We’re within two months of the start of the college football season, which means preseason All-America season is upon us.
On Wednesday, Sporting News released its annual preseason teams. They featured a total of nine B1G players, six of which earned first-team honors.
No team in the country had a better first-team representation than Penn State. The Lions had three players (Saquon Barkley, Mike Gesicki and Marcus Allen) earn first-team honors, as well as kicker Tyler Davis on second-team.
Michigan was the only other B1G school to have multiple players on either team. Rashan Gary and Mason Cole earned first- and second-team honors, respectively.
In all, five B1G teams (Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa, Indiana) had representatives make the cut.
Here were the complete teams:
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB: Sam Darnold, USC
RB: Saquon Barkley, Penn State
RB: Derrius Guice, LSU
WR: James Washington, Oklahoma State
WR: Christian Kirk, Texas A&M
TE: Mike Gesicki, Penn State
OL: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
OL: Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
OL: Billy Price, Ohio State
OL: Cody O’Connell, Washington State
OL: Connor Williams, Texas
ATH: Richie James, Middle Tennessee State
Defense
DL: Arden Key, LSU
DL: Dexter Lawrence, Clemson
DL: Rashan Gary, Michigan
DL: Ed Oliver, Houston
LB: Cameron Smith, USC
LB: Micah Kiser; Virginia
LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa
DB: Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
DB: Tavarus McFadden, Florida State
DB: Marcus Allen, Penn State
DB: Derwin James, Florida State
Specialists
K: Daniel Carlson, Auburn
P: Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
Returner: Quadree Henderson, Pitt
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Lamar Jackson, Louisville
RB: Kamryn Pettway, Auburn
RB: Bo Scarbrough, Alabama
WR: Dante Pettis, Washington
WR: Calvin Ridley, Alabama
TE: Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
OL: Mitch Hyatt, Clemson
OL: Frank Ragnow, Arkansas OL: Mason Cole, Michigan
OL: Jonah Williams, Alabama
OL: Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame K: Tyler Davis, Penn State
ATH: Jaylen Samuels, N.C. State
RET: Byron Pringle, Kansas State
DEFENSE
DL: Bradley Chubb, N.C. State
DL: Harold Landry, Boston College
DL: Derrick Nnadi, Florida State
DL: Christian Wilkins, Clemson LB: Tegray Scales, Indiana
LB: Jordan Jones, Kentucky
LB: Malik Jefferson, Texas
DB: Jordan Thomas, Oklahoma
DB: Jaire Alexander, Louisville
DB: Ronnie Harrison, Alabama
DB: Quin Blanding, Virginia
P: JK Scott, Alabama
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
