Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, a man many are expecting to be the first overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, led an All-America team stacked with players from the Southeastern Conference. Jones was selected to the All-American first team and was the only UGa. player selected for the prestigious honor.
Other notable players from the SEC selected included:
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
OT: Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
OG: Chance Warmack, Alabama
C: Barrett Jones, Alabama
Defense
DE: Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
LB: Jarvis Jones, Georgia
LB: C.J. Mosley, Alabama
CB: Dee Milliner, Alabama
S: Matt Elam, Florida
SECOND TEAM
Offense
OT: D.J. Fluker, Alabama
Defense
DE: Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
LB: Kevin Minter, LSU
CB: Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
S: Eric Reid, LSU
THIRD TEAM
Offense
QB: AJ McCarron, Alabama
OT: Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
OG: Larry Warford, Kentucky
WR: Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
Defense
DE: Sam Montgomery, LSU
DT: Sharrif Floyd, Florida
Special teams
K: Caleb Sturgis, Florida
P: Kyle Christy, Florida
The SEC led all conferences with 22 total AP All Americans. The University of Alabama had 6 players chosen, Florida had 4 and Texas A&M also had 4.
The full list of all three All America teams are below.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
QB — Johnny Manziel , Texas A&M
RB — Montee Ball, Wisconsin
RB — Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona
WR — Marqise Lee, USC
WR — Terrance Williams, Baylor
TE — Zach Ertz, Stanford
OT — Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
OT — Taylor Lewan, Michigan
OG — Chance Warmack, Alabama
OG — Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina
C — Barrett Jones, Alabama
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DE — Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
DE — Bjoern Werner, Florida State
DT — Star Lotulelei, Utah
DT — Will Sutton, Arizona State
LB — Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
LB — Jarvis Jones, Georgia
LB — C.J. Mosley, Alabama
CB — Dee Milliner, Alabama
CB — Jordan Poyer, Oregon State
S — Phillip Thomas, Fresno State
S — Matt Elam, Florida
FIRST TEAM SPECIALISTS
K — Cairo Santos, Tulane
P — Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech
All-Purpose — Tavon Austin, West Virginia
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
QB — Collin Klein, Kansas State
RB — Kenjon Barner, Oregon
RB — Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
WR — Stedman Bailey, West Virginia
WR — Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech
TE — Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
OT — D.J. Fluker, Alabama
OT — David Yankey, Stanford
OG — Spencer Long, Nebraska
OG — Cyril Richardson, Baylor
C — Dalton Freeman, Clemson
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DE — Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
DE — Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame
DT — Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State
DT — Kawann Short, Purdue
LB — Kevin Minter, LSU
LB — Anthony Barr, UCLA
LB — Arthur Brown, Kansas State
CB — Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
CB — Bradley Roby, Ohio State
S — Eric Reid, LSU
S — Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma
SECOND TEAM SPECIALISTS
K — Dustin Hopkins, Florida State
P — Riley Stephenson, BYU
All-Purpose — Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
THIRD TEAM OFFENSE
QB — A.J. McCarron, Alabama
RB — Stefphon Jefferson, Nevada
RB — Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
WR — DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson
WR — Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
TE — Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington
OT — Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
OT — Eric Fisher, Central Michigan
OG — Larry Warford, Kentucky
OG — Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA
C — Braxston Cave, Notre Dame
THIRD TEAM DEFENSE
DE — John Simon, Ohio State
DE — Sam Montgomery, LSU
DT — Shariff Floyd, Florida
DT — Chris Jones, Bowling Green
LB — Khaseem Greene, Rutgers
LB — Trent Murphy, Stanford
LB — Kyle Van Noy, BYU
CB — Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon
CB — Jason Verrett, TCU
S — Ed Reynolds, Stanford
S — Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State
THIRD TEAM SPECIALISTS
K — Caleb Sturgis, Florida
P — Kyle Christy, Florida
All-Purpose — Dri Archer, Kent State
All-Americans by conference
SEC: 22
Pac-12: 15
Big 12: 9
Big Ten: 7
ACC: 6
Independents: 6
MAC: 4
Mountain West: 2
WAC: 2
C-USA: 1
Big East: 1
Teams with multiple All-Americans
Alabama: 6
Florida: 4
Notre Dame: 4
Stanford: 4
Texas A&M: 4
Kansas State: 3
LSU: 3
Ohio State: 3
UCLA: 3
Baylor: 2
BYU: 2
Clemson: 2
Florida State: 2
Louisiana Tech: 2
North Carolina: 2
Oregon: 2
West Virginia: 2