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Jonathon Brooks named AP first-team midseason All-American

Joe Cookby:Joe Cook10/18/23

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Jonathon Brooks (Will Gallagher/Inside Texas)

Texas running back Jonathon Brooks was named an Associated Press first-team midseason All-American, the outlet announced Wednesday. Defensive linemen T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy received second-team accolades.

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Brooks has collected a number of midseason All-America accolades from a variety of outlets, including ESPN, CBS Sports, The Athletic, Fox Sports, and USA Today. The junior from Hallettsville (Texas) has rushed for 726 yards and six touchdowns on 108 carries. He leads the Big 12 in rushing yards per game, all-purpose yards, rushing touchdowns, and total touchdowns with seven. He’s fourth in the country in rushing yards per game with 121.0, and is sixth in all-purpose yards per game with 141.17.

Brooks stepped into the void left by Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, and has become one of the best running backs in the nation. He eclipsed the 100-yard threshold versus Wyoming, Baylor, Kansas, and Oklahoma. His outing versus the Jayhawks was the best of his career, rushing 21 times for 218 yards and two touchdowns and adding 23 yards receiving.

Sweat, a senior from Huntsville (Texas), has 18 tackles including 4.0 for loss, one sack, one pass breakup, and four quarterback hurries. He’s a huge part of Texas’ defense, helping the Longhorns limit opponents to 4.97 yards per play and under 115 yards on the ground per game. Sweat was named a first-team midseason All-American by The Athletic and was a second-teamer according to Fox Sports.

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Murphy, a junior from DeSoto (Texas), has 15 tackles with 3.5 for loss and two sacks. He also caught a touchdown pass in a goal line set versus Wyoming. Murphy and Sweat have have helped Texas produce a unit ranked No. 25 in total defense and No. 16 in scoring defense.

All three will be in action Saturday when the Longhorns travel to Houston to face the Houston Cougars.

AP Midseason First-Team All Americans

Offense

QB – Michael Penix Jr., Washington

RB – Jonathon Brooks, Texas

RB – Audric Estime, Notre Dame

OT – Joe Alt, Notre Dame

OT – Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State

OG – Cooper Beebe, Kansas State

OG – Zak Zinter, Michigan

OC – Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

TE – Brock Bowers, Georgia

WR – Malik Nabers, LSU

WR – Luther Burden, Missouri

WR – Rome Odunze, Washington

All-purpose – Ashton Jeanty, Boise State

Kicker – Will Reichard, Alabama

Defense

EDGE – Laiaitu Latu, UCLA

EDGE – Dallas Turner, Alabama

DL – Howard Cross, Notre Dame

DL – Jer/Zhan Newton, Illinois

LB – Payton Wilson, NC State

LB – Jason Henderson, Old Dominion

LB – Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M

CB – Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama

CB – Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri

S – Malakai Starks, Georgia

S – Jaylin Simpson, Auburn

DB – Cooper DeJean, Iowa

P – Tory Taylor, Iowa

AP Midseason Second-Team All Americans

Offense

QB – Jayden Daniels, LSU

RB – Ray Davis, Kentucky

RB – Blake Corum, Michigan

OT – Olu Fashanu, Penn State

OT – Javon Foster, Missouri

OG – Christian Haynes, UConn

OG – Tanner Miller, Oregon State

OC – Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia

WR – Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State

WR – Troy Franklin, Oregon

WR – Xavier Legette, South Carolina

TE – Cade Stover, Ohio State

All-Purpose – Keon Coleman, Florida State

Kicker – Graham Nicholson, Miami (Ohio)

Defense

EDGE – Jonah Elliss, Utah

EDGE – Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State

DT – T’Vondre Sweat, Texas

DT – Byron Murphy, Texas

LB – Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma

LB – Jay Higgins, Iowa

LB – Power Echols, North Carolina

CB – Denzel Burke, Ohio State

CB – Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky

S – Tyler Nubin, Minnesota

S – Calen Bullock, USC

DB – Sebastian Castro, Iowa

P – Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt

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