-rated offensive lineman and is the soft-spoken linchpin of a unit that is a finalist for the Joe Moore Award.

C Will Clapp, Jr., LSU: The Rimington Award finalist moved from guard to center this season and has anchored a young line that paved the way for Derrius Guice, Darrel Williams and an explosive run game. Clapp has logged 35 consecutive starts.

OG Cody O’Connell, Sr., Washington State: The redshirt junior garnered the nickname “The Continent” for his size — 6-foot-9, 368 pounds. On the line, he has provided a steady force for Pac-12 all-time passing yardage leader Luke Falk, starting all 12 games for the Cougs this season.

OT David Edwards, So., Wisconsin: Edwards played quarterback in high school and was recruited to Wisconsin as a tight end. Edwards, who protects left-handed quarterback Alex Hornibrook’s blind side, has helped the Badgers break in a true freshman running back and be the Big Ten’s best rushing offense for almost the entire regular season.

Defense

Pos. Name Class School DE Bradley Chubb Sr. N.C. State DT Harrison Phillips Sr. Stanford DT Maurice Hurst Sr. Michigan DE Sutton Smith So. Northern Illinois LB Roquan Smith Jr. Georgia LB Josey Jewell Sr. Iowa LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo Sr. Oklahoma CB Josh Jackson Jr. Iowa S Minkah Fitzpatrick Jr. Alabama S DeShon Elliott Jr. Texas CB Denzel Ward Jr. Ohio State

DE Bradley Chubb, Sr., N.C. State: The ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year and Bednarik Award finalist has delivered in his last go-round, leading the ACC in sacks (10) and TFLs (25), and possibly establishing himself as a top-five NFL draft pick, too.

DT Harrison Phillips, Sr., Stanford: No defensive lineman has registered more tackles this season than Phillips (99), and few at his position have registered more tackles for a loss than the senior, who ended the regular season with 16.5.

DT Maurice Hurst, Sr., Michigan: Teammates call him “simply unblockable” and were incensed that he was not named the Big Ten’s defensive lineman of the year last week. Hurst finished the regular season with 59 tackles, including 13.5 for loss, five sacks and two quarterback hurries.

DE Sutton Smith, So., Northern Illinois: The former running back leads the nation in sacks (14) and tackles for loss (28.5), setting school records in the process. This is his second full season playing defensive end.

LB Josey Jewell, Sr., Iowa: The Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year, Jewell has tallied 125 tackles this season, 13.5 of them for loss to go along with 4.5 sacks, two interceptions, 11 pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble.

LB Roquan Smith, Jr., Georgia: Smith, the Bulldogs’ first Butkus Award winner, finished the regular season with 113 tackles — 10.5 for a loss — and 5.5 sacks, while also recording eight QB hurries and breaking up two passes. His huge performance in the SEC title game is a big reason why the Bulldogs won. He also was a finalist for the Bednarik Award.

LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Sr., Oklahoma: The Big 12’s co-Defensive Player of the Year is a consistently fearsome threat playing the “Jack” linebacker/end hybrid role, where he has racked up 71 tackles, 17.5 TFL, eight sacks and three forced fumbles.

CB Josh Jackson, Jr., Iowa: Jackson is tied for the FBS lead in interceptions (7) and led the FBS in passes defended (25), earning Thorpe Award finalist status. No one had a more impressive stretch than Jackson’s back-to-back performances against Ohio State (three interceptions) and Wisconsin (two pick-sixes).

S Minkah Fitzpatrick, Jr., Alabama: Fitzpatrick can play — and has played — every position in the Alabama secondary. The winner of the Thorpe and Bednarik awards finished the regular season with 52 tackles, six tackles for loss, an interception and seven pass breakups.

S DeShon Elliott, Jr., Texas: The junior has already declared for the NFL draft after grabbing six interceptions (two for TDs) and logging 63 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and nine pass breakups. Elliott had one career start entering the year and broke out as a Thorpe Award finalist and unanimous All-Big 12 selection by the league’s coaches.

CB Denzel Ward, Jr., Ohio State: Ward is the Buckeyes’ best cornerback, so good that it surprises him when opposing quarterbacks throw near his vicinity. Coaches put him on par with the parade of cornerbacks who have played at Ohio State in recent years and now dot rosters in the NFL.

Specialists

Pos. Name Class School K Eddy Pineiro Jr. Florida P Michael Dickson Jr. Texas KR/PR Dante Pettis Sr. Washington AP Saquon Barkley Jr. Penn State

K Eddy Pineiro, Jr., Florida: Pineiro’s 94.4 percent field-goal percentage leads the FBS, and he made two attempts from beyond 50 yards. He only missed one attempt all season, made 24 of his 26 extra-point attempts and was responsible for 31 percent of Florida’s points scored in 2017.

P Michael Dickson, Jr., Texas: Nobody flips field position quite like the Aussie import averaging an FBS-best 48.8 yards per punt. Dickson, a two-time Ray Guy Award finalist and this season’s Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, had 32 punts downed inside the 20-yard line this season and 14 inside the 10.

KR/PR Dante Pettis, Sr., Washington: Pettis has four punt return touchdowns this season alone (second-most was two) as he set the NCAA career record in punt return touchdowns with nine over the past four years. Pettis also leads the nation with 20.4 yards per return and 35.7 yards of punt returns per game.

AP Saquon Barkley, Jr., Penn State: Though a season that began with the highest of individual aspirations — the Heisman Trophy — will not include a trip to New York, Barkley has put up some monstrous numbers due in large part to his electric kick returns. Barkley finished second in the FBS with 2,154 all-purpose yards. He has rushed for more than 1,000 yards for the third consecutive season.

SECOND TEAM

Offense

Pos. Name Class School QB Lamar Jackson Jr. Louisville RB Jonathan Taylor Fr. Wisconsin RB Devin Singletary So. FAU WR A.J. Brown So. Mississippi WR David Sills V Jr. West Virginia TE Adam Breneman Sr. UMass OT Mitch Hyatt Jr. Clemson OG Will Hernandez Sr. UTEP C Bradley Bozeman Sr. Alabama OG Braden Smith Sr. Auburn OT Mike McGlinchey Sr. Notre Dame

Defense

Pos. Name Class School DE Nick Bosa So. Ohio State DT Hercules Mata’afa Jr. Washington State DT Vita Vea Jr. Washington DE Clelin Ferrell So. Clemson LB Jeff Holland Jr. Auburn LB Tremaine Edmunds Jr. Virginia Tech LB T.J. Edwards Jr. Wisconsin CB Isaiah Oliver Jr. Colorado S Justin Reid Jr. Stanford S Lukas Denis Jr. Boston College CB Nick Nelson Jr. Wisconsin

Specialists

Pos. Name Class School K Matt Gay Jr. Utah P Shane Tripucka Jr. Texas A&M KR/PR Tony Pollard So. Memphis AP Darius Phillips Sr. Western Michigan

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