Kelvin Banks, Xavier Worthy named AP Preseason All-Americans
Junior wide receiver Xavier Worthy and sophomore offensive tackle Kelvin Banks were both named second-team preseason All-Americans by the Associated Press on Monday.
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Worthy, a third-year player from Fresno (Calif.) Central East, was named an AP preseason All-American for the second time in his career. Worthy has played and started in 25 career games with 122 career receptions, 1741 yards, and 21 touchdowns. He is third all time in Texas history in touchdown receptions.
While playing through a broken hand during the second part of the 2022 campaign, Worthy caught 60 passes for 760 yards and nine touchdowns. That followed a 62-catch, 981-yard, 12-touchdown freshman season in 2021.
Worthy has also been named to watch lists for the Maxwell Award, the Paul Horning Award, the Biletnikoff Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year, and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
Banks, a second-year player out of Humble (Texas) Summer Creek, started all 13 games at left tackle last season as a true freshman. He earned freshman All-America honors from The Athletic, the FWAA, and ESPN. He was a second-team All-Big 12 selection in 2022.
Banks has been named to watch lists for the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.
Worthy and Banks are both preseason All-Big 12 selections, with Worthy being the only unanimous selection from the entire conference.
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First Team Offense
QB: Caleb Williams | USC
RB: Blake Corum | Michigan
RB: Quinshon Judkins | Ole Miss
WR: Marvin Harrison | Ohio State
WR: Rome Odunze | Washington
WR: Emeka Ebguka | Ohio State
TE: Brock Bowers | Georgia
C: Sedrick Van Pran | Georgia
OG: Cooper Beebe | Kansas State
OG: Zak Zinter | Michigan
OT: Joe Alt | Notre Dame
OT: Olu Fashanu | Penn State
K: Joshua Karty | Stanford
All-Purpose: Travis Hunter | Colorado
First Team Defense
EDGE: Jared Verse | Florida State
EDGE: Bralen Trice | Washington
DL: Jer’Zhan Newton | Illinois
DL: Dontay Corleone | Cincinnati
LB: Harold Perkins | LSU
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson | Georgia
LB: Tommy Eichenberg | Ohio State
CB: Kool-Aid McKinstry | Alabama
CB: Kalen King | Penn State
S: Kam Kinchens | Miami
S: Malaki Starks | Georgia
DB: Cooper DeJean | Iowa
P: Tory Taylor | Iowa
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Second Team Offense
QB: Drake Maye | North Carolina
RB: Raheim Sanders | Arkansas
RB: Braelon Allen | Wisconsin
WR: Xavier Worthy | Texas
WR: Malik Nabers | LSU
WR: Jacob Cowing | Arizona
TE: Oronde Gadsden | Syracuse
C: Zach Frazier | West Virginia
OG: Donovan Jackson | Ohio State
OG: Christian Mahogany | Boston College
OT: JC Latham | Alabama
OT: Kelvin Banks | Texas
K: John Hoyland | Wyoming
All-Purpose: Will Shipley | Clemson
Second Team Defense
EDGE: J.T. Tuimoloau | Ohio State
EDGE: Dallas Turner | Alabama
DL: Tyler Davis | Clemson
DL: Mekhi Wingo | LSU
LB: Jeremiah Trotter | Clemson
LB: Barrett Carter | Clemson
LB: Cedric Gray | North Carolina
CB: Josh Newton | TCU
CB: Ben Morrison | Notre Dame
S: Calen Bullock | USC
S: Javon Bullard | Georgia
DB: Will Johnson | Michigan
P: Kai Kroeger | South Carolina
