Alabama leads all schools with six on Sporting News All-America Team

Sporting News released its 2023 All-America Team on Wednesday morning, and Alabama led all schools with six players selected to the organization’s first and second teams.

Cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry and linebacker Dallas Turner were named first-team All-Americans by Sportings News, while defensive backs Terrion Arnold and Caleb Downs, offensive tackle JC Latham and placekicker Will Reichard earned second-team honors.

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

With his third first-team nod, Turner is now a consensus All-American. McKinstry needs to be named an AFCA first-team All-American in order to also receive consensus distinction.

Because no player was recognized as a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Alabama will not have a unanimous All-American for the first time since 2019.

ALABAMA PLAYERS ON ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Walter Camp: JC Latham (2nd), Kool-Aid McKinstry (2nd), Dallas Turner (2nd)
FWAA: Dallas Turner (1st), JC Latham (2nd)
AP: Terrion Arnold (1st), Kool-Aid McKinstry (1st), Dallas Turner (1st), Caleb Downs (2nd), JC Latham (2nd), Will Reichard (3rd)
Sporting News: Kool-Aid McKinstry (1st), Dallas Turner (1st), Terrion Arnold (2nd), Caleb Downs (2nd), JC Latham (2nd), Will Reichard (2nd)

The complete 2023 Sporting News All-America Team is listed below.

First-team offense
QB: Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB: Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
RB: Cody Schrader, Missouri
WR: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR: Rome Odunze, Washington
WR: Malik Nabers, LSU
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
T: Olu Fashanu, Penn State
G: Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
C: Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
G: Zak Zinter, Michigan
T: Joe Alt, Notre Dame

First-team defense
DL: T’Vondre Sweat, Texas
DL: Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois
DL: Jonah Elliss, Utah
EDGE: Dallas Turner, Alabama
EDGE: Laiatu Latu, UCLA
LB: Payton Wilson, NC State
LB: Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
CB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
CB: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
S: Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
S: Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
DB: Mike Sainristil, Michigan
ATH: Travis Hunter, Colorado

First-team specialists
K: Graham Nicholson, Miami (Ohio)
P: Tory Taylor, Iowa
PR: Zachariah Branch, USC
KR: Barion Brown, Kentucky

Second-team offense
QB: Michael Penix Jr., Washington
RB: Audric Estime, Notre Dame
RB: Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
WR: Troy Franklin, Oregon
WR: Luther Burden III, Missouri
WR: Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
TE: Dallin Holker, Colorado State
OL: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
OL: Christian Haynes, UConn
OL: Zach Frazier, West Virginia
OL: Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
OL: JC Latham, Alabama

Second-team defense
DL: Byron Murphy II, Texas
DL: Mason Graham, Michigan
DL: Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
EDGE: Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
EDGE: Jalen Green, James Madison
LB: Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
LB: Jay Higgins, Iowa
CB: Beanie Bishop Jr., West Virginia
CB: Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
S: Caleb Downs, Alabama
S: Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB: Terrion Arnold, Alabama
ATH: Sione Vaki, Utah

Second-team specialists
K: Will Reichard, Alabama
P: Alex Mastromanno, Florida State
PR: Xavier Worthy, Texas
KR: Bhayshul Tuten, Virginia Tech

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