Three Alabama defensive players selected to AFCA All-America Teams
The American Football Coaches Association announced its 2023 All-America Teams on Thursday, and three Alabama players were selected to the first and second teams.
Crimson Tide linebacker Dallas Turner was named to the AFCA’s first-team defense, while defensive backs Terrion Arnold and Kool-Aid McKinstry landed on the second team.
The AFCA is one of five national organizations that determine consensus All-American status, along with the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News 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.
Turner was recognized as a first-team All-American by four different outlets, including the AFCA AP, FWAA and Sporting News, so the linebacker earned the consensus distinction this year. McKinstry (AP, Sporting News) missed being a consensus 2023 pick by one team.
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)
AFCA: Dallas Turner (1st), Terrion Arnold (2nd), Kool-Aid McKinstry (2nd)
The complete 2023 AFCA All-America Teams are listed below.
First-Team Offense
WR *Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR Malik Nabers, LSU
TE *Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL *Joe Alt, Notre Dame
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
OL Zak Zinter, Michigan
OL Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State
QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB *Blake Corum, Michigan
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
First-Team Defense
DL Jared Verse, Florida State
DL T’Vondre Sweat, Texas
DL Laiatu Latu, UCLA
DL Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois
LB Dallas Turner, Alabama
LB Payton Wilson, NC State
LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
DB Trey Taylor, Air Force
DB Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
DB Malaki Starks, Georgia
First-Team Special Teams
P Tory Taylor, Iowa
PK Graham Nicholson, Miami (Ohio)
AP Travis Hunter, Colorado
LS James Rosenberry Jr., Florida State
Second-Team Offense
WR Malik Washington, Virginia
WR Rome Odunze, Washington
TE Dallin Holker, Colorado State
OL Graham Barton, Duke
OL Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
C Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
OL Troy Fautanu, Washington
OL Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
QB Michael Penix Jr., Washington
RB Cody Schrader, Missouri
RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
Second-Team Defense
DL Jalen Green, James Madison
DL Kris Jenkins, Michigan
DL JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
DL Jonah Elliss, Utah
LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
LB Jay Higgins, Iowa
LB Trey Moore, UTSA
DB Terrion Arnold, Alabama
DB Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
DB *Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB Beanie Bishop Jr., West Virginia
Second-Team Special Teams
P James Ferguson-Reynolds, Boise State
PK Jose Pizano, UNLV
AP Xavier Worthy, Texas
LS *Joe Shimko, NC State
*–2022 AFCA All-American
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