CBS Sports releases 2022 college football All-American teams

CBS Sports dropped its college football All-American teams on Wednesday and there are a few obvious choices and notable admissions. Only two players were unanimous selections.

The Big Ten, specifically Ohio State, dominated the rosters. The conference had 20 players — 10 first teamers — and Ohio State had five total selections across the first and second teams.

The next closest conference in number represented in the CBS Sports All-American squads was the SEC with 12 players overall and five on the first team.

CBS Sports noted that their defensive rosters include an extra defensive back slot. For edge rusher vs. defensive line vs. linebacker, CBS Sports used the positions listed by each players respective college.

1st team All-Americans

Offense
Caleb Williams, QB, USC
Blake Corum, RB, Michigan
Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas
Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State (unanimous)
Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee
Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame
John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota
Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern
O’Cyrus Torrence, OL, Florida
Joe Alt, OL, Notre Dame
Dawand Jones, OL, Ohio State

Defense
Calijah Kancey, DL, Pitt
Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia
Tuli Toipulotu, DL, USC
Will Anderson Jr., LB, Alabama (unanimous)
Ivan Pace Jr., LB, Cincinnati
Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa
Clark Phillips III, CB, Utah
Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
Kaevon Merriweather, DB, Iowa
Kamren Kinchens, DB, Miami (FL)
Brian Branch, DB, Alabama

Special Teams
Christopher Dunn, K, NC State
Bryce Baringer, P, Michigan State
Jaylin Lucas, KR, Indiana
Anthony Gould, PR, Oregon State
Israel Abanikanda, AP, Pitt

2nd team

Offense
Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee AND CJ Stroud, QB, Ohio State (tie)
Chase Brown, RB, Illinois
Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA
Xavier Hutchinson, WR, Iowa State
Charlie Jones, WR, Purdue
Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
Brett Neilon, C, USC
Andrew Vorhees, OL, USC
Paris Johnson Jr., OL, Ohio State
Cooper Beebe, OL, Kansas State
Alex Palczewski, OL, Illinois

Defense
Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois
Felix Anudike-Uzomah, DL, Kansas State
Isaiah Foskey, DL, Notre Dame
Drew Sanders, LB, Arkansas
Nick Herbig, LB, Wisconsin
Tommy Eichenberg, LB, Ohio State
Emmanuel Forbes, CB, Mississippi State
Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State
Christopher Smith, DB, Georgia
Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, DB, TCU
Kool-Aid McKinstry, DB, Alabama

Special Teams
Joshua Karty, K, Stanford
Tory Taylor, P, Iowa
Lideatrick Griffin, KR, Mississippi State
Derius Davis, PR, TCU
Malik Knowles, AP, Kansas State

All-American honorable mentions: TCU QB Max Duggan, Minnesota RB Mo Ibrahim, Illinois DB Sydney Brown, USC DB Calen Bullock, Texas A&M DB Antonio Johnson, Michigan K Jake Moody, Arkanas State AP Johnnie Lang.