Associated Press names 2023 preseason All-Americans for College Football

The college football season is just days away from kicking off, so we finally have our list of preseason AP All-Americans.

There’s little surprise at the QB1 on the first team since we have a reigning Heisman winner returning. But elsewhere, the teams feature plenty of new names who could blow up this fall, and also mixed in with some established household names from the previous few seasons.

To see which of the game’s top stars made the cut, take a look below at the Associated Press’ first and second team All-American projections:

First Team Offense

QB: Caleb Williams | USC
RB: Blake Corum | Michigan
RB: Quinshon Judkins | Ole Miss
WR: Marvin Harrison | Ohio State
WR: Rome Odunze | Washington
WR: Emeka Ebguka | Ohio State
TE: Brock Bowers | Georgia
C: Sedrick Van Pran | Georgia
OG: Cooper Beebe | Kansas State
OG: Zak Zinter | Michigan
OT: Joe Alt | Notre Dame
OT: Olu Fashanu | Penn State
K: Joshua Karty | Stanford
All-Purpose: Travis Hunter | Colorado

First Team Defense

EDGE: Jared Verse | Florida State
EDGE: Bralen Trice | Washington
DL: Jer’Zhan Newton | Illinois
DL: Dontay Corleone | Cincinnati
LB: Harold Perkins | LSU
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson | Georgia
LB: Tommy Eichenberg | Ohio State
CB: Kool-Aid McKinstry | Alabama
CB: Kalen King | Penn State
S: Kam Kinchens | Miami
S:  Malaki Starks | Georgia
DB: Cooper DeJean | Iowa
P: Tory Taylor | Iowa

Second Team Offense

QB: Drake Maye | North Carolina
RB: Raheim Sanders | Arkansas
RB: Braelon Allen | Wisconsin
WR: Xavier Worthy | Texas
WR: Malik Nabers | LSU
WR: Jacob Cowing | Arizona
TE: Oronde Gadsden | Syracuse
C: Zach Frazier | West Virginia
OG: Donovan Jackson | Ohio State
OG: Christian Mahogany | Boston College
OT: JC Latham | Alabama
OT: Kelvin Banks | Texas
K: John Hoyland | Wyoming
All-Purpose: Will Shipley | Clemson

Second Team Defense

EDGE: J.T. Tuimoloau | Ohio State
EDGE: Dallas Turner | Alabama
DL: Tyler Davis | Clemson
DL: Mekhi Wingo | LSU
LB: Jeremiah Trotter | Clemson
LB: Barrett Carter | Clemson
LB: Cedric Gray | North Carolina
CB: Josh Newton | TCU
CB: Ben Morrison | Notre Dame
S: Calen Bullock | USC
S: Javon Bullard | Georgia
DB: Will Johnson | Michigan
P: Kai Kroeger | South Carolina

There you have it: two whole teams worth of the projected top players in the sport for this fall.