Kinnard, Paschal Earn All-American Honors from CBS Sports

Postseason honors continue to pile up for Kentucky football players. Darian Kinnard and Josh Paschal can add the prestigious title “All-American” to their respective resumes.

Wednesday morning CBS Sports unveiled its 2021 college football All-American teams. Kinnard earned a spot on the first team at offensive line, while Paschal was honored as a second team All-American on the defensive line. It’s almost as though the SEC SIDs were not paying attention when they put Paschal on the SEC’s second team.

Kinnard was only one of three power five offensive linemen that graded higher than 85 percent in both pass and run blocking. A two-time SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week, the Knoxville native was a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy. Kinnard led the team with 30 knockdown blocks and allowed only one quarterback sack in more than 350 pass plays. He also was a first team All-American selection by the Action Network.

Paschal was the third-highest graded EDGE defender in the country this year according to PFF, one spot higher than Alabama’s Will Anderson. The only three-time team captain in UK football history, his 15.5 tackles for loss ranked second in the SEC. Paschal also recorded 53 tackles, 5.5 sacks, a team-high eight quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal.

First Team All-Americans

OFFENSE
QB	Bryce Young	Alabama	Sophomore
RB	Kenneth Walker III *	Michigan State	Junior
RB	Breece Hall	Iowa State	Junior
WR	Jameson Williams	Alabama	Junior
WR	David Bell	Purdue	Junior
TE	Brock Bowers	Georgia	Freshman
C	Tyler Linderbaum *	Iowa	Junior
OL	Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	Senior
OL	Evan Neal	Alabama	Junior
OL	Ikem Okwonu	NC State	Sophomore
OL	Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	Junior
DEFENSE
DL	Aidan Hutchinson *	Michigan	Senior
DL	Jordan Davis	Georgia	Senior
DL	Jermaine Johnson II	Florida State	Senior
DL	DeMarvin Leal	Texas A&M	Junior
LB	Will Anderson Jr. *	Alabama	Sophomore
LB	Nakobe Dean	Georgia	Junior
LB	Devin Lloyd	Utah	Junior
CB	Ahmad Gardner	Cincinnati	Junior
CB	Riley Moss	Iowa	Senior
S	Verone McKinley III	Oregon	Sophomore
S	Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	Senior
SPECIAL TEAMS
K	Jake Moody	Michigan	Senior
P	Matt Araiza *	San Diego State	Junior
KR	Zonovan Knight	NC State	Sophomore
PR	Britain Covey	Utah	Junior
AP	Marcus Jones	Houston	Senior

Second Team All-Americans

OFFENSE
QB	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	Senior
RB	Tyler Badie	Missouri	Senior
RB	Sincere McCormick	UTSA	Junior
WR	Jordan Addison	Pittsburgh	Sophomore
WR	Chris Olave	Ohio State	Senior
TE	Trey McBride	Colorado State	Senior
C	Alec Lindstrom	Boston College	Senior
OL	Zion Johnson	Boston College	Graduate
OL	Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	Junior
OL	Thayer Munford	Ohio State	Graduate
OL	Max Mitchell	Louisiana	Junior
DEFENSE
DL	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon	Junior
DL	George Karlaftis	Purdue	Junior
DL	Will McDonald IV	Iowa State	Junior
DL	Josh Paschal	Kentucky	Senior
LB	David Ojabo	Michigan	Junior
LB	Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	Junior
LB	Malcolm Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	Senior
CB	Coby Bryant	Cincinnati	Graduate
CB	Marcus Jones	Houston	Senior
S	Kyle Hamilton	Notre Dame	Junior
S	Jordan Battle	Alabama	Junior
SPECIAL TEAMS
K	Noah Ruggles	Ohio State	Graduate
P	Jordan Stout	Penn State	Senior
KR	Brian Battie	South Florida	Sophomore
PR	Marcus Jones	Houston	Senior
AP	Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	Sophomore