Five Alabama football players earned All-America honors from the Sporting News on Tuesday.

Sophomore wide receiver/return specialist Jaylen Waddle earned first-team recognition, while senior cornerback Trevon Diggs, junior safety Xavier McKinney, wide receiver DeVonta Smith and offensive tackle Jedrick Wills received second-team honors.

FIRST TEAM

Jaylen Waddle, Returner

The 2019 SEC Special Teams Player of the Year

Leads the nation in punt return average at 24.9 yards per return with 19 returns for 474 yards and a score

Has also returned four kickoffs for 152 yards and a touchdown

Added 553 yards and six touchdowns on 32 catches as a wide receiver

SECOND TEAM

Trevon Diggs, Cornerback

Totaled 37 tackles from his starting corner spot, including half a tackle for loss (-1 yard)

Picked off three passes with a combined 79 yards in returns while adding eight pass breakups

Recorded two defensive touchdowns this season, scoring on an 84-yard pick-six and a 100-plus yard fumble return

Xavier McKinney, Safety

Ranks 12th in the SEC in tackles with 85, a total that leads all Alabama defenders

Added 4.5 tackles for loss (-32 yards) and two sacks (-13 yards)

Has forced four fumbles and added three interceptions to go with five breakups

Returned one of his interceptions for an 81-yard touchdown

DeVonta Smith, Wide Receiver

Leads the nation in yards after the catch with 731 for an average of 61.0 yards per game

Ranks second in the SEC and is tied for fifth nationally in touchdown receptions (13)

Leads Alabama in receiving yards with 1,200, a total that is second in the league and seventh nationally

Has recorded a pair of 200-plus yard receiving games as a junior, the first Tide wideout to accomplish the feat since Amari Cooper in 2014

Jedrick Wills Jr., Offensive Tackle

Has anchored an Alabama offensive line that has surrendered only 12 sacks in 381 pass attempts

Graded out at over 91 percent, allowing only one sack and 3.5 quarterback hurries

Missed a total of seven assignments across his 714 snaps for a 99.9 percent success rate

LSU led all teams with four first-team selections, followed by Ohio State with three. Clemson, Kentucky and Wisconsin each registered two first-team All-Americans as well. No team had more players on the first and second teams than Alabama, which placed five players.

Sporting News is one of five outlets that determine consensus All-Americans, along with the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America and Walter Camp Football Foundation. If three of the organizations select a player to their first team, he receives the consensus honor. If a player is named by all five, he receives unanimous recognition.

Sporting News 2019 All-American Team

First-team Offense

QB: Joe Burrow, LSU

RB: Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State

RB: Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin

WR: CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma

WR: Ja'Marr Chase, LSU

TE: Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic

OT: Penei Sewell, Oregon

G: Wyatt Davis, Ohio State

C: Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin

G: John Simpson, Clemson

OT: Andrew Thomas, Georgia

ATH: Lynn Bowden Jr., Kentucky

First-team Defense

DL: Chase Young, Ohio State

DL: Derrick Brown, Auburn

DL: James Lynch, Baylor

DL: Bradlee Anae, Utah

LB: Isaiah Simmons, Clemson

LB: Curtis Weaver, Boise State

LB: Evan Weaver, Cal

CB: Jeff Okudah, Ohio State

CB: Derek Stingley Jr., LSU

S: Antoine Winfield Jr., Minnesota

S: Grant Delpit, LSU

First-team Special Teams

K: Keith Duncan, Iowa

P: Max Duffy, Kentucky

RET: Jaylen Waddle, Alabama

Second-Team Offense

QB: Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma

RB: J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State

RB: Travis Etienne, Clemson

WR: DeVonta Smith, Alabama

WR: Omar Bayless, Arkansas State

TE: Brycen Hopkins, Purdue

OT: Jedrick Wills, Alabama

G: Kevin Dotson, Louisiana

C: Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma

G: Shane Lemieux, Oregon

OT: Mekhi Becton, Louisville

ATH: Kenneth Gainwell, Memphis

Second-team Defense

DL: Marlon Davidson, Auburn

DL: Jaylen Twyman, Pitt

DL: Quincy Roche, Temple

DL: Gregory Rousseau, Miami

LB: Treshaun Hayward, Western Michigan

LB: Micah Parsons, Penn State

LB: Zack Baun, Wisconsin

CB: Trevon Diggs, Alabama

CB: Amik Robertson, Louisiana Tech

S: Xavier McKinney, Alabama

S: J.R. Reed, Georgia

Second-team Special Teams

K: Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia

P: Braden Mann, Texas A&M

RET: Joe Reed, Virginia

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