With the 2019 season on the horizon, our panel of our college football experts has convened to select the 2019 CBS Sports Preseason All-America team. Thirty-two of the 130 FBS teams are represented among the 54 total selections across the first and second teams listed below.
There were a stunning nine unanimous first-team selections this year with Purdue playmaker Rondale Moore picking up such honors as our all-purpose starter; he also checks in as a first-team wide receiver.
Alabama led the way with three first-team selections and seven overall. Clemson is one of six teams with two first-team picks and was second to Bama with five overall. Eight of 14 SEC teams saw at least one selection -- the most of any conference -- but while the league tied the Big Ten with nine first-team picks, it stood out with 19 overall (35.2 percent).
Nine members of our preseason All-America first team were also part of our 2018 postseason selections.
Preseason awards
Player of the Year: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
Coach of the Year: Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Selections by conference
| Conference | First team | Total selections |
|---|---|---|
SEC | 9 | 19 |
Big Ten | 9 | 11 |
| ACC | 5 | 10 |
| Pac-12 | 1 | 7 |
Big 12 | 0 | 3 |
AAC | 1 | 2 |
MWC | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 |
2019 CBS Sports Preseason All-America First Team
* indicates a unanimous selection
| Offense | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
QB | Trevor Lawrence | Clemson | Sophomore |
RB | Jonathan Taylor* | Junior | |
RB | Travis Etienne | Clemson | Junior |
WR | Jerry Jeudy* | Alabama | Junior |
WR | Rondale Moore | Purdue | Sophomore |
TE | Albert Okwuegbunam | Redshirt junior | |
C | Tyler Biadasz | Wisconsin | Junior |
OL | Andrew Thomas* | Junior | |
OL | Walker Little | Junior | |
OL | Tommy Kraemer | Senior | |
OL | Ben Bredeson | Senior | |
| Defense | | | |
DL | Chase Young* | Junior | |
DL | Derrick Brown | Senior | |
DL | Kenny Willekes | Senior | |
DL | Raekwon Davis | Alabama | Senior |
LB | Dylan Moses* | Alabama | Junior |
LB | Paddy Fisher | Junior | |
LB | Joe Bachie | Michigan State | Senior |
CB | Bryce Hall* | Senior | |
CB | Kristian Fulton | Senior | |
S | Grant Delpit* | LSU | Junior |
S | Andre Cisco | Sophomore | |
| Special teams | | | |
K | Andre Szmyt | Syracuse | Redshirt sophomore |
P | Braden Mann* | Texas A&M | Senior |
KR | Savon Scarver | Junior | |
PR | Isaiah Wright | Senior | |
AP | Rondale Moore* | Purdue | Sophomore |
2019 CBS Sports Preseason All-America Second Team
| Offense | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
QB | Tua Tagovailoa | Alabama | Junior |
RB | AJ Dillon | Junior | |
RB | D'Andre Swift | Georgia | Junior |
WR | Laviska Shenault | Junior | |
WR | Tylan Wallace | Junior | |
TE | Jared Pinkney | Redshirt senior | |
C | Creed Humphrey | Redshirt sophomore | |
OL | Alex Leatherwood | Alabama | Junior |
OL | Calvin Throckmorton | Senior | |
OL | John Simpson | Clemson | Senior |
OL | Shane Lemieux | Oregon | Senior |
| Defense | | | |
DL | A.J. Epenesa | Junior | |
DL | Xavier Thomas | Clemson | Sophomore |
DL | Leki Fotu | Senior | |
DL | Nick Coe | Auburn | Junior |
LB | Isaiah Simmons | Clemson | Redshirt junior |
LB | Troy Dye | Oregon | Senior |
LB | Micah Parsons | Sophomore | |
CB | CJ Henderson | Junior | |
CB | Paulson Adebo | Stanford | Junior |
S | J.R. Reed | Georgia | Senior |
S | Xavier McKinney | Alabama | Junior |
| Special teams | | | |
K | Rodrigo Blankenship | Georgia | Senior |
P | James Smith | Junior | |
KR | Maurice Ffrench | Senior | |
PR | Jaylen Waddle | Alabama | Sophomore |
AP | J.J. Taylor | Redshirt junior |