Clowney, Manziel headline Phil Steele preseason All-America team
Phil Steele's preseason All-America team was released on Wednesday. Alabama and the SEC led the way in players selected for the four-team list.
Jun 5, 2013
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Phil Steele's 2013 preview magazine will hit newsstands this month -- an event we here at the Eye On College Football refer to as "Steelemas" -- but his preseason All-American team was released on Wednesday.
Steele fills out four teams, complete with specialists, to make a 120-player list. Alabama leads all schools with eight selections, with Stanford and Florida State checking in with five selections each. USC , Oregon and Kansas State each had four players selected to the squad.
From a conference angle, the SEC led the way with 27 players selected. The Pac-12 checked in second with 20 players, followed by the ACC (19), Big 12 (16), Big Ten (15), American Athletic Conference (5), MAC (5), Mountain West (3), Conference USA (3) and Sun Belt (2).
Check out all four teams below. Any obvious snubs? Let us know in the comments section below, or tell us on Twitter (@EyeOnCFB )
OFFENSE
1st Team
2nd Team
3rd Team
4th Team
QB
Johnny Manziel , Texas A&M Braxton Miller , Ohio StateAJ McCarron , AlabamaTeddy Bridgewater , Louisville
RB
T.J. Yeldon , AlabamaTodd Gurley , Georgia Lache Seastrunk , Baylor Silas Redd , USC
RB
De’Anthony Thomas , OregonKa’Deem Carey , Arizona Duke Johnson , Miami Damien Williams , Oklahoma
WR
Marqise Lee , USCJordan 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 , AlabamaMike Evans , Texas Stefon Diggs , Maryland Davante Adams , Fresno State
TE
Austin Seferian-Jenkins , Wash Arthur Lynch , GeorgiaJacob Pedersen , WisconsinEric Ebron , North Carolina
C
B.J. Finney , Kansas StateGabe Ikard , OklahomaHroniss Grasu , OregonTyler Larsen , Utah State
OG
David Yankey , StanfordGabe Jackson , Mississippi State Andrew Norwell , Ohio StateAnthony Steen , Alabama
OG
Cyril Richardson , BaylorSpencer Long , Nebraska Xavier Su’a-Filo , UCLA Tre’ Jackson , Florida State
OT
Taylor Lewan , Michigan Cyrus Kouandjio , AlabamaZack Martin , Notre Dame Morgan Moses , Virginia
OT
Jake Matthews , Texas A&MAntonio Richardson , Tennessee James Hurst , North CarolinaJack Mewhort , Ohio State
DEFENSE
1st Team
2nd Team
3rd Team
4th Team
DE
Jadeveon Clowney , South Carolina Jackson Jeffcoat , TexasScott Crichton , Oregon StateAaron Lynch , USF
DT
Will Sutton , Arizona St Anthony Johnson , LSU Aaron Donald , Pittsburgh Daniel McCullers , Tennessee
DT
Louis Nix , Notre DameTimmy Jernigan , Florida StateDominique Easley , Florida Roosevelt Nix , Kent St
DE
Stephon Tuitt , Notre DameDevonte Fields , TCU Morgan Breslin , USCDemarcus Lawrence , Boise State
LB
Anthony Barr , UCLAChris Borland , WisconsinShayne Skov , StanfordDenzel Nkemdiche , Ole Miss
LB
C.J. Mosley , AlabamaTrent Murphy , StanfordA.J. Johnson , TennesseeHayes Pullard , USC
LB
Kyle Van Noy , BYUMax Bullough , Michigan State Khalil Mack , Buffalo Andrew Jackson , WKU
LB
Ryan Shazier , Ohio StAdrian Hubbard , AlabamaChristian Jones , Florida StateYawin Smallwood , UConn
CB
Bradley Roby , Ohio StAaron Colvin , OklahomaDarqueze Dennard , Michigan StateLoucheiz Purifoy , Florida
CB
Jason Verrett , TCUIfo Ekpre-Olomu , OregonQuandre Diggs , TexasAntone Exum , Virginia Tech
S
Ed Reynolds , StanfordTy Zimmerman , Kansas StateHakeem Smith , LouisvilleMarco Nelson , Tulsa
S
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix , AlabamaLamarcus Joyner , Florida StateCraig Loston , LSUJordan 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 , FloridaTommy Hibbard , North CarolinaKirby Van Der Kamp , Iowa State Richie Leone , Houston
KR
Tyler Lockett , Kansas StateBernard Reedy , Toledo Justin Gilbert , Oklahoma StateJamal Golden , Georgia Tech
PR
Marcus Murphy , Missouri Tramaine Thompson , Kansas StateSpiffy Evans , Boston College Rashad Greene , Florida State
LS
Scott Thompson , NC State Drew Howell , OregonMatt Dooley , Indiana Reid Ferguson , LSU
AP
Dri Archer , Kent StateJordan Lynch , Northern Illinois Antonio Andrews , WKUVenric Mark , Northwestern
