2011 College Football Preview, Part 3: All-Americans
Every season around the country people love to have All-Americans. It doesn’t matter which sport, it sounds like a great feat. While not every player is created equal, especially in accumulating statistics, its important to recognize those who are truly excelling on the field. I will now run down my picks for All-American teams (1st and 2nd), as well as going through who are the best units by position in the country.

Andrew Luck passed up the number one pick this year, for next year
First Team Offense:
QB: Andrew Luck, Stanford
RB: LaMichael James, Oregon
RB: Trent Richardson, Alabama
WR: Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
WR: Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
WR: Alshon Jeffrey, South Carolina
TE: George Bryan, NC State
OT: Kelechi Osemele, Iowa State
OT: Jonathan Martin, Stanford
OG: Barrett Jones, Alabama
OG: Ryan Miller, Colorado
C: Mike Brewster, Ohio State
K: Dustin Hopkins, Florida State
KR: Damaris Johnson, Tulsa
First Team Defense:
DL: Brandon Jenkins, Florida State
DL: Jared Crick, Nebraska
DL: Quinton Couples, North Carolina
DL: Kheeston Randall, Texas
LB: Luke Kuechly, Boston College
LB: Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
LB: Tank Carder, TCU
S: Kenny Tate, Maryland
S: Mark Barron, Alabama
CB: Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
CB: Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech
P: Drew Butler, Georgia
PR: Greg Reid, Florida State
Second Team Offense:
QB: Landry Jones, Oklahoma
RB: Montee Ball, Wisconsin
RB: Montel Harris, Boston College
WR: Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
WR: Greg Childs, Arkansas
WR: Juron Criner, Arizona
TE: Orson Charles, Georgia
OT: Matt Reynolds, BYU
OT: Blake DeChristopher, Virginia Tech
OG: David DeCastro, Stanford
OG: Larry Warford, Kentucky
C: William Vlachos, Alabama
K: Blair Walsh, Georgia
KR: Andrew DeBose, Florida
Second Team Defense:
DL: Marcus Fortson, Miami FL
DL: Mike Martin, Michigan
DL: Devin Taylor, South Carolina
DL: Vinny Curry, Marshall
LB: Sean Spense, Miami FL
LB: Vontaze Burfict, Arizona State
LB: Nigel Bradham, Florida State
S: Delano Howell, Stanford
S: Ray Ray Armstrong, Miami FL
CB: Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
CB: Cliff Harris, Oregon
P: Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
PR: Tony Logan, Maryland
Summary of the All-American Teams:
By Conference:
ACC: 16
SEC: 12
Big 12: 8
Pac 12: 8
Big Ten: 5
CUSA: 2
MWC: 1
Big East: 0
By Team:
Stanford: 4
Alabama: 4
Florida State: 5
Georgia: 3
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