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Travis Hunter, Carson Beck Headline 2024 AP Preseason All-America CFB Team

Timothy Rapp

The Associated Press announced its preseason All-America teams on Monday, with Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter and Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II highlighting the list.

The first and second teams are listed below.

First-Team Offense

QB: Carson Beck, fifth year, Georgia

RB: Ollie Gordon II, third year, Oklahoma State; Omarion Hampton, third year, North Carolina

OT: Will Campbell, third year, LSU; Kelvin Banks Jr., third year, Texas

OG: Donovan Jackson, fourth year, Ohio State; Tate Ratledge, fifth year, Georgia

C: Parker Brailsford, third year, Alabama

TE: Colston Loveland, third year, Michigan

WR: Luther Burden III, third year, Missouri; Tetairoa McMillan, third year, Arizona; Emeka Egbuka, fourth year, Ohio State

All-purpose: Travis Hunter, third year, Colorado

K: Graham Nicholson, fourth year, Alabama

First-Team Defense

Edge: James Pearce Jr., third year, Tennessee; Ashton Gillotte, fourth year, Louisville

DT: Mason Graham, third year, Michigan; Howard Cross III, sixth year, Notre Dame

LB: Harold Perkins Jr., third year, LSU; Jay Higgins, fifth year, Iowa; Barrett Carter, fourth year, Clemson

CB: Will Johnson, third year, Michigan; Denzel Burke, fourth year, Ohio State

S: Malaki Starks, third year, Georgia; Caleb Downs, second year, Ohio State

DB: Xavier Watts, fifth year, Notre Dame

P: Alex Mastromanno, fifth year, Florida State

Second-Team Offense

QB: Dillon Gabriel, sixth year, Oregon

RB: TreVeyon Henderson, fourth year, Ohio State; Ashton Jeanty, third year, Boise State

OT: Ajani Cornelius, fifth year, Oregon; Aireontae Ersery, fifth year, Minnesota

OG: Tyler Booker, third year, Alabama; Dylan Fairchild, fourth year, Georgia

C: Cooper Mays, fifth year, Tennessee

TE: Mitchell Evans, fourth year, Notre Dame

WR: Tez Johnson, fifth year, Oregon; Tre Harris, fifth year, Mississippi; Ricky White III, fifth year, UNLV

All-purpose: Zachariah Branch, second year, USC

K: Andres Borregales, fourth year, Miami

Second-Team Defense

Edge: Nic Scourton, third year, Texas A&M; Abdul Carter, third year, Penn State

DT: Tyleik Williams, fourth year, Ohio State; Deone Walker, third year, Kentucky

LB: Danny Stutsman, fourth year, Oklahoma; Jason Henderson, fourth year, Old Dominion; Nick Martin, fourth year, Oklahoma State

CB: Benjamin Morrison, third year, Notre Dame; Sebastian Castro, sixth year, Iowa

S: Dillon Thieneman, second year, Purdue; Billy Bowman, fourth year, Oklahoma

DB: Ricardo Hallman, fourth year, Wisconsin

P: James Ferguson-Reynolds, third year, Boise State

Ohio State led all teams with four first-team selections and six total selections across the two teams. Georgia and Michigan were second with three first-team selections each, while Alabama, Notre Dame and LSU each had a pair of first-team selections.

The SEC led all conferences with 10 first-team selections, followed closely by the Big Ten (eight). The ACC finished a distant third with four and the Big 12 had three.

Hunter is looking to become the first defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy since Charles Woodson in 1997, though like Woodson, he would do so on his two-way merits. In the 2023 season, Hunter recorded 57 receptions for 721 yards and five touchdowns to go along with 31 tackles and three interceptions at cornerback.

Beck, meanwhile, is looking to lead Georgia back to prominence after the team went through the regular season undefeated but lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, keeping them out of the College Football Playoff in the process.

He was excellent individually last season, however, throwing for 3,738 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions while completing 72.4 percent of his passes.

Gordon had a massive 2023 campaign, rushing for 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns. His rushing yards led the nation, while his rushing touchdowns trailed only Michigan's Blake Corum (27). He's looking to become the first running back to win the Heisman since Alabama's Derrick Henry in 2015.

   

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