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Four Alabama Players Named to Sporting News All-America First Team

Bryce Young and Evan Neal become consensus All-Americans with the selection to the Sporting News First Team.
Katie Windham|
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Another day, another All-American team filled with Crimson Tide players. 

On Tuesday, Sporting News named Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, wide receiver Jameson Williams, offensive tackle Evan Neal and outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. to its All-America first team. 

Alabama had more selections than any other team. 

This makes Young and Neal consensus All-Americans, joining Anderson. The outside linebacker was already consensus and is still eligible to become a unanimous selection. 

Sporting News is one of the five organizations used to determine a player's consensus and/or unanimous All-American status. To be a consensus All-American, a player as to be recognized on the first team of at least three of the five, and a unanimous section would be first team by all five organizations. 

The other four organizations are the Associated Press, Football Writers of America, Walter Camp Foundation and American Football Coaches Association. The AFCA is only group of the five that has yet to name its All-America team. 

Sporting News 2021 College Football All-America Team

First-team Offense

QB: Bryce Young, Alabama 

RB: Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State

RB: Breece Hall, Iowa State

WR: Jordan Addison, Pitt

WR: Jameson Williams, Alabama 

TE: Trey McBride, Colorado State

T: Evan Neal, Alabama

G: Ikem Ekwonu, NC State

C: Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa

G: Kenyon Green, Texas A&M

T: Charles Cross, Mississippi State

ATH: Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State

First-team Defense

DL: Aiden Hutchinson, Michigan

DL: Jordan Davis, Georgia

DL: DeMarvin Leal, Texas A&M

EDGE: Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon

LB: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama

LB: Nakobe Dean, Georgia

LB: Devin Lloyd, Utah

CB: Riley Moss, Iowa

CB: Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati

S: Verone McKinley III, Orego

S: Lewis Cine, Georgia

First-team Specialists

L: Harrison Mevis, Missouri

P: Matt Araiza, San Diego State

RET: Marcus Jones, Houston 

Second-team Offense

QB: Kenny Pickett, Pitt
RB: Tyler Badie, Missouri
RB: Tyler Allgeier, BYU
WR: David Bell, Purdue
WR: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
TE: Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
OL: Max Mitchell, Louisiana
OL: Bernhard Raimann, Central Michigan
C: Alec Lindstrom, Boston College
OL: Darian Kinnard, Kentucky
OL: Baimidele Olaseni, Utah
ATH: Kyren Williams, Notre Dame

Second-team Defense

DL: Cameron Thomas, San Diego State
DL: Sam Williams, Ole Miss
DL: George Karlaftis, Purdue
EDGE: Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
LB: Leo Chanal, Wisconsin
LB: Damone Clark, LSU
LB: Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State
CB: Coby Bryant, Cincinnati
CB: Ja'Quan McMillan, East Carolina
S: Jaquan Brisker, Penn State
S: Jalen Pitre, Baylor

Second-team Specialists 

K: Jake Moody, Michigan
P: Ryan Stonehouse, Colorado State
RET: Brian Battie, South Florida

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Katie Windham
KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball, gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.

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