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With the college football season in the books, our panel of experts was faced with plenty of difficult decisions when convening to select the 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America team. Experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports joined forces once again to honor the players who shined the brightest on the gridiron over the last three-plus months.
Unanimous selections generally play a significant role in building these teams; however, for the second straight year, only three players receive that honor: Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, Texas offensive lineman Kelvin Banks and Florida State punter Alex Mastromanno. Jeanty and Banks were similarly unanimous picks on the midseason team, while Banks and Mastromanno are two of 11 players who were previously 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports Preseason All-America first-team selections.
Wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan (Arizona), offensive lineman Will Campbell (LSU), defensive lineman Mason Graham (Michigan), linebacker Danny Stusman (Oklahoma), and defensive backs Caleb Downs (Ohio State), Malaki Starks (Georgia) and Xavier Watts (Notre Dame) all return from holding top honors this preseason.
Colorado star Travis Hunter not only repeats his preseason honors as a cornerback and all-purpose player on the first team, he has also been selected as a wide receiver on the second team. Hunter is the first player since Houston’s Marcus Jones to earn three All-America placements, though Jones only had one first-team honor in 2021.
In total, 38 programs across nine conferences (plus Notre Dame) are represented across the two teams of 54 total selections.
Colorado, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas each saw two first-team selections, while CU, OSU, Georgia, Michigan and Oregon each received three…
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Author : Jack Crosby
Publish date : 2024-12-11 16:00:00
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