Walter Camp All-American teams announced for 2024 college football season

The next set of honors following the regular season in college football are out with the selection of the 135th edition of the Walter Camp All-American Teams.

The 48 players were selected by head coaches and sports information directors from across the FBS. Those picks were then certified by the accounting firm of CBIZ.

In the end, 39 teams from nine conference, including those from the independents, were represented in the choices. Among those, Ohio State and Texas led the way with three selections apiece while Colorado and Iowa were next with two each.

With that, here are the honorees for the 2024 Walter Camp First- and Second-Team All-Americans:

First-Team Offense

Quarterback: Cam Ward, Miami
During his lone season at The ‘U,’ Ward had the best year of his collegiate career as the quarterback of the No. 1 scoring offense in the nation which averaged 44.2 ppg. In that, Ward completed 67.4% of his throws for the second-most passing yards with 4,123 yards, a national lead in passing scores with 36, and just seven interceptions. Now, after winning The Davey O’Brien Award this week, he will head to New York City this weekend as well as a finalist for The Heisman Trophy.

Running Back: Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Jeanty, the recipient of The Doak Walker Award as well as The Maxwell Award, has had an all-time year for a running back and any football player. In helping to carry the Broncos to a Mountain West Championship and the CFP, Jeanty has rushed 344 times for 2,497 yards and 29 touchdowns, all of which lead the sport, while he is 131 yards shy of the single-season record for rushing years. He too will be in the Big Apple tomorrow in hopes of winning the Heisman for what he did this season.

Running Back: Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
Johnson was the key to the offense that Iowa did have this season. He rushed 240 times for 1,537 yards and 21 touchdowns, with 23 total scores from scrimmage. All of those were top 10 in the sport this year in rushing numbers.

Wide Receiver: Travis Hunter, Colorado
Hunter, the winner of The Biletnikoff Award, caught 92 passes for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns this year for the Buffaloes, making him an iconic football player. However, as we all know, there’s more to come for him both on this list and during this award season.

Wide Receiver: Nick Nash, San José State
Nash, the Spartans’ first-ever honoree on the First-Team, was right there as well as a finalist for The Biletnikoff Award. In his sixth season as a football player, he posted 104 receptions for 1,382 yards and 16 touchdowns, all of which led college football.

Tight End: Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Fannin Jr. nearly doubled some of his career production with what he did this season at tight end for the Falcons. He had 100 catches for 2,183 yards, both of which were second in the sport behind only Nash, with nine touchdowns

OL: Will Campbell, LSU
Campbell, one of the best left tackles in the country, lived up to that this season over a dozen more starts in his junior year. In 866 snaps, Campbell protected Garrett Nussmeier with only nine hurries and four hits allowed to go with one sack given up.

OL: Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
Milum, in 11 more starts for the Mountaineers this season as a senior, didn’t allow a sack or hit this year in 706 snaps.

OL: Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Banks Jr., the winner of The Outland Trophy, remained one of the top tackle prospects in the country as a junior. In 726 snaps, he gave up just a sack and a hit apiece with only four hurries allowed this fall for the Longhorns.

OL: Addison West, Western Michigan
West was one of the highest-graded offensive linemen of the entire season this year through a dozen games as a redshirt senior for the Broncos.

C: Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
McLaughlin, winner of The Rimington Trophy, earned this through ten games after tearing his achilles in practice. Still, in his season with the Buckeyes, he allowed no sacks or hits on Will Howard with only seven hurries as their starting center.

PK: Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana
In his seventh season, Almendares won The Lou Groza Award with how he kicked for the Ragin’ Cajuns. He was nearly perfect as he was 27-29 (93.1%) on field goals, with the makes being a national lead, and was 46-47 (97.9%) on extra points in order to score a total of 127 points, which tied for the national lead in scoring off of kicks.

First-Team Defense

DL: Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Kennard won The Nagurski Trophy and was the 2024 SEC Defensive Player of the Year in his lone season with the Gamecocks this fall. He had 28 total tackles, 16 being for loss, but posted 11.5 sacks, which was sixth in the sport, along with three forced fumbles for two recoveries. He did that as part of a top 15 defense in Columbia.

DL: Mason Graham, Michigan
Graham continued his success with a career-best season as a junior. He has 45 tackles and 3.5 sacks with both being third on a Wolverines’ defense that finished 25th in the nation.

DL: Mike Green, Marshall
In his second season with the Thundering Herd, Green, the 2024 Sun Belt Player of the Year, had as good a season as any player in getting to the backfield. He posted 84 tackles but had nation-leading stats in tackles for loss 23 and in sacks too with 17.

DL: Abdul Carter, Penn State
Carter, the 2024 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, was the best defender on a top 10 defense for the Nittany Lions. He posted 60 tackles, 20 being for loss, with 10 sacks to go with a pair of forced fumbles and three deflections.

LB: Jay Higgins, Iowa
Higgins, a repeat member after being a Second Team selection last year, became a First-Team selection as the leader in tackles and interceptions for another top 10 defense for the Hawkeyes. He had 118 tackles, three being for loss, and a sack along with five deflections, a pair of forced fumbles with a recovery, and four picks.

LB: Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
Stutsman, another consecutive member who was a Second Team selection last fall, earned a spot on the First Team with what he did as a senior leader of the Sooners’ defense. He had a third-straight season of 100-plus tackles with 109, eight being for loss, with a sack for OU.

LB: Shaun Dolac, Buffalo
Dolac had himself a season at Buffalo in a career-best outing for the fifth-year senior linebacker. He had a national lead by far for tackles with 159, 17 of those being for loss, with four deflections as well as five interceptions, including a pick-six. The TFLs and picks also finished in the top 10 in the country.

DB: Nohl Williams, California
Williams was your national leader in interceptions this year with seven in total, including a pick-six, for Cal. He also had 50 tackles, nine deflections, and a forced fumble at corner for the Golden Bears.

DB: Travis Hunter, Colorado
Here’s Hunter, the winner of the Chuck Bednarik Award as well, again as the top two-way player that college football has seen in some time. So, at corner for the Buffs, Hunter also had 32 tackles, 11 deflections, four interceptions, and a forced fumble. That’s why he’s the Walter Camp Player of the Year as well as the favorite going into this weekend to win The Heisman Trophy too.

DB: Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
Watts, who appeared in a dozen games as a graduate senior for the Fighting Irish, did it all again at safety for a top 10 defense. He had 49 tackles, nine deflections, five interceptions with a pick-six, and a forced fumble. All of those were top-five on their unit, including the team lead in deflections and picks.

DB: Caleb Downs, Ohio State
Downs, the Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year, was impactful again as a sophomore but this time for the No. 1 defense in the nation at Ohio State. He had 62 tackles, seven for loss, with three deflections and a pick this fall for the Buckeyes’ unit.

P: Alex Mastromanno, Florida State
Mastromanno, a finalist for The Ray Guy Award a First-Team All-ACC selection, and was needed a lot this football season in Tallahassee due to one of the worst offense in college football. However, when he took the field, he did what he could to flip the field with an average of 49.3 yards, which was second-most in the sport, for his 55 punts.

KR: Keelan Marion, BYU
Marion had 41 plays from scrimmage for 435 yards and three touchdowns as one of the leading weapons on the offense for BYU football. However, he had two more scores on kick returns with 18 total that went for 472 yards, which averages out to 26.2 yards. That gave him his best year in all-purpose yards with 907.

Second-Team Offense

Quarterback: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Running Back: Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
Running Back: Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
Wide Receiver: Tetairo McMillan, Arizona
Wide Receiver: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
Tight End: Tyler Warren, Penn State
OL: Spencer Fano, Utah
OL: William Lampkin, North Carolina
OL: Tyler Booker, Alabama
OL: Kage Casey, Boise State
C: Leif Fautanu, Arizona State
PK: Alex Raynor, Kentucky

Second-Team Defense

DL: Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
DL: Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
DL: Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College
DL: Antwaun Powell-Ryland Jr., Virginia Tech
LB: Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
LB: Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
LB: Jalon Walker, Georgia
DB: Ra’Mello Dotson, Kansas
DB: Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB: Will Johnson, Michigan
DB: Jahdae Barron, Texas
P: Eddie Czaplicki, USC