CBS Sports unveils All-America teams
CBS Sports is the latest to release its All-America teams following the conclusion of an exciting 2017 season in college football.
Two teams were selected by CBS Sports, and 10 players from the B1G earned recognition with First- and Second-team honors. Only the ACC matched that total, also have 10 players picked.
Five of those 10 selections were First-team All-Americans, tied for second-most for a conference. The Big XII led the way with seven selections, followed by the B1G and the SEC. No other conference had more than three selections.
Here are the First-team selections from CBS Sports:
Offense
- QB: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
- RB: Bryce Love, Stanford
- RB: Rashaad Penny, San Diego State
- WR: James Washington, Oklahoma State
- WR: David Sills V, West Virginia
- TE: Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
- C: Frank Ragnow, Arkansas
- OL: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
- OL: Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame
- OL: Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
- OL: Braden Smith, Auburn
Defense
- DL: Bradley Chubb, NC State
- DL: Ed Oliver, Houston
- DL: Hercules Mata’afa, Washington State
- DL: Maurice Hurst, Michigan
- LB: Roquan Smith, Georgia
- LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa
- LB: Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma
- CB: Joshua Jackson, Iowa
- CB: Denzel Ward, Ohio State
- S: Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
- S: Derwin James, Florida State
Special Teams
- K: Daniel Carlson, Auburn
- P: Michael Dickson, Texas
- KR: Tony Pollard, Memphis
- PR: Dante Pettis, Washington
- AP: Saquon Barkley, Penn State
As you can tell, no B1G players were named to the First-team offense while four earned First-team defense honors. Saquon Barkley was tabbed as the all-purpose player.
In addition to the five First-team All-American selections, the B1G also had five Second-team picks:
- RB: Saquon Barkley, Penn State
- RB: Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
- C: Billy Price, Ohio State
- DL: Nick Bosa, Ohio State
- CB: Nick Nelson, Wisconsin
To view the full Second-team, you can visit CBSSports.com.