Sports Illustrated 2024 College Football Preseason All-American List

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The 2024 college football season is finally here.
After a long offseason, the sport returns in all of its glory on Saturday when aptly named Week Zero kicks the season off with four games featuring FBS opponents. The headliner of the opening weekend of the season is the No. 10 Florida State Seminoles taking on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland, at noon ET.
While Week Zero will certainly give college football fans a taste of what’s to come, the rest of the sport will return to action on Labor Day weekend.
After eight long months of off-field drama, realignment-based lawsuits and much, much more, the table is set for college football’s most memorable season yet.
With that in mind, here is Sports Illustrated’s college football preseason All-American list.
First Team Offense
QB: Dillon Gabriel, senior, Oregon Ducks
RB: Ollie Gordon II, junior, Oklahoma State Cowboys
RB: Ashton Jeanty, junior, Boise State Broncos
WR: Luther Burden III, junior, Missouri Tigers
WR: Tetairoa McMillan, junior, Arizona Wildcats
TE: Colston Loveland, junior, Michigan Wolverines
OT: Will Campbell, junior, LSU Tigers
OT: Kelvin Banks Jr., junior, Texas Longhorns
OG: Donovan Jackson, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
OG: Tyler Booker, junior, Alabama Crimson Tide
C: Parker Brailsford, sophomore, Alabama Crimson Tide
Second Team Offense
QB: Carson Beck, senior, Georgia Bulldogs
RB: Omarion Hampton, junior, North Carolina Tar Heels
RB: TreVeyon Henderson, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
WR: Emeka Egbuka, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
WR: Kevin Concepcion, sophomore, NC State Wolfpack
TE: Brant Kuithe, senior, Utah Utes
OT: Ajani Cornelius, senior, Oregon Ducks
OT: Aireontae Ersery, senior, Minnesota Golden Gophers
OG: Tate Ratledge, senior, Georgia Bulldogs
OG: Luke Kandra, senior, Cincinnati Bearcats
C: Cooper Mays, senior, Tennessee Volunteers
Honorable Mention Offense
QB: Jalen Milroe, senior, Alabama Crimson Tide
RB: Quinshon Judkins, junior, Ohio State Buckeyes
RB: Tahj Brooks, senior, Texas Tech Red Raiders
WR: Tez Johnson, senior, Oregon Ducks
WR: Ricky White III, senior, UNLV Rebels
TE: Luke Lachey, senior, Iowa Hawkeyes
OT: Emery Jones Jr., junior, LSU Tigers
OT: Jonah Monheim, senior, USC Trojans
OG: Joe Michalski, senior, Oklahoma State Cowboys
OG: Dylan Fairchild, junior, Georgia Bulldogs
C: Eli Cox, senior, Kentucky Wildcats
First Team Defense
DE: James Pearce Jr., junior, Tennessee Volunteers
DE: Abdul Carter, junior, Penn State Nittany Lions
DT: Mason Graham, junior, Michigan Wolverines
DT: Deone Walker, junior, Kentucky Wildcats
LB: Danny Stutsman, senior, Oklahoma Sooners
LB: Barrett Carter, senior, Clemson Tigers
LB: Jay Higgins, senior, Iowa Hawkeyes
CB: Will Johnson, junior, Michigan Wolverines
CB: Benjamin Morrison, junior, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
S: Caleb Downs, sophomore, Ohio State Buckeyes
S: Malaki Starks, junior, Georgia Bulldogs
Second Team Defense
DE: Nic Scourton, junior, Texas A&M Aggies
DE: Mykel Williams, junior, Georgia Bulldogs
DT: Howard Cross III, senior, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
DT: Tyleik Williams, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
LB: Harold Perkins, junior, LSU Tigers
LB: Jason Henderson, senior, Old Dominion Monarchs
LB: Marlowe Wax, senior, Syracuse Orange
CB: Denzel Burke, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
CB: Travis Hunter, junior, Colorado Buffaloes
S: Hunter Wohler, senior, Wisconsin Badgers
S: Dillon Thieneman, sophomore, Purdue Boilermakers
Honorable Mention Defense
DE: Ashton Gillotte, senior, Louisville Cardinals
DE: JT Tuimoloau, senior, Ohio State Buckeyes
DT: Walter Nolen, junior, Ole Miss Rebels
DT: Shemar Turner, senior, Texas A&M Aggies
LB: Nick Martin, senior, Oklahoma State Cowboys
LB: Deontae Lawson, junior, Alabama Crimson Tide
LB: Jack Kiser, senior, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
CB: Tacario Davis, junior, Arizona Wildcats
CB: Sebastian Castro, senior, Iowa Hawkeyes
S: Xavier Nwankpa, junior, Iowa Hawkeyes
S: Xavier Watts, senior, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
First Team Specialists
K: Graham Nicholson, senior, Alabama Crimson Tide
P: Alex Mastromanno, senior, Florida State Seminoles
AP: Travis Hunter, junior, Colorado Buffaloes
Second Team Specialists
K: Jonah Dalmas, senior, Boise State Broncos
P: James Burnip, senior, Alabama Crimson Tide
AP: Zachariah Branch, sophomore, USC Trojans
Honorable Mention Specialists
K: Andres Borregales, senior, Miami Hurricanes
P: James Ferguson-Reynolds, junior, Boise State Broncos
AP: Jacob De Jesus, senior, UNLV Rebels

Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.
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Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.
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