Josh Newton Named Second Team Preseason AP All American

TCU cornerback Josh Newton earned perhaps his highest accolade Monday. The Associated Press (AP) named Newton to their second team All America unit, one of just four Big 12 players to grace the list. Newton stands alongside Notre Dame's Benjamin Morrison at cornerback.

Newton now adds All American to his already illustrious list of awards. The others include a first team All-Big 12 selection last season and preseason this year, and a 2023 Thorpe Award watch list distinction. He graded out as the top coverage defender on TCU last year, per PFF – even ahead of Thorpe Award winner Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson. Newton broke up seven passes and picked off three more in his junior campaign last season. 

Other Big 12 players earning the All America distinction include Kansas State's Cooper Beebe (first team), Cincinnati's Dontay Corleone (first team), Texas' Kelvin Banks (second team), and West Virginia's Zach Frazier (second team). The Big Ten trumped the SEC for the most selections with 12 although Georgia landed four players on the first team alone.

Find the full 2023 preseason AP All America list below:

First team

Offense

QB: Caleb Williams, USC
RB: Blake Corum, Michigan; Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
WR: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State; Rome Odunze, Washington; Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OT: Joe Alt, Notre Dame; Olu Fashanu, Penn State
OG: Cooper Beebe, Kansas State; Zak Zinter, Michigan
OC: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP: Travis Hunter, Colorado
K: Joshua Karty, Stanford

Defense

EDGE: Jared Verse, Florida State; Bralen Trice, Washington
DL: Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois; Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
LB: Harold Perkins, sophomore, LSU; Jason Dumas-Johnson, junior, Georgia; Tommy Eichenberg, senior, Ohio State
CB: Kool-aid McKinstry, Alabama, Kalen King, junior, Penn State
SAF: Kam Kinchens, Miami; Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
P: Tory Taylor, Iowa

Second team

Offense

QB: Drake Maye, North Carolina
RB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas; Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
WR: Xavier Worthy, Texas; Malik Nabers, LSU; Jacob Cowing, Arizona
TE: Oronde Gadsden, Syracuse
OT: JC Latham, Alabama; Kelvin Banks, Texas
OG: Donovan Jackson, Ohio State; Christian Mahogany, Boston College
OC: Zach Frazier, West Virginia
AP: Will Shipley, Clemson
K: John Hoyland, Wyoming

Defense

EDGE: JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State; Dallas Turner, Alabama
DL: Tyler Davis, Clemson; Mekhi Wingo, LSU
LB: Jeremiah Trotter, Clemson; Barrett Carter, Clemson; Cedric Gray, North Carolina
CB: Josh Newton, TCU; Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
SAF: Calen Bullock, USC; Javon Bullard, Georgia
DB: Will Johnson, Michigan
P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina